A number of psychosocial treatments are available for persons with schizophrenia that include social skills training, cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive remediation, and social cognition training. These treatments are reviewed and discussed in terms of how they address key components of functional recovery such as symptom stability, independent living, work functioning, and social function...

Social functioning deficits are a prominent feature of many neurological and psychiatric conditions, and may include disruption in the acquisition or application of basic or complex social skills. Such disturbances are often resistant to treatment, and individuals with such conditions are often faced with lifelong difficulties in maintaining personal relationships, employment, and independent l...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND The transition to adulthood can be particularly challenging for young people with severe allergies, who must learn to balance personal safety with independent living. Information and support for young people and their families are crucial to successfully managing this transition. We sought to: gather insights into the impact of severe allergies on the lives of young peo...

This paper describes the evolution of an early illness warning system used by an interdisciplinary team composed of clinicians and engineers in an independent living facility. The early illness warning system consists of algorithms which analyze resident activity patterns obtained from sensors embedded in residents' apartments. The engineers designed an automated reasoning system to generate cl...

As part of the Swedish state-funded healthcare system, housing adaptations are used to promote safe and independent living for disabled people in ordinary housing through the elimination of physical environmental barriers in the home. The aim of this study was to describe the cohabitants' expectations and experiences of how a housing adaptation, intended for the partner, would impact their ever...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To describe the uses of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) in south east London and to highlight users' views about the system of cash versus care provision for people with disabilities. DESIGN Face to face interviews between users of the fund and an interviewer to discuss cash for care, using a structured questionnaire. SETTING Interviews took place in the person's home. ...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to describe social services and health professionals' perceptions of vulnerability among older adults living in the community and to elicit how these professionals screen vulnerability in community and in-home settings. METHODS Focus group sessions were conducted and analyzed using standardized methods of qualitative analysis. Participants included...

In a prospective, population-based study, we evaluated rehabilitation outcome, place of residence, and functional ability 3, 6, and 12 months after stroke onset in 129 consecutive patients discharged from the hospital to independent living, either in their own homes or in an old people's home. The study group comprised 50% of all patients admitted for acute stroke between February 1, 1986, and ...

This article considers how, as a result of the persistence familialism and paternalism, legislative changes made in some Central Eastern European countries (CEE), all which have ratified UN CRPD, mainly aim to: (a) incorporate work relatives home care people with long-term disabilities (b) place who previously lived large welfare institutions into smaller facilities (either residential units fo...

This article explores the concept of independent living as a counter-narrative. I argue that in addition to being both an aim for disabled people and campaign objective global people’s movement, also acts narrative tool opposes majoritarian social constructions disability creates ‘repaired’ identities people. analyse documents produced by movement UK establish how performs work resistance re-dr...