McConkey Roy, Kelly Fionnola, Craig Sarah, Keogh Fiona
Ulster University, Newtownabbey, UK.
Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2018 Sep;31(5):833-839. doi: 10.1111/jar.12439. Epub 2018 Feb 9.
Ireland has a growing population of adult persons living with family carers, thereby increasing the demand for residential places. Simultaneously, government policy aimed to reprovision residents living in congregated settings but at a time when funding was curtailed due to the economic crisis. This study examines the movements of people into and among three types of residential options between 2009 and 2014.
A cohort of 20,163 persons recorded on the National Intellectual Disability Database in 2009 was identified and tracked to the 2014 database.
An estimated 200 persons per annum (@1.6% of those living with families) moved from family care although the number of places available nationally fell by 9%. Moreover, transfers of existing residents into vacated places tended to exceed those from families.
More people will have to continue living with their families and for longer if funding for new places remains curtailed.
在爱尔兰，由家庭护理人员照顾的成年人口数量不断增加，因此对住宿场所的需求也在上升。与此同时，政府政策旨在为居住在集体环境中的居民重新提供住所，但当时由于经济危机，资金被削减。本研究调查了2009年至2014年间人们在三种住宿选择之间的进出情况。
确定了2009年记录在国家智力残疾数据库中的20163人的队列，并追踪至2014年的数据库。
估计每年有200人（占与家人生活在一起的人的1.6%）从家庭护理中转出，尽管全国可用床位数量减少了9%。此外，现有居民转入空出床位的人数往往超过从家庭中转出的人数。
如果新床位的资金仍然短缺，更多的人将不得不继续与家人生活更长时间。
