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deinstitutionalization [dē·in′stityo̅o̅′shənal′īzā′shən] Etymology: L, de + instituere, to put in place a change in the location and focus of mental health care from an institutional to a community setting. |
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| Since the process of deinstitutionalisation in the 1980's, this group has experienced a lack of resources as well as debilitating social stigma, as they struggle to find their way in a community which can be rejecting and unsupportive. As a consequence of the deinstitutionalisation of people with disabilities and the ageing of the population in the past 25 years, the number of young people fulfilling the role of carer for a relative has increased. Increased autonomy and choice, the very essence of community living, and the founding premise of deinstitutionalisation, is often lacking. |
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