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Learning disabilities and homelessness
- Authors:
- TICKLE Anna, et al
- Publisher:
- Groundswell
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 19
- Place of publication:
- London
This toolkit is designed for organisations in England who support people experiencing homelessness and severe multiple disadvantage (SMD), which refers to experiencing some combination of homelessness, mental health problems, substance misuse, offending, and domestic and sexual violence and abuse. Some of the contents may be helpful to those outside England, but information on support services is limited to England. Staff and managers in services supporting individuals facing SMD can use it to identify when learning disability might be a relevant issue for somebody they support. They can use it to help them make appropriate reasonable adjustments, which might include assisted communication, support with activities of daily living, or support to develop social or practical skills. This toolkit offers a starting point in working towards good practice in supporting people with a learning disability, and signposts to further information and resources. Service managers may also use the toolkit to increase awareness of learning disability generally and inform service processes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Registering the right support: CQC's policy on registration and variations to registration for providers supporting people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 26
- Place of publication:
- London
This policy statement provides guidance on handling new applicants for registration and applications to vary registration from providers of services for people with learning disabilities. It aims to guide registration managers and inspectors in their assessments of providers of services for people with learning disabilities, and to help them decide whether to grant or refuse registration applications, or applications to make variations to registration. The statement covers the opening a new specialist assessment and treatment unit or hospital; the opening a new care home or location for supported living; and new applications for registration. (Edited publisher abstract)
NHS learning disability employment: tools and guidance
- Authors:
- NHS EMPLOYERS, NHS ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- NHS Employers
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Practical steps and an overview of available tools designed to encourage employment for people with learning disabilities in NHS organisations. The aim of these tools and guidance is to raise awareness, highlight good practice and break down some of the barriers that both employers and potential employees may face, helping create a culture which welcomes people with learning disabilities. This guidance is structured around five building blocks, taking potential employers and managers through the process of recruiting and employing someone with a learning disability. The building blocks are: getting started; being an accessible employer; identifying real jobs; advertising and recruitment; and employment. (Edited publisher abstract)
Using medication to manage behaviour problems among adults with a learning disability: quick reference guide
- Authors:
- DEB Shoumitro, CLARKE David, UNWIN Gemma
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
This quick reference guide has been produced to provide advice to people who are considering prescribing medication to manage behaviour problems among adults (aged 18 years and over) with a learning disability. It does not consider in any detail the indications for choosing specific medication to manage behaviour problems among adults with a learning disability. Rather, it provides recommendations for clinical practice surrounding the use of medication to manage behaviour problems among adults with a learning disability. All relevant medication and related issues are considered. The guide is divided into the following sections: initiation of treatment (assessment, formulation, and treatment plan); monitoring of treatment; discontinuation of treatment; high-dose medication; poly-prescribing; intramuscular (IM) medication; rapid tranquilisation; as required (PRN) prescribing; communication and information sharing; interdisciplinary working; consent and capacity; and the referral pathway.
How to make information accessible: a guide to producing easy read documents
- Author:
- CHANGE
- Publisher:
- Change
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 46p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This guidance produced by the National Equality Partnership and CHANGE, a national organisation led by disabled people, aims to make written information accessible to those who may find reading and writing difficult. Central to this is the belief that people who have learning difficulties have the expertise and knowledge to prepare such a document, and have done so with this guide. Here, accessible information means easy words and pictures, a style of language developed by people with learning disabilities over the past 15 years. Characterised by writing in short, simple sentences without jargon or hard words, clear and easy to understand pictures are used to support words, with an added value of helping those who do not have English as a first language. It takes time and money to create information to the easy words and pictures standard, so it is important to choose carefully which documents to use. It is suggested that some information could be made more accessible by the use of other, cheaper methods such as multimedia. The authors define jargon and hard words, detail laws such as the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and the 2006 Disability Equality Duty (DED) and advise on involving people with learning disabilities on how to improve accessibility and presentation of documents. Presented throughout, in the style of easy words and pictures, practical advice is given on how to prepare a document with a checklist and examples of good practice concluding the text.
