Will There Always Be an Institution? II: The Impact of New Service Models—Residential Alternatives to Institutions

摘要

In this two-part series of articles, it is predicted that institutions will be phased out because of fiventrends: development of nonresidential community services; new conceptualizations of and attitudesntoward residential services: increased usage of individual rather than group residential placements;nprovision of small, specialized group residences; and a decline in the incidence and prevalence ofnsevere and profound retardation due to reduction in the birthrate of high risk groups, improvementnof health services for the population generally and for high risk groups specifically, increasednpractice of abortion, general environmental betterment, and early childhood education. In thisn(second) part, the impact of the developing new service model upon the institution is discussed.