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Trying together
- Author:
- HAYES Lesley
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.12.94, 1994, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how family and friends can make all the difference for people with learning difficulties when they are moving into the community from long-stay hospital.
Changing behaviours
- Authors:
- COLSEY Julie, HATTON Angela
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 28.9.94, 1994, pp.64-65.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Describes the approach taken to helping a family with a child who had frequent tantrums.
The right to choose
- Author:
- CROSS Gill
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 28.9.94, 1994, pp.60-61.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Describes the care given to a women with a learning disability who was determined to have a child of her own.
On the right track
- Author:
- GAGE Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 22.9.94, 1994, p.9.
For most people in need of care, family life is the ideal. Adult placement is becoming a significant contributor to service provision. Looks at the work of the National Association of Adult Placement Schemes (NAAPS) and Shared Care and considers the potential pitfalls of adult placement.
Services for people with learning difficulties - balancing the interests of users, their families and service providers
- Authors:
- WALKER Carol, WALKER Alan, RYAN Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 1 1994, 1994, pp.10-19.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Looks at the findings of research funded by the North Western Regional Health Authority, which examines the quality of life of 102 people with learning difficulties who moved out of three large long-stay mental handicap hospitals into shared housing in the community. The article focuses on the issues that arise when conducting research with people with learning difficulties and their close family.
Sexual abuse in adulthood: ongoing risks for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, TURK Vicky
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 3(1), March 1994, pp.26-35.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports findings of a 3-year research programme into the sexual abuse of adults with learning disabilities. Inconsistent reporting to and by services can be seen in the results, including lack of agreed practice around consent to sexual activities between service users. Abuse is also perpetrated by staff, volunteers, family members and other known and trusted adults. Thus both definition and detection are important competencies for services to develop. Abuse reported was predominantly perpetrated by men on both women and men with learning disabilities, and the gender issues raised by tackling sexual abuse in unequal staff teams, with their male style of management and a female workforce, are considered.
Taking control: enabling people with learning difficulties
- Editors:
- O'KANE Judith, SMITH Beryl
- Publisher:
- David Fulton
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 190p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains papers on: handing over control to people with learning difficulties; meaningful content and contexts for learning; language, communication and personal power - a developmental perspective; profound and multiple learning difficulties; the High/Scope curriculum and the education of children with learning difficulties; teaching approaches and learning styles; technical and vocational education; the role of a student committee in promotion of independence among school leavers; increasing the personal effectiveness of adults in the community; and promoting choice and self regulation for people with learning difficulties within the family.
Unit costs of community care 1994
- Authors:
- NETTEN Ann, comp
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 104p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Contains sections on services for: older people; people with mental health problems; people with learning difficulties; children and families; and generic services.
The stresses and rewards of being a carer in a family placement scheme for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- DAGNAN Dave
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 22(4), 1994, pp.127-129.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study examines some of the stresses, rewards and motivations associated with being a carer in a family placement scheme offering long-term care to adults with learning disabilities. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 20 carers in a family placement scheme in the North of England. The carers reported that the greatest stress is caused by factors such as severe incontinence or challenging or a social behaviour. The rewards gained from being a carer were both altruistic, for example seeing the clients develop towards greater independence, and personal, for example in fulfilling a need to care described in terms of the general caring roles of a parent, spouse or professional carer. The lack of research into this model of care is highlighted.
Promoting social welfare: first annual report of the Chief Inspector Social Services Inspectorate Northern Ireland 1994
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health and Social Services. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health and Social Services. Social Services Insp
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 132p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Annual report organised under the following headings: planning and delivery; social and economic conditions; older people; disabled people; people with learning difficulties; people with mental health problems; and children and families.