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Improving person centred technology for disabled people in Europe
- Author:
- BARNARD Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 101, Winter 2011, pp.3-5.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
ImPaCT was a three year European project exploring how assistive technology, used in a person-centred way can benefit people with disabilities. During the project, Learning Disability Wales worked alongside eight other disability organisations from Europe. One of the project partners reports on its aims and achievements, now that the project is coming to a close.
Deinstitutionalization and community living: outcomes and costs: report of a European study: volume 2: main report
- Authors:
- MANSELL Jim, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Tizard Centre
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 134p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This detailed project aimed to bring together the available information on the number of disabled people living in residential institutions in 28 European countries, and to identify successful strategies for replacing institutions with community-based services, paying particular attention to economic issues in the transition. The overall aim of the project was to provide scientific evidence to inform and stimulate policy development in the reallocation of financial resources to best meet the needs of people with disabilities, through a transition from large institutions to a system of community-based services and independent living. The reports includes: the identification and collation of existing national data sources; description of the sequence and process of service development; comparison of the costs of community-based vs. institutional services; identification of transitional costs; and the analysis of political and economic strategies used to manage costs. Major recommendations included the harmonised data set at a European level, the publication of statistics demonstrating progress in each country, and the cost- effectiveness of community versus institutional models of residential care and change over time.
Deinstitutionalization and community living: outcomes and costs: report of a European study: volume 1: executive summary
- Authors:
- MANSELL Jim, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Tizard Centre
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This project aimed to bring together the available information on the number of disabled people living in residential institutions in 28 European countries, and to identify successful strategies for replacing institutions with community-based services, paying particular attention to economic issues in the transition. The goal was seen as the provision of a flexible range of help and resources which can be assembled and adjusted as needed to enable all people with disabilities to live their lives in the way that they want but with the support and protection that they need. This is characterised by several features: separation of buildings and support; access to the same options as everyone else; choice and control for the disabled person and their representatives. Recommendations included: The European Commission should promote joint work between Member States and Eurostat to define a minimum data set for residential services for people with disabilities. The data set needs to be workable both for countries which still have services largely based in institutions, where the distinction between institutional care and care at home is very clear, and for countries which are in the advanced stages of replacing institutions with community-based services and independent living.
Deinstitutionalization and community living: outcomes and costs: report of a European study: volume 3: country reports
- Editors:
- BEADLE-BROWN Julie, KOZMA Agnes, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Tizard Centre
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 599p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
These country reports form the third volume of the final report from the European Union Project Deinstitutionalisation and community living – outcomes and costs: report of a European Study. There are 28 country reports included. The aim of each report is three-fold: to summarise the data collated for the template for each of the service types identified for that country; to comment on the completeness and adequacy of the data collated; to provide a commentary on the context and current situation for people with disabilities in each country. In order to analyse, summarise and compare data across countries, information received on each template was recorded into categories. It is these categories which are included in the data summaries at the beginning of each of the country reports.
Achieving equal citizenship: the importance of common interests in meeting the challenges of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Author:
- ROZMAN Bojana
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 14(2), April 2009, pp.10-12.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The author provides some reflections on the challenges that implementation of the UN Conventions on the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities poses to many countries, particularly those in the Central and Eastern Europe region. It comments on an article by David Towell which focused on self-determination, mainstream inclusion and personalised support as key elements for change. However in the Central and European region, many governments lack understanding of these concepts, and disability is often not seen as a human rights issues.
The labour market situation of people with disabilities in EU25
- Authors:
- SHIMA Isilda, ZOLYOMI Eszter, ZAIDI Ashgar
- Publisher:
- European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- Vienna
The peculiarity of this analysis is that differently from other studies it is performed using the statistics of the employment status of people with disabilities drawn from administrative registers of the Member States. The statistics from administrative registers show that people with disabilities are mainly part of those working age groups classified as unemployed or inactive; only a modest fraction is part of the employed working age population. Nevertheless, the number of people with disabilities in ordinary employment has increased and that sheltered employment varies among the Member States. With regard to labour market measures the EU Member States have been going through a shift from passive measures towards (active) labour market integration policies. The demographic trends and the resulting shrinking of the labour force in the future emphasize the importance of shifting from a passive compensation system to an active integration programme and making best use of the available workforce. People with disabilities can represent a significant addition to the labour force and thus contribute to economic production. Many EU Member States have made an effort to break down the discrimination barriers with respect to disability and to consider these people as an integral part of society and the workforce, but more integrative measures and programmes have to emerge.
