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Research
- Authors:
- GILES Ann, CAMPBELL Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.5.00, 2000, p.35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors review research resources on the importance of key working and what people with learning difficulties think about the services they receive.
Transition and change in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities
- Editor:
- MAY David
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 233p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at the extent to which community care policies have lead to change in the lives of people with learning difficulties. Each section covers a different aspect of choice, opportunity and transition on the lifepath, such as: moving from home to school; leaving school; employment; living independently; and growing old.
'Help me out, help me in': reprovisioning, resettlement and the scope for social inclusion in Scotland
- Author:
- SCOTTISH HOMES
- Publisher:
- Scottish Homes
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Study of resettlement in the community from long-stay hospitals, and the extent to which it has promoted inclusion
Ordinary living twenty years on
- Author:
- GAULT Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 14(2), October 2000, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Looks at social policy and services for people with learning difficulties in Sweden.
Making connections: learning disability services and primary care groups/trusts
- Author:
- GIRAUD-SAUNDERS Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 8(6), December 2000, pp.30-34.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article affirms the importance of making connections between learning disability services and primary care groups/trusts. Ideas for local action indicate the need for clarity about the roles of learning disability specialists and for determination to continue moving forward during organisational change.
Welfare for those who can?: the impact of the quasi-market on the lives of people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- WILSON Alastair, RIDDELL Sheila, BARON Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 20(4), November 2000, pp.479-502.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article, drawing on the research findings from the ESRC-funded project "The Meaning of the Learning Society for Adults with Learning Difficulties" explores how the introduction of the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act, with its emphasis on the establishment of a "mixed economy" in social care has affected the lives of people with learning difficulties living in a rural area of Scotland. The impact of the quasi-market, in particular the purchaser/provider split and the operation of contracts, on the lives of three adults with learning difficulties is examined.
Better days dawn with caring circles
- Author:
- WHITTAKER Andrea
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 7(1), September 2000, pp.17-22.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
The second phase of the King's Fund Changing Days Project focused on developing ways of including people with complex disabilities into ordinary community life. The author who worked for five years on the project, describes the work and the lessons learned. Emphasises the importance of person-centred planning.
Long-term care for people with developmental disabilities: a critical analysis
- Authors:
- PALLEY Howard A., Van HOLLEN Valerie
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 25(3), August 2000, pp.181-189.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article explores how the trends toward long-term community care affecting people with developmental disabilities developed in the USA. The article also reviews the development of long-term care for frail and disabled elderly people and explores the arguments for a continuum of care that have developed in this area. Concludes that future policies meeting long-term care needs of people with developmental disabilities must be addressed on an individual basis, related to individual needs, and must provide a continuum of care services.
Learning disability psychiatry: the future of services
- Author:
- O'DWYER J.M.
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 24(7), July 2000, pp.247-250.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Historically, the functions of institutions for those with learning disability included the provision of assessment, education, occupation, housing, health, social and psychiatric care. This article discusses psychiatric services for people with learning disabilities following community care reforms.
No rose without a thorn
- Author:
- MATHIESON Alex
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 8.6.00, 2000, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Two nurses plan to share their home with someone with severe learning disabilities. Some critics say they're doing it for the money. This article looks at the problems.