Learning disabilities: applying All Our Health
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Updated 2018
Evidence and guidance to help healthcare professionals to improve the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities. Individuals regardless of their age, gender or label should receive care that is based on their unique needs, that is appropriate in its design and effective in its delivery. A learning disability, not to be confused with a learning difficulty such as dyslexia and dyspraxia, is a label given to a group of conditions that are present before the age of 18. This impacts on the way individuals develop in all core areas, and ultimately how they live their lives and access health care. For simplicity, this document has grouped causes and condition. The causes of a learning disability mainly fall into 3 distinct areas, developed in the prenatal period, perinatal period and postnatal period. The guide outlines key facts relating to health and people with a learning disability; core principles for health professionals; and interventions at population, community, and family and individual levels. (Edited publisher abstract)
Home ownership for people with long-term disabilities (HOLD): factbook
- Authors:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 14
- Place of publication:
- London
This factbook is about the HOLD shared ownership scheme and was developed to support those professionals who are working with people with a learning disability, autism or both as part of the Transforming Care programme. However, shared home ownership is a possible option for a much wider range of people; this guide is therefore relevant to other professionals too. Shared home ownership won’t be right for everyone, but we do know that it can work really well for some people who may have very specific housing requirements. We know, for example, that individuals with complex and challenging behaviours often require tailored solutions that will minimise the triggers for behaviour, in some cases with significant adaptations and/or modifications, and where location and environment are very important in achieving sustainable housing solutions for people. Where the person lives, who they live with, the design of their home and how they are supported (including in an environment that they are comfortable with) can have a significant impact on wellbeing and behaviour. Home ownership under the HOLD scheme enables the individual and their family to select a property from the open market, within their budget, just like everyone else who is looking to buy a property. This gives them a much better opportunity to choose where they live and the kind of property they will be living in, coupled with the security of tenure that only home ownership delivers. The step by step guide included in the second half of this document is a guide for those professionals involved in the process to help ensure things run as smoothly as possible. Anyone who has ever bought a house knows that it can be full of twists and turns, so keeping a strong commitment is critical to success. (Edited publisher abstract)
Preventing falls in people with learning disabilities: making reasonable adjustments
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide contains information to help staff in public health, health services and social care to prevent falls in people with learning disabilities. It is also intended to help falls prevention services to provide support that is accessible to people with learning disabilities. It sets out the findings of research, highlights relevant policy and guidelines, and also provides case studies and examples of reasonable adjustments. It provides links to online resources and where they can be accessed. It will be of use to family carers, friends and paid support staff to help them think about what risks may contribute to falls and how to reduce these risks. It is one of a series of guides looking at reasonable adjustments in different service areas to enable public sector organisations to fulfil their duties to disabled people under the Equality Act 2010. (Edited publisher abstract)
Safe, sustainable and productive staffing: an improvement resource for learning disability services
- Author:
- NATIONAL QUALITY BOARD
- Publisher:
- National Quality Board
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 23
A guide to help standardise staffing decisions for learning disability services in community and inpatient settings. This resource is designed to help commissioners and providers of NHS commissioned services, create, review and sustain safe and effective specialist health services for people with a learning disability, who have a wide range of needs and varying levels of disability. The resource draws on evidence from a commissioned rapid review of literature and professional review of practice. It aims to provide principles and an assurance framework to help standardise approaches to making decisions about staffing in a multidisciplinary learning disability setting, within organisations and across the system supporting the patient experience and outcomes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Using person centred thinking in continuing care
- Author:
- HELEN SANDERSON ASSOCIATES
- Publisher:
- Helen Sanderson Associates
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Stockport
This case study describes how person centred thinking tools are being used in Wiltshire Primary Care Trust to help managed the health care of people with learning disabilities in a more person-centred way. The tools used include one page profiles, decision making agreements, learning logs, communications charts and risk assessments.