Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 24(5), September 2011, pp.389-397.
Publisher:
Wiley
Guidance on commissioning specialist learning disability services addresses the importance of listening to family carers’ views about services and attempting to keep people close to their home and community. Despite this, out-of-area hospital care persists, with its attendant problems such as reduced family visits and difficulties in community rehabilitation. The aim of this study was to examine the views of family members of people with intellectual disabilities who are being cared for in out-of-area psychiatric hospitals, in particular focusing on whether culturally appropriate services were being provided. A total of 16 family members of patients receiving care in an out-of-area hospital were interviewed about their views on the care their relative or partner was receiving. Transcripts were then analysed by the study team and themes identified. The families expressed a wide range of views regarding out-of-area hospital care. Important themes identified were: feelings of shame; concerns about safety; cultural needs not being met; lack of improvement; and lack of involvement in care. These views on negative aspects of care should guide areas for quality improvement initiatives for inpatient services.
Guidance on commissioning specialist learning disability services addresses the importance of listening to family carers’ views about services and attempting to keep people close to their home and community. Despite this, out-of-area hospital care persists, with its attendant problems such as reduced family visits and difficulties in community rehabilitation. The aim of this study was to examine the views of family members of people with intellectual disabilities who are being cared for in out-of-area psychiatric hospitals, in particular focusing on whether culturally appropriate services were being provided. A total of 16 family members of patients receiving care in an out-of-area hospital were interviewed about their views on the care their relative or partner was receiving. Transcripts were then analysed by the study team and themes identified. The families expressed a wide range of views regarding out-of-area hospital care. Important themes identified were: feelings of shame; concerns about safety; cultural needs not being met; lack of improvement; and lack of involvement in care. These views on negative aspects of care should guide areas for quality improvement initiatives for inpatient services.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mental health care, patients, residential care, black and minority ethnic people, cultural identity, families;
Haringey's decision to move a black woman with severe learning difficulties from a long-term placement in East Sussex to a residential home in inner London has been the focus of a bitter argument. Reports on the case.
Haringey's decision to move a black woman with severe learning difficulties from a long-term placement in East Sussex to a residential home in inner London has been the focus of a bitter argument. Reports on the case.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, placement, residential care, severe learning disabilities, social services, black and minority ethnic people;
Practical text that includes chapters on: how services have changed; the caring relationship; individual planning; effective communication; sight and hearing; challenging behaviour; sharing the tasks of daily living; teaching new skills; day services; employment; leisure and recreation; meeting the needs of black people; mealtimes and personal care; sexuality; movement and lifting; health and medical care; rights, advocacy and support; how the home is managed; emergencies; and career planning.
Practical text that includes chapters on: how services have changed; the caring relationship; individual planning; effective communication; sight and hearing; challenging behaviour; sharing the tasks of daily living; teaching new skills; day services; employment; leisure and recreation; meeting the needs of black people; mealtimes and personal care; sexuality; movement and lifting; health and medical care; rights, advocacy and support; how the home is managed; emergencies; and career planning.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, management, residential care, rights, sexuality, staff, staff development, staff management, advocacy, black and minority ethnic people, challenging behaviour, care workers, community care, day services, health care, support workers;
Offers a new perspective on feminist social work which takes into account the complexity of manifold oppressions that affect the lives of most women and most social work clients. Includes chapters on: race, class and gender; women in the mixed economy of care; feminism, managerialism and performance measurement; social work education; black single mothers; women with learning difficulties; women in residential work; lesbians, the state and social work practice; and social work and older women.
Offers a new perspective on feminist social work which takes into account the complexity of manifold oppressions that affect the lives of most women and most social work clients. Includes chapters on: race, class and gender; women in the mixed economy of care; feminism, managerialism and performance measurement; social work education; black single mothers; women with learning difficulties; women in residential work; lesbians, the state and social work practice; and social work and older women.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, lesbians, mixed economy of care, older people, residential care, service users, social work, social work education, social workers, student social workers, women, anti-discriminatory practice, black and minority ethnic people, feminist theory;
homosexuality, learning disabilities, mental health problems, physical disabilities, probation, poverty, psychotherapy, rape, research methods, residential care, schizophrenia, severe mental health problems, single parent families, suicide, unemployment, violence, women, young offenders, youth work, adoption, alcohol misuse, bereavement, black and minority ethnic people, child abuse, child sexual abuse, custodial institutions, counselling, divorce, drug misuse, foster care, groupwork;