This “comprehensive model of care” is necessary to
support de-institutionalisation, because of the complexity of need among people with
more severe mental health problems.. The many functions provided in the traditional
asylums - including health care, housing, food, occupation and leisure, arguably
none very satisfactorily (Goffman, A. 1959) - had to be unpacked, and rearranged on
an individual basis after individual assessments by many different agencies in
community settings.