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Outside but not inside yet: leaving hospital and living in the community; an evaluation by people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- People First
- Publisher:
- People First
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 3books;pictures;cassette in pack
- Place of publication:
- London
Pack containing 3 booklets and a set of pictures. Two of the booklets present the views and problems of people with learning difficulties who have left residential care for homes in the community. The third presents the views and methodology of the researchers involved in gathering and evaluating the user's views, and includes an illustrated questionnaire.
Special needs housing: flexible friends
- Author:
- SUNMONU Yinka
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.11.94, 1994, p.7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the housing association Advance, based in Oxford, which uses befrienders to help people cope with moving from long-stay hospitals into the community.
Still to be settled: strategies for the resettlement of people from mental handicap hospitals
- Author:
- COLLINS Jean
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 56p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides examples of good practice and points to a number of ways forward in advancing service design and expectations for people with learning difficulties who are moved from mental handicap hospitals to the community. Contains chapters on: good practice; financial transfers; the process of resettlement; management and staffing; and designs for living.
Caring for people in the community: the new welfare
- Editor:
- TITTERTON Michael
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 170p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Critical assessment of the implications of continuing changes in the community care system. Discusses their impact on a range of issues including: management; the role of the voluntary sector; the development of services for older people and people with learning difficulties; moving people with mental health problems into the community; and the problem of housing provision.
Opening new doors: an evaluation of community care for people discharged from psychiatric and mental handicap hospitals
- Authors:
- DONNELLY Michael, et al
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 437p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Study evaluating community care services for people with learning difficulties or mental health problems discharged from long-stay hospitals in Northern Ireland. Looks at implementation and the efficiency and effectiveness of the implementation process and evaluates the arrangements in terms of their impact on the quality of life of the users.