Faculty of Nursing Midwifery and Palliative Care, King's College London, London, UK.
Specialist Community Disability Service, Brighton and Hove, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex, UK.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2024 Sep;37(5):e13274. doi: 10.1111/jar.13274.
Shared housing for adults with intellectual disabilities with staff support, is a common housing model internationally. We explored an overlooked aspect of group homes, namely the extent to which they enable a sense of 'feeling at home' for residents.
A diverse group of 19 housemates participated in a photovoice study. Participants took photos in their homes and discussed them in individual interviews and in groups. Data was analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.
Residents' experience of home was multi-dimensional. 'Feeling at home' related to home as a site of identity cultivation (personal home); physical comfort or 'misfitting' (physical home) and home as the locus of key relationships (social home).
Achieving a sense of 'feeling at home' requires engagement in practices of home-making. Many of our participants required support from staff to engage in these practices. For some housemates their experience of home was conditional and precarious.
在工作人员的支持下，为成年智障人士提供共享住房，这是一种在国际上常见的住房模式。我们探讨了团体之家被忽视的一个方面，即它们在多大程度上使居民有宾至如归的感觉。
一组 19 名不同背景的住户参加了摄影发声研究。参与者在自己的家中拍照，并在个人访谈和小组讨论中讨论这些照片。使用反思性主题分析对数据进行分析。
居民的家庭体验是多维度的。“宾至如归”与作为身份培养场所的家（个人之家）、身体舒适或“不匹配”（物理之家）以及作为关键关系所在地的家（社会之家）有关。
要获得“宾至如归”的感觉，需要参与家庭建设的实践。我们的许多参与者都需要工作人员的支持才能参与这些实践。对一些住户来说，他们的家庭体验是有条件的和不稳定的。
