O'Brien J
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Bristol.
Health Trends. 1992;24(3):88-90.
The ongoing closure of the old asylums has resulted in large numbers of potentially vulnerable people living in the community. Where are these patients now and how are they coping? This study answers these questions in relation to a cohort of former long-stay patients discharged between 1985 and 1989 in Somerset Health District. The findings show that, as a group, they are a settled non-mobile population whose residential setting is not under threat. However, day care arrangements are inadequate with 45% of the study population without any structured day care. Most patients had unmet needs in the categories 'living space', 'work' and 'leisure'. Such studies are simple to conduct, and require little research funding. This methodology is recommended as a crude means of measuring unmet needs in this group of vulnerable individuals.
旧精神病院的持续关闭导致大量潜在弱势群体生活在社区中。这些患者如今身在何处，他们又过得如何？本研究针对1985年至1989年间在萨默塞特健康区出院的一批 former long-stay 患者回答了这些问题。研究结果表明，作为一个群体，他们是定居且不流动的人群，其居住环境没有受到威胁。然而，日托安排并不充分，45% 的研究对象没有任何有组织的日托服务。大多数患者在“居住空间”“工作”和“休闲”等方面的需求未得到满足。此类研究易于开展，所需研究资金也很少。建议将这种方法作为衡量这群弱势群体未满足需求的一种粗略手段。
