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Improving the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities: an evidence-based commissioning guide for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)
- Authors:
- IMPROVING HEALTH AND LIVES: LEARNING DISABILITIES OBSERVATORY, ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS, ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS
- Publisher:
- Improving Health and Lives: Learning Disabilities Observatory
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 70
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Rev ed.
This practical guide is designed to support clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), with local authorities and learning disability partnership boards, to commission health services in ways that achieve better health outcomes for people with learning disabilities in a challenging financial climate. The guide has been written for CCGs to assist them to (among other things), jointly commission services for people who challenge services and those with complex needs; and work with local authorities. The focus is on specialist adult learning disability services. A section on cross cutting commissioning considerations, such as assistive technology and telecare or telehealth, and transition to other services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Making reasonable adjusments to dementia services for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- KENNEY Amanda, IMPROVING HEALTH AND LIVES: LEARNING DISABILITIES OBSERVATORY
- Publisher:
- Improving Health and Lives: Learning Disabilities Observatory
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 25
- Place of publication:
- London
'Making reasonable adjusments to dementia services for people with learning disabilities' is part of a series of reports produced by IHaL which focus on reasonable adjustments to mainstream services, so that they meet the needs of people with learning disabilities. The report is a provides sources of evidence, research, policy and guidance, resources, and case studies and good practice examples. It can be used by people with learning disabilities (there is an easy read summary at the start of the report), carers, commissioners, providers, public health leads, and advocacy services, to improve dementia services for people with learning disabilities. (Edited publisher abstract)