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Everybody needs toilets: an easy guide for people with a learning disability
- Authors:
- BRADLEY Alice, et al
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
This illustrated easy-to-read booklet is for people with a learning disability who find it difficult to talk about any problems they have with going to the toilet. It describes how people can keep healthy by looking after their bladder and bowels. It also deals with the problems they sometimes have with going to the toilet and the people who can help. Relatively little has been written about continence in relation to people with a learning disability. This has been produced in partnership with people who have a learning disability to rectify this situation. The issues covered are those which the people involved felt were most pertinent to their needs and those of others. They should provide stimulus for discussion. The easy-read format gives messages which are clear, easy to understand and directly relevant. Many illustrations enhance the text.
Tenancy agreement: your rights and responsibilities
- Authors:
- SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY, BUBBLE MEDIA, (Producers)
- Publisher:
- Speakup Self Advocacy
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- DVD, booklet
- Place of publication:
- Rotherham
The DVD is called "Your Tenancy" and it is all about Tenancy Agreements . A Tenancy Agreement is a legal document, this means it is the law and when signed agreeing to rules for tenant and landlord. These rules are about rights and responsibilities. Rights are things that one can choose to do in your home, but with rights come responsibilities, these are things that have to be done when living in one's home.
Supporting continence management: a reader for managers
- Authors:
- BRADLEY Alice, LAMBE Loretto
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 109p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
This reader can be used by managers to support staff members studying for the LDAF Certificate in Working with People who have Learning Disabilities but is also intended as a stand-alone guide for line managers, senior practitioners, carers and professionals with a specific interest in the topic of continence. The reader explores the issues surrounding: the management of continence, the self-management of continence for people with learning disabilities, the support required to encourage choice in continence management, and the implications for people who work in services and for family carers.
Mild cognitive impairment: a ‘hardening of the categories’?
- Authors:
- WHITEHOUSE Peter J., MOODY Harry R.
- Journal article citation:
- Dementia: the International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 5(1), February 2006, pp.11-25.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a controversial label for forms of age-related, intellectual difficulties unassociated with impairments in activities of daily living. The principal issue is whether this arbitrary, heterogeneous and unreliable term is appropriate to use clinically. Persons with the label MCI may progress to different types of dementia, stay stable, or even improve. In this article we offer a philosophical analysis of MCI from epistemological, ethical and semantic perspectives. The authors believe that the term should currently not be used clinically.
A valued life: developing person-centred approaches so people can be more included
- Authors:
- ASHMAN Bev, BEADLE-BROWN Julie
- Publisher:
- United Response
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report describes a project by United Response in partnership with the Tizard Centre at the University of Kent to evaluate the impact that person-centred approaches are having on the lives of people with learning disabilities. This extensive observational study looked at the needs and characteristics of people supported by United Response, looking at the extent to which these people engaged in meaningful activities and social interaction. Baseline assessment was carried out in 1999/2000 with observations made of 343 people with learning disabilities living in 76 residential and supported living services in England. Reassessment was made in 2005/2006 with trained assessors visiting 138 services, where they observed 469 people being supported in their own homes. Questionnaires were also completed by 425 staff, and information collected on 649 people with learning disabilities. The results show that person-centred approaches have resulted in the people supported by United Response being significantly more engaged in everyday activities, with the greatest change being seen among people with the most complex needs. In 2000, 35% of people were largely disengaged; this reduced to 14% in 2005/2006. The number of people engaged for more than 50% of the time increased from 13% to 31%.
Helping people with learning disabilities manage continence: a workbook for support workers and carers
- Authors:
- BRADLEY Alice, LAMBE Loretto
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 99p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Continence is one of those things we seldom think about if we don’t have a problem, but which assumes massive proportions if we do. Incontinence is very much a taboo subject and relatively little has been written about it in relation to people with learning disabilities. This workbook has been produced in partnership with people with learning disabilities to rectify the situation. By understanding continence better and improving the support available, care staff can help enhance the quality of life for individuals and, where relevant, for their families.
A commentary on the quality agenda: the contribution of person-centred action
- Authors:
- LOWE Kathy, JONES Edwin
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 11(3), July 2006, pp.37-42.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This commentary reviews the four main features of this issue of Learning Disability Review. It considers in particular the current practical and conceptual issues around person-centred approaches and in particular active action.
Activity planning for inclusion: the Somerset approach
- Authors:
- NEIL Liz, WILMOT Lynne
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 11(3), July 2006, pp.13-20.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes the 'My Day' model developed in Somerset for activity planning for inclusion, where people living in 24-hour staffed accommodation ceased attending traditional day services and now participate in day and evening activities arranged within or from their home. The model is a structure for care staff to ensure they support people with learning disabilities to engage in everyday activities both at home and in the wider community. It is also a way to arrange individualised daily household tasks, personal self-care, hobbies, social arrangements and other activities with people with learning disabilities. A recording process is integral to My Day to enable statistical returns to be produced that inform service delivery at the point of delivery. Its main purpose is to ensure that people with learning disabilities remain at the centre of daily activity planning and that their wishes and aspirations are recognised. My Day is one of the ways in which outcomes can be measured for people with learning disabilities in Somerset.