Assess The Difference Between Institutionalization And Deinstitutionalization

The term institutionalization can be described as caring for an individual in an institution, such as a public state mental hospital, and getting them into a routine set by the institution, while deinstitutionalization can be described as caring for an individual in a community instead of in an institution. Since institutionalization is a widely known concept, it is government funded in the forms of hospitals, special care homes, nursing and retirement homes, and provincial psychiatric hospitals. Many policies were involved in institutionalization and deinstitutionalization, both of which have a long history. During the history of institutionalization, different groups of people were placed into institutes, such as homeless people or the mentally ill. …show more content…
Other reasons include the individual’s inability to care for themselves, and didn’t have anyone who could properly care for them the way they needed to be cared for. Some individuals don’t have the proper life skills so they are put into institutes to learn these skills, or in other words, to be 'trained'. Deinstitutionalization, on the other hand of institutionalization, has a long history as well, dating back to around the nineteen-fifties. Unlike the individuals who are institutionalized, deinstitutionalized individuals can be cared for in the community, and are the individuals who pose a low threat and a low risk to themselves or others. Because of the advances in medicine, individuals who were once institutionalized were brought back in to the community since medicine was granting them the opportunity to receive the care they needed outside of an institution, and some individuals are deinstitutionalized because their economical status gives them the chance as