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Winterbourne - why it happened and how to prevent it happening again.
- Author:
- COTTIS Tamsin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 26(4), 2013, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Respond has been commissioned by the Department of Health to provide support for the patients abused in Winterbourne View Hospital. The author describes how Respond is looking forward to playing their part in preventing such scandals ever happening again. (Publisher abstract)
Care home census 2013: statistics on adult residents in care homes in Scotland
- Publishers:
- ISD Scotland, Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 35
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This publication presents information on adult residents in Care Homes in Scotland collected as part of the annual Scottish Care Home Census (SCHC) held at 31st March 2013. The census covers all adult care homes in Scotland that are registered with the Care Inspectorate and data are collected via the Care Inspectorate’s web based “eForms” system. The report also includes care homes for older people, and care homes for other main client groups (adults with physical disabilities, adults with mental health problems or adults with learning disabilities). As at 31st March 2013 there were 1,282 care homes for adults in Scotland providing 42,755 places to 36,578 residents. This report notes that for the 2011 census, ISD Scotland (Ihe Information Services Division of NHS National Services Scotland) published two reports: an interim report and a detailed findings report. For the 2012 census onwards, ISD has produced a single annual report. (Edited publisher abstract)
Preventing emotional abuse and neglect of people with intellectual disability: stopping insult and injury
- Author:
- ROBINSON Sally
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 208p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The traumatic experiences faced by people with intellectual disability living in disability accommodation services are brought into the light in this book. Through the narratives of nine people with intellectual disability and their families, key issues concerning the problem are identified, these include: the central role of systems; the cumulative impact of emotional and psychological abuse and neglect over time; recognition of the abuse by people with intellectual disability; and the lack of moral authority accorded to them in abuse acknowledgement and reporting. The book looks at the difficulty of breaking the cycle of beliefs and attitudes about and to individuals that can build over time. Based on the responses, a range of strategies and methods are recommended to increase the capacity of everyone involved with people with intellectual disability to prevent emotional abuse, and respond to and support the recovery of people who are abused. Topics discussed include: Gaining new understanding about abuse through the lens of lived experience; What is this harm? What does this mean for practice? Stories of lived experience; Insult and injury; Systemic concerns; Making change and moving forward; What do these experiences mean for other people with intellectual disability? What do these experiences mean for practice and policy? New insights into the problem; Implications for making change.
Identifying and applying early indicators of concern in care services for people with learning disabilities and older people: the abuse in care project
- Author:
- UNIVERSITY OF HULL. Centre for Applied Research and Evaluation
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 21
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This small scale research initiative aimed develop an information-led process that might help health and social care practitioners to examine their early concerns about care services for people with learning disabilities and older people with significant care needs who lived in staffed settings such as care homes and group homes. Focus groups with staff in Dundee identified six main areas of concern: concerns about management and leadership; staff skills, knowledge and practice; residents behaviours and wellbeing; the service resisting the involvement of external people and isolating individuals; the way in which services are planned and delivered; and the quality of basic care and the environment. Barriers were also identified relating to practitioners sharing their concerns about services, including ICT compatibility problems, and the need for procedures, tools and processes. (Original abstract)
Care and corporate neglect: the case for action
- Author:
- BURSTOW Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 15(4), 2013, pp.203-214.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper explores how corporate bodies could be held criminally responsible for abuse and neglect that takes place in hospitals and care homes if by their actions they facilitate this abuse or neglect to take place. It provides a review of existing legislation and regulation on corporate neglect in hospitals and care homes and seeks to find precedents and guidance that would allow the Government to create a new criminal sanction for “corporate neglect”. The paper proposes that the Health and Social Care Act 2008 be amended to include a new section which would make corporate neglect a criminal offence. Furthermore, to ensure that the punishments for these offences act both as appropriate sanction and a suitable deterrent for corporations, the author proposes that new offences should be implemented to include unlimited fines, remedial orders and publicity orders. It has been written following the recent scandals in care homes and hospitals, including Winterbourne View and Mid Staffordshire. (Edited publisher abstract)
The zone of parental control: a reasonable idea or an unusable concept?
- Authors:
- WATTS John, MACKENZIE Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 18(1), 2013, pp.38-44.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article explores the recently introduced concept of the Zone of Parental Control (ZPC) which has been introduced in the Code of Practice for the revised Mental Health Act 1983. The authors suggest that guidance on its scope remains limited. To begin to address this, they bring together recent rulings from case law and the original guidance, and make suggestions to assist clinicians when deciding if an intervention is within the Zone. A recent case has cast some light on judicial thinking in the area and the authors begin by discussing this. They believe that ZPC is a rather vague construct that has face validity but still leaves rather a lot of room for the subjectivity of clinicians. The paper concludes that deprivations of liberty fall outside the ZPC, but restrictions of liberty lie within; parental disagreement with care correlates strongly with care that lies outside the ZPC. The authors apply their findings to potential clinical scenarios, highlighting some of the issues that arise in clinical practice. They conclude with some recommendations for the future.
Unit costs of health and social care 2013
- Author:
- CURTIS Lesley
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 289
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This publication provides unit costs for a wide range of health and social care services using a standardised methodology. The report is organised into five main sections. Section I covers services used by a particular client group, and includes services for older people, people with mental health problems, people who misuse drugs/alcohol, people with learning disabilities, younger adults with physical and sensory impairments, services for children and their families, hospitals, and care packages. Sections II, III and IV deal with the unit costs of professionals in community-based health care, community-based social care, and hospital-based health care. Section V details the sources of information used. This volume also includes three articles which explore: information on the costs of: cognitive behaviour therapy, residential child care and telecare and telehealth. (Original abstract)
Winterbourne View: transforming care one year on
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 77
- Place of publication:
- London
This report reviews progress in improving the quality of care for vulnerable people, following abuse of residents at Winterbourne View hospital. It summarises the changes to improve the quality of care for vulnerable people, specifically those with learning disabilities or autism who also have mental health conditions or behavioural problems. The report covers surveys and monitoring programmes designed to track patients and observe their care; improvements to the commissioning of health and care services; the regulation and inspection of services; and work needed to make sure no one finds themselves in inappropriate care settings. It considers quality and safety issues in respect of advocacy, medication, positive behaviour support, physical interventions and workforce development. The report includes an individual case study and examples of service providers and projects which demonstrate practice that is both effective and sensitive to the needs of vulnerable people. An Easy Read version is also available. (Edited publisher abstract)
Winterbourne View joint improvement programme: stocktake of progress report
- Authors:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, NHS ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 57
- Place of publication:
- London
The findings following the abuse at Winterbourne View made it clear that more local, appropriate accommodation and care is both possible and the best option for most people. The Joint Improvement Programme (WVJIP) was established to help local areas to fundamentally transform health and care services for people with learning disabilities, autism or challenging behaviour. This report presents findings from the stocktake of progress questionnaire sent to Local authority chief executives, clinical leads of local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and the chairs of Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs) in June 2013. The stocktake covered 11 key areas of enquiry: models of partnership; managing money; case management for individuals; current review programme; safeguarding; commissioning arrangements; developing local teams and services; prevention and crisis response capacity; understanding the population who may need or receive services; children and adults transition planning and current and future market requirements and capacity. While the report finds that 86 specific requests for support are identified, it also outlines some of more than 340 example of good or demonstrative practice and local policy initiatives. This programme is led by the Local Government Association (LGA) and NHS England, and funded by the Department of Health. (Original abstract)