Perception of Life Satisfaction of Adult People with Mild Mental Disability

Authors : Jana KASÁČKOVÁ, Zdeňka KOZÁKOVÁ, Jan CHRASTİNA

Pages : 16-24

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Publication Date : 2016-05-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The paper deals with the presentation of the partial results of the research which was conduct in order to evaluate the life satisfaction of people with mild mental disabilities, who live in selected sheltered houses in Olomouc and Zlín regions. The questionnaire Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SEIQoL); in the Czech translation by Rodný, Rodná insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2011); was administered to 50 residents with mild mental disabilities in sheltered housing. There were 26 women and 24 men. Life satisfaction was examined in various areas: health, labor and employment, financial situation, leisure, person itself, social relationships, and housing. This research should further verify whether the application of this research tool for this target group is
Keywords : Adult people with mild mental disability, Sheltered housing, Schedule for the evaluation of individual quality of life