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Ageing matters: pathways for older people with a learning disability; unit one; introduction; working with older people with a learning disability
- Authors:
- HARRIS John, BENNETT Lucille, HOGG James
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Unit one of a set of training materials aimed at staff working with older people with learning difficulties. This section introduces ageing and using the right words, looks at attitudes towards ageing and goes on to examine the effects of increasing age on people with learning difficulties. Concludes with a chapter on helping people to adapt as they grow older and a summary of points of practice.
Improving the quality of life for people with learning disabilities as they grow older: a challenge for providers
- Author:
- WARD Cally
- Publisher:
- Association for Real Change
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- Chesterfield
This document is uses eight outcomes statements to identify what learning disability providers must do to meet the Real Change Challenge of improving the quality of life for people who have a learning disability as they grow older. It provides advice and sets out practical steps on how to ensure that people with learning difficulties continue to have lives that are healthy, happy and fulfilled. The eight outcomes aim to ensure that people are supported, involved, have good health, feel safe, are able to take part in activities, are in contact with people in their social networks, are supported when people close to them die, and that they can come to terms with their own end of life. Bullet points provide advice on how to deliver outcomes and implications for staff development. (Original abstract)
Ageing matters: pathways for older people with a learning disability; manager's reader
- Authors:
- MOSS Steve, LAMBE Loretto, HOGG James
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 179p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Managers reader accompanying a set of six study units containing training materials for staff working with older people with learning difficulties. This reader has sections on: what we mean by ageing; the concept of successful ageing; trends in ageing and society; the implications of increased life expectancy; and society's attitude to ageing and older people.
Ageing matters: pathways for older people with a learning disability; resource pack
- Authors:
- MOSS Steve, LAMBE Loretto, HOGG James
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 67p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Resource pack designed to be used with a set of six units containing training materials aimed at staff working with older people with learning difficulties.
Quality of life for persons with disabilities: international perspectives and issues
- Editor:
- GOODE David
- Publisher:
- Brookline Books
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 218p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge, MA
Comparative study of the quality of life of people with learning difficulties. Includes papers on: quality of life in the Danish context; a six year study of a quality of life model; Australian legislation, service delivery and quality of life; overview of theory and practice in Germany; quality of life and unemployment among people with disabilities in Hungary; the National Quality of Life for Persons with Disabilities Project in the USA; the California quality of life project; towards an understanding of quality of life in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities; quality of life and ageing; quality of life at school; training staff in quality of life issues; and the concept of quality of life and its current applications in the field of developmental disabilities.