Institutionalized care for adults with significant disabilities and mental illnesses in the province of New Brunswick

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dc.contributor.advisorLow, Jacqueline
dc.contributor.authorMorrisey, Barbara
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:24:03Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:24:03Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2016-11-18T00:00:00Z
dc.description.abstractIn this research I focused on the experiences of people diagnosed with severe disabilities and mental illnesses between nineteen and sixty-four who live in long-term care facilities, their families, front-line workers, and administrators of formal care delivery. By examining historic and current long-term care policies and legislations pertinent to New Brunswick, analyzing care philosophies, and spending considerable time in the facilities collecting data, this dissertation contains a thorough analysis of the matter. There are specific consistencies/inconsistencies between mandated care objectives and care delivery, and supports are not always available in times of crises. A number of factors lead parents to seek out-of-home placement for their children, there are issues with the assessment processes necessary to attain services, extended waiting periods for placements, and parents and residents experience difficulties post-placement. Management has problems finding and retaining employees, dealing with bureaucratic red tape, and spending time negotiating for funding. People do not understand the work front-line workers do, the people they work with, or their rationale for remaining in this undervalued and underpaid work. A critical feature of this research is that it contains residents’ interpretations of themselves, their relationships, and engagement in activities.
dc.description.copyrightNot available for use outside of the University of New Brunswick
dc.description.note(UNB thesis number) Thesis 9576. (OCoLC)963204219 Electronic Only.
dc.description.notePh.D. University of New Brunswick, Department of Sociology, 2015.
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dc.format.extentx, 350 pages : illustrations
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.oclc(OCoLC)963204219
dc.identifier.otherThesis 9576
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/13742
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineSociology
dc.subject.lcshPeople with disabilities -- Institutional care -- New Brunswick.
dc.subject.lcshMentally ill -- Institutional care -- New Brunswick.
dc.subject.lcshLong-term care facilities -- New Brunswick.
dc.subject.lcshPeople with disabilities -- Family relationships -- New Brunswick.
dc.subject.lcshMentally ill -- Family relationships -- New Brunswick.
dc.subject.lcshDisabilities -- New Brunswick.
dc.subject.lcshMental illness -- New Brunswick.
dc.subject.lcshInterpersonal relations.
dc.titleInstitutionalized care for adults with significant disabilities and mental illnesses in the province of New Brunswick
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineSociology
thesis.degree.fullnameDoctor of Philosophy
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.leveldoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D.

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