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Care in the Community (also called "Community Care" or "Domiciled Care") is the British policy of deinstitutionalization, treating and caring for physically and mentally disabled people in their homes rather than in an institution. Institutional care was the target of widespread criticism during the 1960s and 1970s,Report of the Committee of Inquiry, Socialist Health Association, Retrieved February 28, 2010 but it was not until 1983 that the government of Margaret Thatcher adopted a new policy of care after the Audit Commission published a report called 'Making a Reality of Community Care'Making a Reality of Community Care, Audit Commission for Local Authorities in England and Wales, ISBN 978-0-11-701323-0 which outlined the advantages of domiciled care.