Title |
The ‘placement’ of people with profound impairments across the lifespan: re-thinking age criteria
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Published in |
BMC Medicine, May 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-12-83 |
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Authors |
Barbara E Gibson, Gillian King, Shauna Kingsnorth, Patricia McKeever |
Abstract |
Advances in lifesaving technologies and treatments make it possible for children with profound physical and cognitive impairments to survive into adulthood. Questions regarding how and where they should live are discussed rarely and, when they are, primarily focus on safety and/or containing costs. Since models of long-term care provision are age-based, children who reside in institutions are 'discharged' to adult facilities when they reach an arbitrary age. Such transfers may not be in the best interests of these young people or their families. Our aim in this debate is to highlight why age is a problematic criterion for placement decisions, with the goal of stimulating further research and inquiry. |
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