Service type | Service name | Research focus | Studies reporting | Finding(s) | ||||
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(n/N)c | Quality | Source(s) | ||||||
Good | Fair | Poor | ||||||
Community-Based Residential Care | CCUa | Symptom stability (initial) | 2/3 | 1 | – | 1 | ▪ No significant change observed in resident symptoms or functioning over the initial 12-months, or for a subsample of initially transferred residents over a subsequent 12-month period. | |
Quality of life | 1/3 | – | – | 1 | [15] | ▪ Significant improvement at 1-year post-transition from long-stay inpatient care. | ||
Follow-up outcomes | 1/3 | – | 1 | – | [24] | ▪ High levels of ongoing disability and dependence on clinical services 8-years following service entry. | ||
Community Residences | Follow-up outcomes | 1/1 | – | 1 | – | [23] | ▪ 18% of residents required admission to inpatient psychiatric care within 2-years of transfer, and an additional 28% required admission to inpatient psychiatric care in the subsequent 4-years. ▪ 6-years post-transition 85% of residents continued to reside in the community, and none of these people had an ongoing requirement for 24-h supervision. Additionally, significant improvements in quality of life, and reductions in medication usage were noted for community-based residents. | |
Transitional Residential Rehabilitation | CCU | Comparison to inpatient rehabilitation | 1/1 | – | 1 | – | [1] | ▪ Compared to consumers engaged in inpatient rehabilitation CCU consumers were significantly: younger; less likely to be subject to involuntary treatment and guardianship orders; less likely to be classified as being of a moderate-to-high risk of violence; lower on levels of symptoms (HoNOS) and disability (LSP-16). |
CRCb | Follow-up outcomes | 1/1 | – | – | 1 | [31] | ▪ Significant reductions in inpatient bed-days, symptoms and functioning (HoNOS, all subscales except behaviour) when comparing the 6-month period pre- and post-CRC care. |