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Thematic review of the Independent Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews
- Author:
- HOLLINS Sheila
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- London
This thematic review highlights common themes and findings from detailed analysis of 26 (a third) of the 77 IC(E)TRs to derive thematic learning and identify the common concerns and issues relating to the care and treatment of people with learning disabilities and/or autism in long-term segregation (LTS). The analysis reveals that some individuals who had their cases reviewed were placed in segregation in order to cater to individual needs (for example to experience less noise or overstimulation). For most, however, segregation was being used in response to challenging behaviour in the absence of the right therapeutic care and environment. Some hospitals attempted to create a more ‘home like’ environment by adapting a room or suite of rooms in a part of the hospital, with nearly half of the 26 cases in the sample being segregated in this way. While the other half ranged from more ‘acceptable’ single rooms to high security environments, some without facilities or comfort, including some bare cells with hatches for surveillance, communication and to deliver food. In this review the findings, aims, actions and recommendations are separated into 7 improvement areas. These are: to improve substantially the quality of diagnosis, treatment and care in hospitals; to commission, skilled, safe, kind and appropriate person-centred support; to ensure there is accountability for action particularly by commissioners; to listen to patients and families, put them at the centre of care planning and ensure skilled and appropriate representation or advocacy; to make money work; to continue to provide oversight and independent scrutiny; other areas or findings. (Edited publisher abstract)
When dad died
- Author:
- HOLLINS Sheila
- Publisher:
- Gaskell
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 3rd
The text includes information on how people are likely to react when someone is very ill and to their death. It explores difficult emotions, possible physical feelings and behaviour changes. Guidance is given on how to relate to a bereaved person and how to answer the questions ‘How do we feel when someone dies?’, ‘What happens after someone dies?’ and ‘How long does it take to get back to normal?’. There is advice for support staff and carers of those with learning disabilities (including how to formulate guidelines and a sample bereavement questionnaire), plus information on useful written resources and bereavement organisations that can offer further help. The book will be helpful to adolescents and adults with learning disabilities as well as for their carers and supporters. In addition, children without learning disabilities will appreciate these books as they adopt a more direct approach to death than is usual.
What is the future of the psychiatry of learning disability?
- Author:
- HOLLINS Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 26(8), August 2002, pp.283-284.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
As the stigma associated with learning difficulties diminishes and public services become more inclusive psychiatrists must be aware of embracing those changes. The author concludes that the value of psychiatry lies in its clinical relevance,
Developmental psychiatry - insights from learning disability
- Author:
- HOLLINS Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, September 2000, pp.201-206.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article aimed to review the speciality of the psychiatry of learning disability and how it is currently practised in the UK. Clinical, service, research and educational issues in learning disability psychiatry are reviewed and illustrated. Key issues which emerge in all four areas include the importance of communication skills, consultation with users and carers, professional education and partnership. The psychiatry of leaning disability is a complex, varied and stimulating branch of psychiatry with a strong developmental focus.
Commentary: primary health care and health gain for people with a learning disability
- Author:
- HOLLINS Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 3(4), October 1998, pp.15-18.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Comments on the article by Kerr on pages 6-14. Focuses in more detail on the situation in England following the White Paper, 'The New NHS - Modern and dependable' and the Green Paper, 'Our Healthier Nation.' Also compares the skills available in the UK with those in other parts of Europe, and questions whether new training and qualifications are needed to ensure equity and effectiveness for people with learning difficulties.
Sonia's feeling sad
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, BANKS Roger
- Publisher:
- RCPsych Publications
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book, developed for people with learning disabilities, uses pictures to tell the story of Sonia a young woman with learning disabilities who is depressed. Her GP suggests that she sees a counsellor who helps Sonia to feel better. Includes information for supporters and carers on using the book and details of useful resources and organisations. The book is from the Books Beyond Words series, which use pictures to explain an event or to help people with learning disabilities deal with something that has happened.
A study of post-institutionalized men with severe intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour
- Authors:
- HUBERT Jane, HOLLINS Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 7(3), September 2010, pp.189-195.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The closure of the mental hospitals in the UK has opened up opportunities to improve the lives of institutionalised people moving to campus group homes, and group and other homes in the community. This article examines the outcomes of moves from institutions to small group homes among adults with challenging behaviours. A study was designed to help understand the post-deinstitutionalisation experiences and needs of a group of 20 men with severe intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviours who previously resided in a hospital's ‘locked ward’. Ethnographic methods were used, involving participant observation in the original residence and, later, in their new homes. It was found that the men's lives improved in material terms after taking up residence in their new homes, but there were limitations on other significant changes in their lives. The men still experienced social exclusion and denial of individual identity and autonomy, and there appeared to be few fundamental changes in professional and social attitudes toward them. Despite wide acknowledgment of the unacceptable treatment of people living in institutions, the authors conclude that there is evidence that the individual human and civil rights of some adults with intellectual disabilities continue to be ignored even after entry back into the community.
You and your child: making sense of learning disabilities
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, HOLLINS Martin
- Publisher:
- Karnac
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 144p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This volume looks at the physical, mental and emotional development of children with varying degrees of learning disabilities through tracing the development of six young adults from childhood. The case studies are in the form of illuminating commentaries from the parents and provide extra insight into the children's everyday lives. Each chapter also looks at education and schooling in detail, as well as acknowledging the importance of support outside of the family nucleus.
Young people and crime: improving provision for children who offend
- Authors:
- MORGAN Rod, HOLLINS Sheila
- Publisher:
- Karnac
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 47p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The authors provide an overview of the benefits of psychotherapy for all young people and particularly for young offenders, including those with learning disabilities, many of whom have experienced severe emotional problems. This volume is for those concerned with the health and happiness of the young people in our society.
Jenny speaks out
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, SINASON Valerie
- Publisher:
- Gaskell
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd
Jenny has moved into a new home in the community, but she is very unhappy and unsettled. Things come to a head when her carer finds a photo of her father. Sensitively, the carer helps Jenny to feel secure enough to talk about why she is upset. Jenny discloses that she was sexually abused by her father. The story shows how the warmth and trust of her carer and friends begin a healing process which will bring hope and a fresh start for Jenny. This book may enable a person with learning disabilities or mental health problems to open up about their experience of sexual abuse. The second half of the book consists of supporting written text. There is background information on sexual abuse, including the necessity of gaining medical evidence if it is reported as a crime. Advice is given to dispel commonly held beliefs, such as “It happened to me because I’m bad” and “I can’t have sex again because I’m dirty”.