英文摘要 |
This study aims to explore current residential services for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) in Taiwan, such as residential types, unit/bed size and who are the users. The sources of second data in this study embrace the five National Inspections of Disability Welfare Facilities in 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993 and 2000; and the latest issued national written data. Also a mail survey was used to examine how the 96 residential settings currently available for people with ID. Between 5% and 7% percent of population with ID stay in the residential facilities; and the reset of these people live with their families. Nearly 20% of 7,000 people with ID are children under age 18 and only 3% of the users' age over 60. The average length of the users stay is 6.2 year, and the longest is 41 year. 40% of the users' cost of using the services comes from the governmentally full subsidy. More than 80% of the units managed by the non-governmental sectors; the earliest residential setting was registered in 1952 and the biggest growth of these residential facilities was in the 1990s particularly in the recent three years. In 1990, there ever had a small residential unit for four residents and the biggest unit size was 450 in 2001. And the unit size both less and large than 30 are growing during 2000 to 2003. 70% of these settings name their unit as ”institution” or ”severe handicapped nurturing and protection” and another 20% named ”community home” or ”community family”. 60% of these settings call their users ”member of the institution” and very few view their users as the residents. Generally the supply of permitted residential services is already over the demands. |