ABSTRACT
The analysis so far has shown that differences in patterns of care between hospitals, hostels and voluntary homes cannot be explained simply in terms of the size of the institutions, the size of the living units or the numbers available to staff them. The number of observation periods differed in different wards, because the children got up, went to school, returned from school and went to bed at different times. Correlation coefficients were calculated for each of the head of unit activities and scale scores. The proportion of activities which were common to both status groups was significantly higher than in the hospitals, where more activities were specific to one or the other status group. The Mongols in the hostels and voluntary homes were significantly more advanced in feeding than those in the hospitals. There were no significant differences between the groups of Mongols with regard to their abilities in dressing, degrees of incontinence and the prevalence of behaviour disorders.
