In the Norwegian context, this group primarily consists of children with the most severe reasons for placement and thereby represents a high-risk group of foster children.
The reasons for placement of the adolescents in their respective categories and by extension, in the home are as shown in Table 1.
In addition to the staff-report data, case files were reviewed to extract longitudinal data on reasons for placement, length of time in placement, and timing of any moves.
The reasons for placement in LTC facilities were similar to the findings of previous studies, including proximity to home, convenience for family members to visit residents, and service quality [ 16, 17, 25].
CALD communities would benefit from education and support about residential services (what they are intended to do and reasons for placement) and individuals may need some supportive counselling as they are making a decision that may be seen as opposing their family or cultural values.
Second, participants were asked if they were ever placed in foster care, the reason for the placement, and their age and the duration of the most recent placement.
Opened Digital Contents launched in 2012 under Argentina's ministry of planning, although the reason for its placement there is unclear.
Age-related cognitive deficits are a highly prevalent and important health risk in the human population (reviewed in [1]), can presage development of age-related neurodegenerative disease [2], [3], [4], and are a primary reason for elderly placement in assisted living facilities [5].
Rarely did it appear that there was a single reason for IUC placement.
