[Community integrated living with reliable care in the service home: the status of young handicapped patients in a model project "House at Weinberg" in Stuttgart].

A novel form of residence for persons with physical disablement is presented on the example of the Stuttgart "House on the Vineyard". In fully self-contained apartments integrated in a service residence, physically disabled individuals under age 60 live door-to-door with elderly people, with custom services being available as and when needed, ranging from nursing, Social Service, meals and home-making, janitor, to nursing and care services on a long-term basis as well as in case of extensive care needs. Findings presented from the model project's scientific evaluation inter alia refer to the long-term development seen in how Old and Young or those with lesser and more extensive care needs are getting along, and implications are set out that should be heeded in planning similar projects. A major source for compiling this information had been structured qualitative interviews with the tenants concerned.