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Moving from hospital into the community: an evaluation by people with learning difficulties: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Recent community care legislation means that more people with learning difficulties are moving out of hospital and living in the community. Services are working in very different ways. Some people may be better off, but some may be worse off. People First - an organisation run by and for people with learning difficulties - did an evaluation of services in the London Boroughs of Haringey and Sutton, looking at the ways people are helped to leave hospital and what their lives are like in the community.
Care in the community for young people with learning disabilities: the client's voice
- Author:
- SINSON Janice
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 166p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents the process of moving from hospital into the community from a service user point of view. Describes the experiences of staff, families and residents.
Informal carers of former long-stay hospital residents with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- McGILLOWAY Sinead, DONNELLY Michael, MAYS Nicholas
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 23(4), 1995, pp.152-155.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study sets out to describe and analyse the nature and consequences of care for a small number of informal carers providing full-time care for people with learning disabilities discharged from long-stay hospitals between 1987 and 1992. The findings showed that these carers, whilst not adversely affected by their caring roles, did experience restrictions on their personal and social lives as well as increased anxiety and physical fatigue. In contrast with findings from other studies of carers of people with learning disabilities, they had more difficulty with practical caring tasks/activities than with problem behaviour. Although generally satisfied with the professional support received, carers indicated that they would benefit from more support, especially holiday and weekend respite care.
Tailor-made training
- Author:
- STEVENS Pene
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 1.3.95, 1995, pp.58-59.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Describes a training package developed to meet the needs of staff who help adults with a learning disability to resettle in the community.