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Longitudinal use and factors associated with public transport and other travel options for older people with an intellectual disability in Ireland
- Authors:
- McCAUSLAND Darren, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33(3), 2020, pp.442-456.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: Transport is an important basis for social participation. Challenges to accessing and using transport for people with intellectual disabilities increase their risk of exclusion and loneliness. Method: Data from a nationally representative study of older people with intellectual disabilities (n = 708) were used to examine longitudinal changes in transport usage and factors associated with using public transport and other travel options. Results: Findings confirmed that this population depends on others for transportation. The most frequently used mode, staff‐supported transport, showed no significant longitudinal change. Public transport was secondary, with only moderate continued use between data collection points. Level of intellectual disability most strongly predicted public transport use, while community residence most strongly predicted using public transport to attend work or day programmes. Conclusions: Transport usage is associated with demand and supply factors linked to the person's environment, including having somewhere to go that requires transport and availability of transport options. (Publisher abstract)
Cutting day services is not modernisation
- Author:
- HOLMAN Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 21(2), 2007, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Day services for people with learning disabilities have become targets for cuts by local authorities using the argument that it is modernisation. Yet few people with learning disabilities are in work. The author argues that proper community based-support that meets people's needs and promotes employment opportunities is required.
Self-sufficiency
- Author:
- EWING Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.11.93, 1993, p.3.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The L'Arche Lambeth community provides residential and day care for 27 people with learning difficulties. Day provision focuses on offering meaningful work to each person.
Developing day services
- Editor:
- WOOLRYCH Richard
- Publisher:
- Association of Professions for Mentally Handicapped People
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 202p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Ross-on-Wye
Papers from a workshop. Includes sections on: models of operation; positive ways of working with people; employment; and special needs.
Participation in employment and day care for adults with intellectual disabilities: equal access for all?
- Authors:
- ENGELAND Jeanette, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 34(3), 2021, pp.752-762.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: The employment rate for people with intellectual disabilities is low. This study aims to increase the knowledge about the association between age, gender, diagnosis, functional level, educational level, and daily activities for adults with intellectual disabilities. Method: A multinomial logistic analysis was applied to registry data on 12,735 adults with intellectual disabilities from the Norwegian Information System for the Nursing and Care Sector (IPLOS) and Statistics Norway (SSB). Results: Higher likelihood of employment and day care participation were associated with younger age but differed between genders and diagnoses. High functional level and lack of a registered functional level decreased the likelihood for employment. Educational level was not associated with employment. Conclusions: The systematic differences in employment and day care participation among people with intellectual disabilities indicate that actions are needed to prevent inequalities. Improved individual assessment of personal resources and wishes might promote participation in employment and day care. (Edited publisher abstract)
Changes in day opportunities and employment
- Author:
- BEYER Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 100, Autumn 2011, pp.34-37.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
What a person does during the day clearly affects their well-being. Time spent at work or in other activities can contribute to a person’s social life, family life, personal development and keeps someone mentally active. For most, employment is the norm, but for people with learning disabilities these daily activities are often absent. Day centres help fill this gap and provide a valuable service for families so can organise their days. When the All Wales Strategy (AWS) emerged in 1983 segregated forms of adult training centres and education centres were the main form of day provision. However, problems with this model led the AWS to call for the provision of better experience for people with learning disabilities. This article traces the development and changes within day services across Wales since their early inception in 1983.
Community-based day activities for adults with learning disabilities
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.06.07, 2007, p.32, 34.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article analyses recent research findings behind good practice in community-based day activities for adults with learning disabilities.
Lived experience and the social model of disability: conflicted and inter-dependent ambitions for employment of people with a learning disability and their family carers
- Authors:
- GIRI Abhrajit, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 50(1), 2022, pp.98-106.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: Only 5.9% of working adults with a learning disability are in paid employment and their family-carers are similarly likely to be unemployed, as they continue to take on an extended caring and advocacy role as the welfare state retreats. Despite social policy efforts to stimulate employment for people with a learning disability, there has been little or no progress. Changes in the language of welfare benefit departments seek to use the words once heralded as success for the Disability rights activists and proponents of the social model: such as Inclusion, independence and citizenship. A new definition of the social model of disability utilising Hannah Arendt needs to redefine the "private" sphere of the lived experience of people with a learning disability to allow for a better understanding of the inter-dependencies that exist between people with a learning disability, their family carers and a wider support network. Materials and Methods: Empirical data were collected in a mixed methods study while undertaking a consultation on the future of day services for people with a learning disability in a Local Authority in the north of England, UK. Results: The results reveal high levels of inter-dependence between people with a learning disability and their carers, combined with the continued financial struggle as a lived experience of caring. The study found that barriers in providing care and support restrict the rights of people with a learning disability and their carers to secure employment. Conclusions: There is a need to reconceptualise the social model of disability to more closely resonate with the lived experiences of people with a learning disability and their carers. A newly revised theoretical approach should incorporate the "private" sphere of live acknowledging the inter-dependent, co-produced relationships, between people with a learning disability and their carers to support and enable employment for both people with a learning disability and their carers under the Care Act 2014 (Department of Health, 2014). (Edited publisher abstract)
Valuing people
- Author:
- HOPKINSON Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(9), May 2001, pp.291-293.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The government's new strategy for learning disabilities services promises much - and intends to make services deliver. Looks at 'Valuing People' in more detail.
Community-based day activities and supports for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide is about what services can do to ensure that people with learning disabilities 'have a good day'. It is about: building community opportunities and support so that people can have ordinary daily lives; day service modernisation; community-based services; employment, lifelong learning, leisure, relationships, and more. It includes: research evidence policy, examples of good practice, checklists, practical hints and tips suggestions about where to get more information. (Previously published as SCIE Practice Guide no. 10).