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My money matters: guidance on best practice in handling the money of people with a learning disability
- Author:
- LIVINGSTONE Janet
- Publisher:
- Association for Real Change
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- loose leaf, CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- Chesterfield
Based on a survey of Association for Real Change's member organisations, which all support people with learning difficulties, the issues faced are broken into sections, including practical problems, the legal situation and auditors' requirements. The pack is founded on clear values and promotes people's rights to have control over their money. Equally, risk is thoroughly addressed and there are useful tools for assessing levels of required support alongside risk and capacity. An important section has lots of resources to help people (and their staff) develop better skills with money. One of the guide's strengths is the ARC's members' contributions; their own pilot projects offer ideas on best practice and some solutions. The Financial Passport is a simple idea that will help people explain how they should be supported. The accompanying CD-Rom contains procedures that can be adapted; plus a simple budget planning programme which some may find useful. Although the guide is aimed at support staff and auditors, much of the information could be shared with family carers.
What's happening?
- Authors:
- BARBARA Tim, et al, (Producers), WILSON Alastair, (Author)
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, worked with 16 young people with learning disabilities to find out what makes them feel anxious or depressed. Using video and photo diaries the young people talked about how they felt. This DVD presents the experiences of three young people from this study. They talk about how their lives became difficult or unhappy and what helped them to start to feel better. The DVD is intended to help young people, families and practitioners to identify and learn from their experiences.
Having a say: helping people with learning disabilities participate in planning services
- Authors:
- EVANS John, (Producer), THOMAS Jeanette, (Author)
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Outlines the work of Learning Disability Wales (formerly SCOVO), the collective voice of the voluntary sector in Wales which promotes the right of children and adults with a learning disability to have valued lives.
The right to be you
- Authors:
- HAMILTON Karen, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Ealing Consortium
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- (11 mins.), DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
A DVD made by people with learning disabilities was shown for the first time at the House of Commons on 29 September 2005. People with learning disabilities, from Ealing Consortium, commissioned and wrote the script for the DVD, and had the final say in the editing. They wanted other people with learning disabilities to be aware of their rights in areas such as housing, health, and travel. The DVD will also be used for staff training and informing the general public.
Abuse is bad
- Authors:
- SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY, BUBBLE MEDIA, (Producers)
- Publisher:
- Speakup Self Advocacy
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- (27 mins.), DVD
- Place of publication:
- Rotherham
Speakup Self Advocacy produces a range of information videos for people with learning disabilities. They employ and train people in advocacy and ways to speak up and also to help them to produce more videos and to give people real jobs and experience. Crimes such as abuse need to get into court, people need proper legal protection, which is not always there at the moment. They also need to be properly supported in court, such as in the pilot project described.
Dignity in care: choice and control
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 13 minutes 30 seconds
- Place of publication:
- London
Everyone has the right to make choices about how they live and how their support is provided. This film shows how people with care and support needs can be supported to have choice and control. Three examples shown are owning a budgerigar; deciding between mince with dumplings or a roast chicken dinner; and going shopping. The young men with learning disabilities who draw up their preferred shopping list travel to town unsupported, buy the food, come back and cook it and then eat it. It's important to take time to understand and know the person, their previous lives and past achievements, and to support people to develop things like ‘life story books'. If you treat people as equals, you can make sure they remain in control of what happens to them. (Edited publisher abstract)
Lucy's treatment
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- London
This film is a drama set in an accident and emergency department. Lucy is a woman with Down’s syndrome who is resisting treatment for a dog bite. She is with her mother when the nurse comes to assess her. The nurse does not communicate well with Lucy. She is doing a pressurised job, but this cannot excuse her behaviour towards Lucy. The nurse also makes a common mistake of believing she can’t provide treatment which goes against her patient’s wishes. It is Lucy’s mother who explains that where a person lacks capacity to make a decision about treatment, the decision must be made in the person’s best interests. Lucy is given a tetanus injection using a limited amount of restraint. NB This film is no longer available to view.
Roger's assessment
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- London
Actors have been used in this film. Roger is a man with learning disabilities living in a supported living service. An assessment of his mental capacity to make different financial decisions is being undertaken by Tracey, a social worker. Tracey decided to do the assessment after concerns were raised that staff working with Roger were crossing the line between supporting him to make financial decisions and making some financial decisions for him. The assessment covers different types of financial decisions including day-to-day expenditure and paying household bills. This film has now been revised and is available under the new title: 'Mental Capacity Act: making decisions about money.'
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)
A strategic assessment of the accommodation with support needs for people with a learning disability, autism and mental health conditions 2020-2030
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- London
Building the Right Home and the National Service Model state that people should have choice about where they live and who they live with. It is critical that people have the right accommodation to meet their needs to ensure sustainable housing solutions. This means that we have to have a personalised response to accommodation, which will require us to fully understand a person’s individual needs and then seek to meet those needs in the best possible way. The project set out to provide the evidence for accommodation needs in line with the principles that people with learning disabilities and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges, including those with a mental health condition should be supported to live in their own homes in the community with the right support, in a home of their choice, where they feel happy and safe. To assess the accommodation needs case management data was analysed along with interviews with practitioners while those with lived experience took part in designing and completing a survey. The project identified that some existing placements for all cohorts could move to supported living. The 10-year projections across the ICS, taking re-lets into account show a need for 663 units of accommodation with support for those with learning disabilities and autism, while the need for those with severe mental health needs is 653 accommodation units. (Edited publisher abstract)