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Religious expression, a fundamental human right: the report of an action research project on meeting the religious needs of people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- HATTON Chris, et al
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report describes a two-year action research project running from January 2002 to December 2003, funded by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities. The aim of the project was to work with services to meet the religious needs of adults with learning disabilities, and to discover what worked particularly well.
Residential provision for people with learning disabilities: a research review
- Authors:
- HATTON Chris, EMERSON Eric
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. Hester Adrian Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The aims of the review were fourfold: to produce an authoritative comprehensive summary of existing research relating to the characteristics, quality and costs of differing forms of residential provision for people with learning disabilities in the UK; to utilise 1991 Census data to describe the nature of current residential provision for this client group; to begin to map out, through a process of consultation with a wide range of organisations and visits to services, the defining characteristics and aims of differing approaches to residential provision; and to generate a list of recommendations concerning the conduct of future research into alternative forms of residential provision for people with learning disabilities.
Strategies for change: implementing valuing people at the local level: developing housing and support options: lessons from research
- Author:
- HATTON Chris
- Publisher:
- University of Lancaster. Institute for Health Research
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Lancaster
The White Paper Valuing People presents a wide-ranging agenda for change right across the spectrum of supports for people with learning disabilities. Much of this change is directed at the strategic planning level, including actions specified in the White Paper and forthcoming implementation guidance concerning housing services. Commissioners are clearly under considerable pressure to attend to the details of these actions and guidelines.
Learning disabilities: the fundamental facts
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HATTON Chris, FELCE David, MURPHY Glynis
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
Practical text defining providing basic facts and statistics on people with learning difficulties, concepts of learning disability, community, health needs, service provision and its costs.
Estimating the future need for adult social cares services for people with learning disabilities in England
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HATTON Chris
- Publisher:
- Lancaster University. Centre for Disability Research
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- Lancaster
This research, commissioned by the Learning Disability Coalition, shows that the demand for services for people with learning disabilities is increasing by between 3.2% and 5.5% per year which exceeds the government estimate of 1% per year. It is suggested that there will be sustained growth in the need for social care services for adults with learning disabilities from 2009-2026.
Moving out: the impact of relocation from hospital to community on the quality of life of people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HATTON Chris
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 97p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Critical review of 71 research reports which examined the impact of care in the community on the quality of life of people with learning difficulties who had been discharged from residential care. Draws out key implications for the purchasers and providers of health and social care.
Is care transformed? A review of transforming care in England
- Authors:
- BROWN Mark, JAMES Elaine, HATTON Chris
- Publisher:
- Lancaster University. Centre for Disability Research
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 30
- Place of publication:
- Lancaster
This report examines the progress of Transforming Care and Building the Right Support, which aimed to reduce the number of people with learning disabilities or autism who are inappropriately in secure mental health hospitals following Winterbourne View. It uses information from Transforming Care Implementation Plans, Freedom of Information requests, Assuring Transformation data about the numbers of people in in-patient hospitals and information from evaluations commissioned by NHS England. It argues that the national policy, Transforming Care, has not met its goal of achieving profound and radical change which would reduce by over a third the number of people with learning disabilities and autistic people who are inappropriately in hospital due to a failure to position people with learning disabilities and autistic people and their families as leaders of the national programme. It also highlights that many local health and social care partnerships did not receive the funding they required to implement Building the Right Support. It concludes that any future work to reduce the number of people with learning disabilities and autistic people in long stay beds should be led by people with learning disabilities and autistic people, their families and peer advocates. The publication has the alternative title of 'Inpatient admissions of people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people and attempts to Transform Care in England.' (Edited publisher abstract)
A trade in people: the inpatient healthcare economy for people with learning disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Authors:
- BROWN Mark, JAMES Elaine, HATTON Chris
- Publisher:
- Lancaster University. Centre for Disability Research
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- Lancaster
This report looks at the increasing role of independent sector companies in delivering inpatient services and Assessment and treatment units for people with autism and/or learning difficulties. The report has been produced as part of the 7 Days of Action campaign, which aims to get people with autism and learning difficulties out of in-patient settings and back into their communities and in their own homes. The report provides an analyses of data on the different rates of inpatient provision in different Transforming Care Partnerships. It also looks at the experiences of people with learning disabilities who are detained in inpatient provision and the impact on their families. In analysing the data, the report concludes that inpatient rates are influenced by the independent sector locating in areas where house prices are lower. Once placed in care, the length of stay in hospital will be influenced by the care infrastructure that is in place. The findings show that people with learning disabilities and autism are staying in Assessment and treatment units (ATUs) much longer than necessary. The report argues that the current system has a significant effect on people with learning disabilities ability to maintain links with their home communities and their ability to maintain relationships that are important to their long term well-being and their right to an ordinary life. (Edited publisher abstract)
Report on the first 7 days of action
- Authors:
- JAMES Elaine, NEARY Mark, HATTON Chris
- Publisher:
- Lancaster University. Centre for Disability Research
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- Lancaster
Reports on the experience of the 3,000 people with a learning disability in English hospitals for assessment and treatment. The paper shows that 83% of people with a learning disability in Assessment and Treatment Units (ATUs) are detained under the Mental Health Act. The Mental Health Act Code of Practice (s1.2-1.6) states that, where possible, people should be treated safely and lawfully without detaining them and that the least restrictive options should always be considered.. The paper reports that on the date of the 2015 Census: 525 people (18%) who were in inpatient units had been subject to the Mental Health Act (1983) for up to a year; 1,025 people (34%) for up to 5 years; 500 people (17%) for up to 10 years; 435 people (15%) for more than 10 years. The Act (s1.15-1.17) also states that decisions about care and treatment should be appropriate to the person with clear therapeutic aims, promote recovery and should be performed to current national guidelines and/or current, available best practice guidelines. The paper reports that that on the date of the 2015 Census: 85% of people in ATUs did not have a mental health diagnosis “severe enough to require treatment”; 73% of people did not have a behavioural risk “severe enough to require treatment”; there were 3,000 people with learning disabilities and/or autistic spectrum disorder who were in hospital for assessment and treatment in England on the date of the latest NHS Digital learning disability census 30 September 2015. (Edited publisher abstract)
Prevention and social care for adults with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HATTON Chris, ROBERTSON Janet
- Publisher:
- NIHR School for Social Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 25p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Prevention seeks to eliminate or reduce need, and the current UK preventative agenda focuses on encouraging people to have healthy and active lifestyles and supporting people when a care need first arises to stop problems escalating. The aim of this review was to explore the issue of prevention in relation to adult social care services for people with learning disabilities, looking in particular at options for preventative actions, implications for adult social care practice, and possibilities for modelling the consequences of preventative strategies. It discusses what prevention is, ethical and ideological issues, primary prevention of learning disabilities (including screening and addressing environmental causes) and of the need for adult social care services among people with learning disabilities, and secondary prevention of learning disabilities (through early intervention) and of the need for adult social care services among people with learning disabilities. Key research questions for primary and secondary prevention are identified. The paper concludes that a plausible case can be made for the viability and potential effectiveness of primary and secondary prevention of learning disabilities and of the need for social care support among people with learning disabilities, and that the vast majority of the options for prevention involve altering the social and environmental context in which children grow up.