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Changing day services: do you agree?
- Author:
- CAMPBELL Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 16(3), September 2012, pp.205-215.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
Models of day services for people with intellectual disabilities in Scotland are changing. Buildings-based day services are being replaced increasingly with community-based provision in the form of alternative day opportunities. There has been some concern that a move to more flexible ‘alternative day opportunities’ is driven more by reduced budgets than a policy of modernising day services in response to individual needs. The aim of this study was to rate and collect views on existing day services in Fife, Scotland in order to inform the change process. A total of 60 questionnaires were completed by 36 carers, 18 service users, and 6 care staff. The questions were designed to evaluate day activities, care plans, opening times, transport and the most valued aspects of existing day services. The respondents indicated general satisfaction with existing day services, although half believed that day services should be reviewed. The most valued parts of day services were forming and building friendships, and a safe place to go. Any changes to these services should be responsive to needs and should achieve outcomes that are valued. The day service review process should be robust and transparent so that all views can be heard and the rationale for modernising day services should be clearly explained.
Day services - how to 'make sure that change happens'
- Author:
- COLE Angela
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 21(3), 2008, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Improving what people with learning disabilities do during the day is one of the five priorities in Valuing People Now. This article draws on the SCIE practice guide 'Community based day activities and supports for people with learning disabilities' to think about three main challenges: inclusion for all; personalising support for people currently using day centres; and deciding what should happen to day centre buildings.
From day centres to Euro-ventures
- Authors:
- EDWARDS Phil, ROBERTS David
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 5(2), December 1998, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Kent has been reviewing its day services to provide new and bigger opportunities for people with learning disabilities. Employment-support schemes in the county have already successfully enabled service users to produce craftwork which is sold locally and marketed through Europe. Describes some of the authority's innovative projects and possible developments.
Ways to work
- Authors:
- RITCHIE Pete, JONES Chris, BRODERICK Laura
- Publisher:
- SHS Limited
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 80p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Aims to offer advice and encouragement to people who want to convert their day services from a service controlled model based on segregation to a person centred model based on inclusion. Designed mainly for those who managed day centres directly or indirectly.
Listen with care
- Authors:
- GILBERT Peter, SCRAGG Terry
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.8.93, 1993, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Leadership in the management of services for people with learning difficulties is of increasing importance. Reports on Kent SSD's review of services for people with learning difficulties, which aimed to create a positive culture in which users, carers and staff could contribute to change.
Unlocking the future: developing new lifestyles with people who have complex disabilities
- Editors:
- McINTOSH Barbara, WHITTAKER Andrea
- Publisher:
- King's Fund Centre
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 212p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores ways in which services need to change to provide people with learning difficulties and very high support needs with lifestyles based on their own wishes and needs. Provides practical guidance for providing person centred services that will result in a better quality of life for users. Includes chapters on:planning; communication; health care in the community; education; transition to adulthood; supported employment; leisure; day care; managing changes in lifestyle; measuring progress; and care management and planning circles.
Active support: getting it working within an organisation
- Author:
- TINDALL Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 4(1), January 1999, pp.32-38.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes the implementation of 'active support' in United Response, a national voluntary organisation which provides services to people with learning disabilities. The learning process in implementing active support demonstrates that effective leadership by service managers and area managers is very important. It is also important to recognise the scale of change when introducing active support, and that managers may have difficulty with being given a very specific practice focus which they are required to model for other staff members.
Certainties without centres: a discussion document on day services for people who have learning difficulties
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 38p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Discusses the arguments for and against large day centres for people with learning difficulties and looks at other options such as activities which are based in the community, sheltered employment, small drop in centres and other alternatives. Includes the views of parents and carers and the users themselves.