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Improving service quality through linked services development
- Author:
- BROADSHAW Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 6(4), October 2001, pp.12-18.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The University Affiliated Programme (UAP) aims to improve service quality by working in partnership with local services. This article reports on the establishment and development of linked services: three services for people with learning disabilities, living in small community houses that opened in late 1999 and early 2000. The focus of resources on a small number of linked services was designed to maximise the effectiveness of the involvement of the Tizard Centre, along with the Subscriber Network. It was intended that work in the linked services would be disseminated through this network. The UAP has worked with service users and providers since 1996, during which time users have moved from long-stay NHS hospital to community services. The service provider is also now a private organisation. The article outlines some of the projects which have been introduced or developed in these linked services and discusses some of the issues that have arisen while working in partnership with them. The benefits of working through a UAP will also be identified.
Sexuality: policies, beliefs and practice
- Authors:
- MURRAY J., MacDONALD R., LEVENSON V.
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 6(1), 2001, pp.29-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Shared care in Sheffield
- Author:
- MILLER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.12.01, 2001, p.42.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a support scheme in Sheffield for family carers over the age of 70, who care for a person with learning difficulties. The scheme won the carers category at this year's Community Care awards.
How acquiring basic skills should be part of everyday life
- Author:
- CAIRNS Teresa
- Journal article citation:
- Adults Learning, 13(3), November 2001, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
The Elfrida Society has recently completed an action research project exploring ways of embedding basic skills learning within the development of independent living. This was part of the NIACE-managed Basic Skills for Inclusive Living initiative, funded through the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE). Reports on the project.
Research into practice
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.11.01, 2001, p.47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at research into sexual abuse of people with learning difficulties and reforms proposed to safeguard them.
Planning from the centre: a new approach to people services?
- Author:
- McGINNIS Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Management Issues in Social Care, 8(4), October 2001, pp.11-14.
- Publisher:
- OLM Systems
Discusses the importance of person-centred planning in service delivery.
Old before their time
- Author:
- THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 11.10.01, 2001, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Investigates why people with learning disabilities are misplaced in nursing homes.
The meanings of close friendship: the views of four people with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- KNOX Marie, HICKSON Fay
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 14(3), 2001, pp.276-291.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Examines the views of four people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) on the relationships in their lives which they described as close friendships. A participatory approach was adopted in this study, whereby the participants were seen as experts on their own close friendship experiences and the researchers as marshallers of this expertise. Two in-depth interviews were conducted with each participant. The participants delineated two distinctive types of close friendships: the 'good mate' and the girlfriend/boyfriend. The factors mediating each of these friendship types are discussed. Avenues for further research and consideration are given. These include the significance of friendships with people with IDs, intimate relationships, the impact of environmental factors on friendship enactment and friendships with older people who have IDs. Argues for the value of adopting participatory approaches to research with people who have IDs.
Achieving best evidence from witnesses with learning disabilities: new guidance
- Authors:
- COOKE Pamela, DAVIES Graham
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 29(3), September 2001, pp.84-87.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The new legislation contained within the UK Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, which comes into force in 2001, offers 'special measures' to enable vulnerable witnesses to give improved evidence in court. This article examines these measures and considers the guidelines which have been prepared to implement the legislation. the Guidance, currently contained within a Home Office Consultation Paper, Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Guidance for Vulnerable or Intimidated Witnesses with learning disabilities, and offers suggestions regarding identification and the type of support which should be offered in term of attitude, conditions, practice and language.
Unity in action
- Author:
- SCOWN Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.9.01, 2001, p.vii.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the merger of two specialist housing providers and how it has helped service development.