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Personalisation: a report about how some groups are missing out on personalisation
- Author:
- EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
This easy read document looks at research into how personalisation is working, and whether all people could get these services. It found that some people still find it difficult to get services or find out about them. It also looked at a study to find out if people got the chance to have an advocate to help them with personalisation. The study found that where you live has a big effect on what advocacy support services you can get. The end of the report lists what needs to be done. This is the easy read version of the document 'Personalisation in the reform of social care: key messages'.
Are children and young people getting the opportunities they want? Report on the inquiry organised by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children 2012-2013
- Author:
- ALL PARLIAMENTARY GROUP FOR CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 31
- Place of publication:
- London
Four key themes arose from the inquiry sessions that were held with children and young people and a range of professionals working in children’s services: 1) There are many children and young people living in disadvantage who are not able to fully access their rights and entitlements; 2) Children and young people’s access to key services, including education, health and social care needs to be improved, particularly in terms of identification of need and coordination; 3) Positive relationships with family, friends, and professionals can support children and young people’s personal development, which in turn encourages them to develop aspirations and plan for their future; 4) There is an immediate need to revisit youth policy. It is particularly striking that many young people lack critical support during the passage to adulthood. Recommendations are proposed on page 6 which the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children (APPGC) believe will improve equality of access to opportunities for children and young people. (Edited publisher abstract)
Equal access?: a practical guide for the NHS: creating a single equality scheme that includes improving access for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A person with learning disabilities may need extra consideration and support from the NHS, as a patient, visitor or employee. Adapting information, communication and other aspects of care for them will help ensure services are also friendly to anyone who has difficulties with written or spoken English. This is a guide to support the NHS to include people with learning disabilities in their equality schemes, with practical examples of reasonable adjustments to achieve equality of access. The guide contains 4 major sections: Information for people with learning disabilities and family carers; Reasonable adjustments in service delivery; Information about people with learning disabilities; Patient and public involvement.
Fairness, equality and legitimacy: a qualitative comparative study of Germany and the UK
- Authors:
- TAYLOR-GOOBY Peter, MARTIN Rose
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 44(1), February 2010, pp.85-103.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The qualitative study reported in this article looked at ideas about fairness and social provision in Germany and the UK, using facilitated focus groups to examine how people understood and talked about fairness in social provision in relatively free conversations within peer groups from a similar background. The analysis showed that respondents in both countries value equality of opportunity as a normative principle, that those in Germany are much more likely to argue that an equal opportunity approach requires government to guarantee equal access to basic services and more likely to express concerns about market freedoms which allow those who can afford it better access to health care and education, and that there was a strong current in the UK groups that interprets equality of opportunity in terms of the availability of a common baseline of education, training, health and other services, but accepts differences in access between social groups and argues that it is the responsibility of the individual to grasp the opportunities that are available. The authors conclude that national conditions remain influential in welfare values, despite similarities in response to common pressures on policy.
Imagining a different life
- Author:
- STUART Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Adults Learning, 21(3), November 2009, pp.6-11.
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
The final report of the Panel on Fair Access to the Profession, 'Unleashing aspirations' found that wealth and private education are still key to well-paid jobs. This article discusses the need to improve social mobility by widening participation in education.
A wake-up call for service providers
- Author:
- ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 14(2), October 2000, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Discusses how the Disability Discrimination Act aims to make services providers aware of their responsibilities to ensure that disabled people are not confronted by disablist attitudes or subject to negative generalisations by being labelled as having learning difficulties.
Personalisation briefing: implications of the Equality Act 2010
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing examines the implications of the Equality Act 2010 for personalised adult social care. The Equality Act 2010 provides a legal framework which can support personalisation in adult social care. They are both about ensuring individuals receive services that are respectful, effective and accessible. Issues covered in the briefing include: those who have responsibilities to uphold the Act, who is protected from discrimination, what the law prohibits (discrimination, harassment and victimisation), and the new integrated equality duty for public authorities,
Equality in hospice and end of life care: challenges and change
- Author:
- HOSPICE UK
- Publisher:
- Hospice UK
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 53
- Place of publication:
- London
This scoping review provides a snapshot of practice, academic research, progress and ways forward on hospice and end of life care in the UK. The report is themed around different groups and includes examples of good practice, explores reasons why services are still not engaging fully with some parts of our communities, and put forward recommendations for change. The analysis in the report relates to the following groups: people from racialised communities; homeless people; prison population; LGBT people; people living in remote and rural areas; an ageing population, living with frailty and dementia; people living in poverty, deprivation, and with lower socioeconomic status; people living with learning disabilities; and people living with non-malignant conditions. (Edited publisher abstract)
Disabled students’ experiences of higher education in Sweden, the Czech Republic, and the United States: a comparative institutional analysis
- Authors:
- BERGGREN Ulrika Jarkestig, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 31(3), 2016, pp.339-356.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Students with disabilities face obstacles in their encounters with higher education. The aim of this study is to investigate how the institutional context shapes students’ experiences of unequal opportunities in higher education. In comparing disabled students’ experiences from universities in Sweden, the Czech Republic, and the United States, the study makes visible the kind of experiences that students share and how experiences differ between these countries within the global context of higher education. The study has shown that students’ possibilities for equal participation are shaped by the institutional context that is based on medical diagnosis and compensation for an inaccessible education. (Publisher abstract)
A different ending: addressing inequalities in end of life care: people with a mental health condition
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 2
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This document outlines the experience of barriers to good end of life care for people with a mental health condition. The report is one of a suite of documents reporting on the Care Quality Commission end of life care thematic review, and is designed to be read in conjunction with the other documents. People with serious mental illnesses (excluding dementia) die on average 20 years earlier than the rest of the population. They may be identified as approaching the end of life late, which can affect the ability to plan care that meets people’s individual needs. The review found limited information about end of life care for people with a mental health condition and suggests that the end of life care needs for this group may not being prioritised. Some people spoke about a lack of awareness of physical health needs among professionals caring for a person with a mental health condition, which led to delayed diagnosis of the person’s terminal condition. In some cases, where a person’s mental health condition was severe, there was no access to an appropriate service to care for them at the end of life, so they ended up dying in hospital. The document recommends that commissioners and providers support early identification of people with a mental health condition who may be approaching the end of life, as part of improved physical health care. (Edited publisher abstract)