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Independent state?
- Authors:
- BRADFORD Jeff, HUFF Marlene Belew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.2.04, 2004, p.41.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports from Kentucky in the USA where people with learning difficulties often have problems in accessing programmes that could help them live independently.
Community-based day activities and supports for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide is about what services can do to ensure that people with learning disabilities 'have a good day'. It is about: building community opportunities and support so that people can have ordinary daily lives; day service modernisation; community-based services; employment, lifelong learning, leisure, relationships, and more. It includes: research evidence policy, examples of good practice, checklists, practical hints and tips suggestions about where to get more information. (Previously published as SCIE Practice Guide no. 10).
Reflections on systemic barriers for ethnic minorities in accessing community-based forensic services for people with intellectual disabilities and autism
- Author:
- COLEMAN Mercedez
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 13(1), 2022, pp.12-19.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: Community-based forensic support services (CBFSSs) were commissioned nationally by National Health Service (NHS) England in 2017 in response to “Building the Right Support” (NHS England, 2015). CBFSSs provide multidisciplinary support to adults with intellectual disabilities and/or autism who are in (or at risk of) contact with the criminal justice system and those transitioning from inpatient secure care. This paper aims to highlight potential systemic barriers to accessing community forensic services for people from an ethnic minority background. in one CBFSSs in Northern England. Design/methodology/approach: This paper provides preliminary reflections on potential systemic barriers within the criminal justice system and health-care services that have implications for service users from ethnic minority backgrounds accessing CBFSSs. Findings: There is a paucity of data, policy and literature that focuses on people with intellectual disabilities and autism with forensic needs from ethnic minority backgrounds. This lack of data obstructs further reforms to meet the needs of this population. Originality/value: CBFSSs are commissioned across England. While some regional variation is to be expected, services should be aware of the systemic barriers people from ethnic minority backgrounds within their region face. These barriers should be considered and addressed when evaluating service efficacy and delivery. Recommendations are made to review and address issues of under-representation of ethnic minorities within CBFSSs. (Edited publisher abstract)
Provider collaboration review: care for people with a learning disability living in the community during the pandemic
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 21
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Initial findings from a provider collaboration review exploring the care for people with a learning disability who live in the community, and what impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on them and the services they receive. Many of the issues emerging from review are not new. In a lot of cases, the pandemic has simply served to shine a light on pre-existing challenges, gaps and poor-quality care. There are some approaches to care delivery that can provide people with the care that they need, in a way that enables them to lead their best lives. For example: giving people choice, control and independence; access to the right care and support at the right time; and collaboration between services, and with the person and their families. The findings of this provider collaboration review support our wider ambitions to improve our regulation of services for people with a learning disability and autistic people. The document also updates data on: the number of deaths of people in care homes; and the number of deaths of people detained under the Mental Health Act. (Edited publisher abstract)
Assessing cultural identity in people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- NEWLAND John
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 4(4), November 1999, pp.20-24.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Presents a method for assessing personal cultural identity for people with learning disabilities, based on the theoretical framework of Hutnik (1991) and the operational procedure developed by Parker et al. (1991). Two case examples are briefly presented that illustrate the method for assessing personal cultural identity. Discussed how incorporating personal cultural identity information into the community living assessment process can both facilitate more relevant care planning and increase service usage.
A report on the challenging behaviour services in an English health region
- Authors:
- CHUNG Man Cheung, CUMELLA Stuart
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 21(2), 1996, pp.141-152.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on a survey of services for people with an intellectual disability in the 20 health districts comprising an English health region, in order to identify specialist services for people with a 'challenging behaviour'. It was found that services varied greatly. Nine health districts had access to specialist challenging behaviour teams, ten and had staffed housing designated for this client group, six has assessment and short-term admission units, and ten had access to respite-care facilities. Other districts relied mainly on hospital admission. Concludes that this diversity of services means that entitlement to appropriate treatment is more dependent on place of residence than on the severity of the behaviour problem.
Better health care for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- LAWRIE Kevin
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 10.5.95, 1995, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Highlights some of the factors that have prevented people with learning disabilities from having appropriate access to health care and health promotion services. Outlines practical ways to encourage active participation and the development of appropriate learning strategies for people with learning disabilities.
Far less than they deserve: children with learning disabilities or autism living in mental health hospitals
- Author:
- CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Children's Commissioner for England
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- London
Drawing on an analysis of data and the results of hospital visits to speak to children, this report explores the experience of children with a learning disability or autism who are admitted to child and adolescent mental health hospitals for long periods. It looks issues such as the quality of care, access to education, participation in activities, the use of seclusion and restraint, and medication. It also considers the reasons children with a learning disability or autism can be in hospital unnecessarily. This may be due to a lack of specialist community provision, a lack of support at home, or financial incentives to keep children in hospital. The research shows that numbers of children with a learning disability or autism identified in mental health hospitals is increasing; children are being detained in hospital for too long; and children are often placed too far from their family and home. The report also found evidence of poor restrictive practices and use of sedation. It makes a number of recommendations, including the need to provide new funding for the right support in the community to enable children to stay with their families. (Edited publisher abstract)
Supporting people with a learning disability and/or autism who have a mental health condition or display behaviour that challenges: draft service model for commissioners of health and social care services
- Authors:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES, NHS ENGLAND
- Publishers:
- Local Government Association, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, NHS England
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 49
- Place of publication:
- London
A draft national framework designed to improve the care of people with learning disabilities, shifting services away from hospital care and towards community-based settings. The document outlines a service model designed to ensure a degree of national consistency, while giving commissioners the flexibility to design services that best fit the needs of their local population. It sets out to provide clarity on ‘what good looks like’ for health, social care and housing services for people with a learning disability and/or autism and a mental illness or behaviour that challenges. It focuses on services and packages of care and support funded by the NHS and local government, as well as NHS/local government interfaces with other services (e.g. education), but not those services funded by other public sector agencies themselves (e.g. schools). The model comprises nine principles that should underpin the design of good services, and these are: planned, proactive and coordinated care; service users’ choice and control over their care; support in the community; service users’ choice over where they live; fulfilling and purposeful everyday life; good care from mainstream NHS services; access to specialist health and social care support in the community; access to services aimed at preventing or reducing anti-social or offending behaviour; and access to high-quality hospital treatment. (Edited publisher abstract)