Research on the Quality of Life of Mental Retarded Persons in Residential Facility

两项研究，1。社区集体之家精神发育迟滞者之生活品质。在这两年中，完成了家长对社区寄宿机构和集体之家的意见调查，通过访问集体之家和听取智障者本人的意见，首次完成了对集体之家中智障者生活质量的研究。发现以下问题：1.共享一个房间会导致隐私问题2. 3、活动休闲时间少。与社区中的人缺乏积极的关系4.工作上的一些困难，如加班5.理财趋向节俭6.缺乏与异性建立友谊的机会7.如果他住在自己的房间里，他会保持安静8.第二次调查是以书面问卷方式完成，问卷内容包括：63.4%的信件得到答复。调查问卷的结果澄清了以下问题。1.对于父母是否愿意在无法再照顾智障儿童后将其留给兄弟姐妹篇照顾的问题，大多数父母的回答是不赞成的，主要是因为他们的兄弟姐妹有自己的生活。2.对于进入寄宿机构的问题，44.5%的家长认为有专业培训和指导，没有其他选择。3.对于社区集体之家，家长们回答说，如果他们的智障孩子能永远住在那里，或者如果他们能得到好心的护理人员的照顾，他们愿意把他们送到那里。

Two research, 1. The quality of life for the persons with mental retardation in group homes in community, 2. Survey on parent's opinions on the residential institutions and group homes in community, were accomplished in these two years.The first research on quality of life for persons with mental retardation in group homes was achieved by visiting group homes and hearing from persons with mental retardation themselves. Following problems are found. 1. Sharing a room cause the problem of privacy 2. Poor activity leisure time 3. Lack of positive relationship with persons in community 4. some difficulty in the job situation such as overtime work 5. management of money tend to frugality 6. paucity of opportunity to have a friendship with other sex 7. keeping quietness if he lives his own room 8. difficulty to keep consultant except persons who stay former residences.The second survey was accomplished asking questions by letters. 63.4% of letters were answered. The result of the questionnaire clarified following. 1. to the question of if parent want to leave the child with mental retardation at their brothers and sisters after they could no longer take care of, most parents responded to not favorable mostly because of their brothers have their own lives. 2. for the question of entering residential institutions, 44.5% of parents responded as favorable because of their professional training and guidance and because of no alternative choice. 3. for the group home in community, parents responded they like to send their child with mental retardation if they could live there forever or if they could be cared by kind care staffs.