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A communication perspective
- Author:
- WETHERED Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Mencap News, 47, September 1994, pp.14-15.
Communication is a problem for most people who have learning difficulties. Explains how carer expectations and feedback are the keys to improving clients' communication skills.
Is the law inhibiting relationships?
- Author:
- LETTS Penny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 8(1), July 1994, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The aim of the law is to provide protection but this assumption and the consequent unlawfulness of sexual intercourse has the effect of inhibiting relationships between adults with a learning disability. The law may also prevent carers and other staff from assisting and advising adults with a learning disability to be able to experience a sexual relationship.
Are you receiving me: report of the conference held at the University of Woverhampton on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd September 1993
- Author:
- SOCIAL SERVICES INFORMATION NETWORK
- Publisher:
- Social Services Information Network
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Place of publication:
- Taunton
Includes papers on: information about the community care changes; informing carers; putting up displays and exhibitions; information needs of people with visual impairment; informing people with learning difficulties; reaching people from ethnic minorities; and producing leaflets and posters.
Paid and unpaid carers: their role in and satisfaction with primary health care for people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- LANGAN Joan, WHITFIELD Michael, RUSSELL Oliver
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 2(6), November 1994, pp.357-365.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
To a large extent the health care needs of people with learning disabilities living in the community have been neglected by policy makers, purchasers and providers. One result is that the role of carers, paid and unpaid, in monitoring and promoting health has been ignored. Reports on interviews with carers and is drawn from a study which examined the delivery of primary health care to people with learning disabilities. Results indicated that insufficient attention is paid to the needs of people with learning disabilities in respect of health promotion, health screening and regular hearing and sight tests.
A lifetime of opportunity
- Author:
- SMITH Kay
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 2.11.94, 1994, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
People with learning disabilities are now living longer and this means a rethink of current services. Asks how will nurses be involved.
Special child: special needs; services for children with disabilities
- Author:
- ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN AUTHORITIES
- Publisher:
- Association of Metropolitan Authorities
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 101p.,illus.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at provision of services to children with learning difficulties and or disabilities and their carers. Puts forward some ideas for new provision, such as the child's facilitator, short term breaks, a survey of children living away from home, and shared budgets. Also looks at what goes wrong in care, and emphasises throughout the importance of listening to the voice of the child.
Purchasing clinical psychology services: services for people with learning disabilities and their carers
- Author:
- BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Division of Clinical Psychology
- Publisher:
- British Psychological Society
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
Outlines the extent of psychological need that is likely to be found in this user group in a typical health district.
Quality of life: perspectives and policies
- Editors:
- BALDWIN Sally, GODFREY Christine, PROPPER Carol
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 268p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Covers conceptual frameworks of quality of life, methodology - including Quality Adjusted Life Years -, empirical perspectives with various client groups, and policy issues.
The stresses and rewards of being a carer in a family placement scheme for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- DAGNAN Dave
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 22(4), 1994, pp.127-129.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study examines some of the stresses, rewards and motivations associated with being a carer in a family placement scheme offering long-term care to adults with learning disabilities. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 20 carers in a family placement scheme in the North of England. The carers reported that the greatest stress is caused by factors such as severe incontinence or challenging or a social behaviour. The rewards gained from being a carer were both altruistic, for example seeing the clients develop towards greater independence, and personal, for example in fulfilling a need to care described in terms of the general caring roles of a parent, spouse or professional carer. The lack of research into this model of care is highlighted.
Ambiguity and user involvement: issues arising in assessments for young people and their carers
- Author:
- DAY Peter R.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 24(5), October 1994, pp.577-596.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reviews issues for service users and professional staff arising from contemporary community care policies emphasizing user involvement. Against the background of a key expression of these policies, the Disabled Persons' Act of 1986, methods of providing assessments involving young people with learning disabilities are analysed. Problems identified for further study included difficulties arising for young people due to lack of experience and immaturity, the low expectations of their parents or carers, problems arising from the culture of services and how assessments may be developed which provide seriously disabled users themselves with ways of expressing their wants and needs.