Are residential care homes really bad for children? Voices of alumni of residential child and youth care in Trinidad and Tobago
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9973573 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Petra Roberts (0000-0001-9665-2094, Toronto Metropolitan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 685-696 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00208728211031975 |
| OpenAlex | W3205324727 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
Social workers have advocated closing large youth care institutions and moving to adoption, foster care and group homes. However, these approaches have proven to be costly and often disruptive of children’s lives. This study of 24 alumni of orphanages and large group homes in Trinidad and Tobago shows that the children experienced stability and happiness, with siblings kept together and almost universal secondary school graduation. Problems occurred in the transition from the homes to the community. With attention to gender in discharge policies, large group care may be beneficial and cost effective, especially for low-resource developing countries
Child care · Closing (real estate · Economic growth · Economics · Graduation (instrument · Happiness · Political science · Residential care · Child Welfare and Adoption · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Nursing · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |