Quality of Life and intellectual disability: Implementing the POS Scale in a case study

Abstract

This paper sheds light on the combination between Quality of Life and Adulthood, focusing on the analysis of a case study. The considerations concerning the theoretical framework of reference, or the epistemological frame of the Quality of Life, allow to draw the more or less satisfactory perceptions on the life of an adult with intellectual disabilities, aiming to log regressions and improvements after a longitudinal trail that lasted two years.

Implementing the Quality of Life and Potential of Social Farming

“…In addition, the POS return the overall level of the QoL construct both from the person's point of view with intellectual disabilities and from the caregivers perspective (De Windt & Lannau, 2009;Guàrdia-Olmos et al, 2017;Van Havere, 2011;Van Hove et al, 2011), achieving both subjective and objective "angulations". As already pointed out in other research (Del Bianco & Accorsi, 2019) the intersection of data from the total raw scores in the individual's self-assessment scale with those from the caregiver's assessment scale, provides additional meaning that is crucial for a more thorough evaluation of the QoL index (van Loon et al, 2017). We used the POS even because it is a highly versatile tool that makes it possible to program person-centered interventions, in order to make potential organizational changes.…”

“…We used the POS even because it is a highly versatile tool that makes it possible to program person-centered interventions, in order to make potential organizational changes. This method is used to provide general information on an individual's ongoing QoL, without becoming the criterion by which the assessment of his/her QoL is determined (Del Bianco & Accorsi, 2019). The purpose of using the POS is to comprehend the specific situation of the person in order to enhance their care and emphasize potential achievable outcomes.…”