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Incentives for Change: Understanding the Effects of the Deinstitutionalization Movement in New York State

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ac.comp.abstractFor years, the United States has placed individuals with severe physical and mental disabilities into institutions for their care and, some said, for the convenience of their families. Significant revelations about the inhumane and unethical treatment of residents led to the deinstitutionalization movement starting around the 1960’s. This movement shifted care for these individuals from institutions to community-based settings, and research has shown that individuals with developmental disabilities are better served through community-based care. Because of this, the question of ‘does ownership affect quality of care?’ was posed and analyzed. This senior project examines the deinstitutionalization movement, specifically in New York State, with a focus on the former state school, Willowbrook. Understanding disabilities, especially those that impact independent living and self-care disabilities, and the effects that they have on individuals is important for understanding the deinstitutionalization movement. Although this 1960’s movement was supposed to be beneficial for individuals in terms of developing organizations for group homes and providing better care, this analysis will look deeper into the incentives for change and the quality of care that these facilities provide. Explicitly looking into the types of ownership that these new forms of facilities have after the deinstitutionalization movement; this thesis will assist in developing an understanding of the incentives that different types of facilities and furthermore their structure of ownership had in their creation of group homes and the care for individuals with developmental disabilities after the deinstitutionalization movement. This project explores the ways in which U.S. society has viewed disabilities as a whole throughout history, exploring stigmatization, the effects on the individuals and overall, the effect and role that disabilities have on these family members, caregivers, and other members of society.en_US
ac.comp.awardBusiness and Economics, 2023en_US
ac.comp.awardGlobal Health Studies, 2023en_US
ac.comp.firstreaderWaggett, Caryl E.
ac.comp.languageEnglishen_US
ac.comp.permissionformPublicen_US
ac.comp.secondreadersNonnenmacher, Tomas W.
ac.subject.academicyearAcademic Year 2022-2023en_US
dc.contributor.authorPillittieri, Sarah
dc.contributor.departmentBusiness and Economicsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentGlobal Health Studiesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-12T12:29:29Z
dc.date.available2023-04-12T12:29:29Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-03
dc.description.majorBusinessen_US
dc.description.majorGlobal Health Studiesen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.allegheny.edu/handle/10456/56240
dc.subjectDevelopmental Disabilitiesen_US
dc.subjectDeinstitutionalizationen_US
dc.subjectWillowbrooken_US
dc.subjectStigmatizationen_US
dc.subjectGroup Homesen_US
dc.subjectOwnershipen_US
dc.subjectInstitutionalizationen_US
dc.subjectNew York Stateen_US
dc.subjectNon-Profiten_US
dc.subjectFor-Profiten_US
dc.subjectGovernmenten_US
dc.titleIncentives for Change: Understanding the Effects of the Deinstitutionalization Movement in New York Stateen_US
dc.typeSenior Project Paperen_US
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