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LDIF provides opportunities for people with learning disabilities
With funding from the Welsh Government's Integrated Care Fund Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services (PAVS) co-produced the Learning Disabilities Innovation Fund (LDIF) with support from the Dream Team and Pembrokeshire People First (PPF). The Learning Disabilities Innovation Fund (LDIF) was established in 2021, providing an opportunity for people with learning disabilities to come up with ideas for new activities and services and access funding to test them out in practice. LDIF offered an opportunity for third sector organisations and statutory bodies to apply for funding to run a truly co-produced project with and for people with learning disabilities across Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. The key priorities for the Fund were: all projects must be co-devised, produced and delivered by people with learning disabilities; all projects need to be innovative; all projects need to specifically take forward the aims of the LD Charter. (Edited publisher abstract)
Case studies about improving support for people with a learning disability and autistic people
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Place of publication:
- London
This resource brings together case studies relating to people with a learning disability and autistic people. The case studies come from the Care and Health Improvement Programme's new Supporting adults with a learning disability to have better lives outcomes and improvement framework. (Edited publisher abstract)
Learning Disability Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme: action from learning
- Authors:
- NHS ENGLAND, NHS IMPROVEMENT
- Publishers:
- NHS England, NHS Improvement
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 35
- Place of publication:
- London
This report provides examples of the local changes that have been made to services so far and highlights the extensive work which is happening nationally in response to common themes raised through Learning Disability Mortality Review (LeDeR) programme carried out between spring 2018 and spring 2019. The LeDeR programme was established in May 2015 to support local areas across England to review the deaths of people with a learning disability, to learn from those deaths and to put that learning into practice. There is growing recognition across the health and social care sector of the inequalities faced by people with a learning disability and their families. The LeDeR programme is opening conversations with a wide range of professionals who may have never previously considered the challenges faced by people with a learning disability and their families, either because they are perceived to be served mainly by specialist learning disability services or professionals did not have sufficient awareness of the need for reasonable adjustments. This growing recognition is, in part, attributable to the tireless campaigning of families whose loved ones have died a potentially premature death. The LeDeR programme has introduced clear expectations relating to mortality review and NHS England and NHS Improvement are committed to ensuring that, moving forward, LeDeR reviews are completed in a timely way and lead to tangible service improvements. (Edited publisher abstract)
Delivering high quality end of life care for people who have a learning disability: resources and tips for commissioners, service providers and health and social care staff
- Authors:
- NHS ENGLAND, PALLIATIVE CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
- Publisher:
- NHS England
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 57
- Place of publication:
- Redditch
This ‘top tips’ guide aims to support commissioners, providers and clinicians to reduce inequalities in palliative and end of life for people with a learning disability, focusing on ‘The Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care’. These six ambitions, which provide a framework for national and local health and care system leaders to take action to improve palliative and end of life care, are: Each person is seen as an individual; Each person gets fair access to care; Maximising comfort and wellbeing; Care is coordinated; All staff are prepared to care; Each community is prepared to help. This document sets how to achieve each ambition, signposts relevant tools and resources and provides good practice examples. (Edited publisher abstract)
Learning disabilities: good practice project
- Authors:
- HOUGH Jo, MARTIN Kerry
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 57
- Place of publication:
- London
This report gives people who commission, design and deliver services a better understanding of how to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities. It is partly based on these good practice indicators: co-production; a capabilities approach to disability; community capacity building; a move towards more integrated services; and a commitment to personalisation. It presents six examples of good practice: Public Health Norfolk & Equal Lives (formerly Norfolk Coalition of Disabled People) and its provision of easy-to-access information on local health services; the Quality Checking project in Gloucestershire; London Borough of Hackney and Advance Support and supported living for people with complex needs; MacIntyre Care in Oxfordshire, representative of transition support for young people with complex needs; the Open University’s Social History of Learning Disability Group on sharing life stories; and Merseycare NHS Rebuild Service, which offers support for people with Down’s Syndrome and early onset dementia. It gives briefer details for other shortlisted projects. The report also includes an EasyRead summary. The project was completed under an action from ‘Transforming Care: A national response to Winterbourne View Hospital’. (Original abstract)
Relationship building
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.6.11, 2011, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A Leeds based project which supports people with learning disabilities to develop friendships and relationships, helping to combat isolation and loneliness and improving health and wellbeing is described. Luv2meetU receives funding from the Big Lottery, councils and support provider Hft. Anecdotal evidence shows improvements in members' confidence, health and well-being. The project was nominated for an award at the Laing & Buisson independent specialist care awards.
Making written information easier to understand for people with learning disabilities: guidance for people who commission or produce easy read information: revised edition 2010
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
Good practice guidance on commissioning and preparing easy read information for people with learning disabilities. Main areas covered include: defining easy read, commissioning material, and involving people with learning disabilities. Short case study examples are included. An additional section briefly covers other formats, such as audio, video/DVD, or interactive CD-ROMs or webpages. Annexes cover: Guidelines for producing Easy Read; Supplementary guidelines for professional typesetting and printing. The document is primarily at local and national public sector organisations who produce public information specifically for people with learning disabilities.
No pain, plenty of gain
- Author:
- DUNNING Jeremy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.9.10, 2010, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Hertfordshire Council has engaged professional services consultancy OLM to review and reduce the costs of its long-term residential placements. This has resulted in savings of £2.5M a year, expected to rise to £7.3m by the end of 2011. The Council insists that there has been no change in quantity or quality of care, and this is supported by Hertfordshire Local Involvement Network which represents service users.
Making a game of personalisation
- Author:
- TAYLOR Amy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.4.10, 2010, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A board game which explains personal budgets to people with learning disabilities is described. The game has been launched by the Advocacy charity Speak Up.
It all becomes clear
- Author:
- PITT Vern
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.10.09, 2009, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
People with learning disabilities who are visually impaired have unique needs as they move towards independent living. The charity SeeAbility has been helping West Sussex Council to re-house residents from group homes to supported housing as part of its eye2eye scheme to improve support for people with visual impairments and learning disabilities.