Taking the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities seriously: the past and future of the EU structural funds as a tool to achieve community living
- Authors:
- QUINN Gerard, DOYLE Suzanne
- Publisher:
- National University of Ireland. Centre for Disability Law and Policy
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- Galway
In late 2010 the European Union ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD). Confirmation of the convention has the potential to drive the evolution of a much more focused and robust set of EU-level responses in the form of legislation and policy change on disability. This essay focuses on one of the most important financial instruments of the EU, the Structural Funds, and its relationship to the UN CRPD. A major test of EU commitment to the convention is the need to radically amend the Regulations governing the EU Structural Funds to ensure compliance with the CRPD. The funds have been used in the past to fund the creation of new residential institutions for persons with disabilities (especially those with intellectual disabilities) in several recipient countries. However, this building of institutions is not a ‘mis-use’ of the Funds since the underlying Regulations are permissive toward this kind of use. The essay argues that there is a need to change the underlying Regulations to make it plain that EU monies cannot be spent to open new institutions and that they should, ideally, be spent to enable transitions to community living to occur.
Report on mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European disability strategy 2010-2020 (2010/2272(INI))
- Author:
- EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
- Publisher:
- European Parliament
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
The basic premise of this report is that the human rights of people with disabilities must be upheld. It suggests that the Member States should not only sign and ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Disabled and its additional protocols, they should also consider developing national policies and strategies on disabilities in harmony with the European Commission’s European Disability Strategy (EDS) and the EU2020 strategy, as well as reviewing the existing national-level documents on this matter. In line with the EU2020 strategy, one of the most important objectives is increasing the employment level for the nearly 80 million people with disabilities living in the EU. The focus must be on long-term investment for people with disabilities rather than short-term expenditure. In terms of implementing the EDS, there is a need for more detailed and precise deadlines and mechanisms to be determined, particularly with regard to strengthening the role of the European Parliament. Issues considered in this report include: civil and human rights; the importance of data collection and consultation; demographic changes and a barrier-free environment; free movement of persons and barrier-free services; equal opportunities; investing in people with disabilities; and the fight against poverty.
Education and training in housing related support: the extent of continuing vocational education and training in integrated housing and support in the EU
- Authors:
- PLEACE Nicholas, MITCHELL Wendy
- Publisher:
- University of York. Department of Social Policy and Social Work
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 42
- Place of publication:
- York
Report describing the results of a scoping exercise to determine the range and nature of vocational education and training (CVET) on the management and delivery integrated housing and support services (IHS). The scoping exercise was designed to support the European Core Learning Outcomes for the Integration of Support and Housing (ELOSH) project, which is focused on developing new CVET to improve the delivery of housing and support services for disabled people, people with mental health needs and those homeless people who have support needs. The research focused particularly on the impact of training on service users' choice and control, and also training focused on enabling social integration to improve, quality of life, health and wellbeing and enabling independent living through promoting personalisation of services. For the scope searches on specialist databases and a survey of organisations which represented providers of housing and support across the EU were conducted. The report provides background to the development and nature of IHS service provision for disabled people, people with mental health needs and homeless people who have support needs; discusses the results of the scoping exercise on the nature and extent of IHS training available in the EU and elsewhere; and discussing the implications of the findings of the scoping exercise for the ELOSH project. The scope identified a small number of supported housing accredited courses. Evidence suggests that IHS services are concentrate in Northern and North Western Europe, with training provision for practitioners is frequently generalist covering general principles of supported housing, with less training around specific groups of clients and consideration of their needs. (Edited publisher abstract)
Institutional care and poverty: evidence and policy review
- Authors:
- GRIMSHAW Roger, et al
- Publisher:
- Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 68
- Place of publication:
- London
Reports on the findings of an international evidence and policy review of 'institutional care' and poverty, in order to identify effective and costed strategies for reducing the risks in the four countries of the UK. The review conducted Internet searches on a range of sources, issued a call for evidence and also carried searches in Proquest Platform and World of Science. Over 500 studies drawn from North America, Europe, and Australasia, and the UK were identified. The findings are discussed separately for each of the five institutional care settings: prisons; immigration detention centres; mental health placements including psychiatric secure hospitals and centres; placements for children being looked after including homes, residential schools and units for children; and placements for people with disabilities. The final chapter draws together general findings and themes and also puts forward a strategic approach to reducing poverty for looked after children and for prisoners within the context of social justice. General recommendations from the review also include: the need for a strategic vision for institutional care which identifies risks and seeks to address them; employment, adequate social security and welfare provision, and the need to collect more data on the outcomes of care. (Original abstract)