Living group

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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

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

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