Quality of life in homes for adults with intellectual disabilities

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Quality of life in dwellings for adults with intellectual disabilities (LEWO) is a quality assurance instrument in the field of assistance for the disabled that was developed together with the University of Siegen and the Federal Association for Life Aid with the support of the Federal Ministry of Health and the North Rhine-Westphalian State Ministry for Science and Research.

An updated version was published in 2001 under the name LEWO 2 and contains

  • externally accompanied self-evaluation,
  • Quality management ,
  • individual help planning / concept development / action planning,
  • Induction / professional exchange as well
  • internal training.

target

A conceptual further development and inventory should be systematically enabled for offers and services of inpatient residential facilities as well as for outpatient assisted living forms. In addition, it should be possible to better assess the quality of life and housing quality of the people who live in such facilities.

The procedure can act as proof of quality for the cost bearers and takes into account central areas of personnel and organizational development, but is more of a tool for self-evaluation. No need for help or effort is recorded.

execution

Twelve guidelines are set out in the task areas:

  1. material conditions of the facility and its environment,
  2. Processes, activities and funding opportunities,
  3. social relationships (coexistence) between users (the people with intellectual disabilities being cared for ) and employees,
  4. social networks of users inside and outside the area in which they are professionally looked after
  5. Enforcement of rights, claims and special protection needs
  6. Requirements and conditions of staff management
  7. organizational structures and processes

operationalized and assigned to 33 subject areas. Each group involved in caring for a person (called "users" at LEWO), such as employees, management, relatives and the cared for themselves, should be able to comment on the care. For one year, an “evaluation team” put together for this purpose meets as a working group for all-day meetings in order to carry out a joint evaluation of the work in the facility. The result is a quality report that identifies the strengths and weaknesses and forms the basis for an action plan.

attitude

The people looked after are not seen as customers because they are “directly involved in the service”. Thus, they are involved in the success and failure of an educational measure, which is why no direct conclusions can be drawn about its quality. The entire quality is worked out in a process-based dialogue with the client.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homepage Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , "First report on the situation of the homes and the care of the residents" (from August 15, 2006), 7.7 Quality assurance in inpatient disability assistance (as of July 30, 2014). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bmfsfj.de
  2. ↑ Download , Berns, Eva: "Self-determination as an essential criterion for quality in work with the disabled - results of a resident survey in a facility for people who are described as mentally disabled." (Dissertation), University of Bremen, 2002, p. 19 (status: July 30, 2014)
  3. ^ Homepage Lebenshilfe eV , books and magazines (as of July 30, 2014).
  4. ↑ a b c Homepage University of Siegen , project description: 1. LEWO as an instrument for quality development. (As of July 30, 2014).
  5. ↑ a b c d Download , Berns, Eva: "Self-determination as an essential criterion for quality in work with the disabled - results of a resident survey in an institution for people who are described as mentally disabled." (Dissertation), University of Bremen, 2002, p. 20 (as of July 30, 2014)