Living group
A living group is a place where people live together for a certain period of time or, as an exception, forever
- are in a certain, mostly problematic life situation or
- are damaged due to their history or
- suffer from physical, emotional or mental ailments or
- require care for biological reasons such as age or childhood.
A residential group is usually looked after by a social worker or other specialist staff. Volunteers are also involved there.
In most cases, the state or one of the large charities such as the German Red Cross , Diakonie or Caritas is responsible for a residential group .
A residential group can be located in its own building, in an apartment or as a separate department of an institution, e.g. B. in prison or a home for people with disabilities.
aims
A residential group in the traditional sense is primarily intended to prepare a temporary resident for an individual lifestyle outside of the residential group. This applies, for example, in shared apartments for offenders, people with eating disorders , drug addicts and the like. Ä.
Targeted reality training and behavioral therapy measures are part of the measures. A residential group offers its residents the opportunity to (re) learn and try out independence , personal responsibility and coping with everyday life together in a protected setting. The residents should discover their strengths, work on their weaknesses and train their ability to deal with conflict in social interaction.
In this way a coexistence develops that enables the realization of one's own interests while at the same time taking into account the needs of the other residents.
Instead of isolated treatment measures, a holistic treatment approach is sought.
Legal framework
- For children and young people , the type of assisted living is specified in Section 34 of the Social Code 8 .
See also
literature
- Felix Baur-Pantoulier: Therapeutic residential community: A project for the integration of mentally ill people into society , in: Henrik Kreutz (Ed.), Pragmatic Sociology: Contributions to the scientific diagnosis and practical solution of current social problems, Opladen 1988. online
- Arthur Drexler, Hermann Mitterhofer, Petra Flieger, Verena Rojer: The world of children and young people in Tyrolean institutions. A basic study , Innsbruck 2012. PDF
- Karin Hahn: Residential groups for elderly people with dementia , diploma thesis at the FH Wiesbaden 2004, Hamburg 2010, books.google
Web links
- Diploma thesis on residential groups in a facility for the disabled, University of Vienna PDF
- Extract from the Burgenland Provincial Care Act , RIS.BKA.at PDF
- www.ev-jugendhilfe.de
- www.caritas-jugendhilfe.de