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'Low support' options for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Most people with learning difficulties have little choice of housing and support options; residential care continues to dominate. This is a particular problem for people seen as relatively low priority for community care packages, with few effective 'low support' alternatives to residential care being developed. The 'living support networks' provided by KeyRing offer one possible model for such services. According to the research described this model provides reliable, affordable support in a way that is liked by those who use the service.
Housing and support for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Place of publication:
- York
Most people with learning difficulties have little choice about where they live; regardless of its appropriateness, residential care remains the dominant option. Using informal networking, Ken Simons set out to find and describe innovative examples of housing and support for people with learning difficulties. The result is a source book which explores a wide range of alternative approaches, focusing in particular on situations where people were able to live in their ownhomes.
Agreements for supported housing organisations and residents
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Residents of supported housing are unique among social sector tenants in receiving not only housing services, but support services as well. This support is either provided directly by the landlord, or delegated to a specialist support provider. Describes research with supported housing organisations and residents, to explore whether variations or additions were needed to agreements currently in use in supported housing, in order to reflect all the services that supported housing residents receive. Outlines the findings.
Housing and support for people with learning difficulties: a local authority development programme
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Promoting independence and supporting people in their own homes is a well-established priority for services for people with learning difficulties. Achievements nevertheless remain limited. Maurice Harker and Nigel King of the Housing and Support Partnership initiated a group development study with six local authorities supported by the Local Government Association and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The aim was to create more diverse housing and support. The study also reviewed the usefulness of this collaborative approach. Outlines the findings of the exercise.
The impact of independent advice and information about housing and support options for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Designed to open up a wider range of housing and support options forpeople with learning difficulties, Housing Options is a nationalindependent advisory service. Describes a research project that was established to explore the impact of Housing Options. This focused on both the barriers to innovation which users of the service experienced, and the extent to which they were able to achieve successful outcomes.
The early years of supported living in the UK: Findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The last five years have seen an increasing interest in the idea of supported living; enabling people with learning difficulties to live in their own homes as an alternatives to shared residential care. The authors set out to review the way that supported living as developed in the UK over this period.
Housing, support and the rights of people with learning difficulties: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Housing and support services which interlock are less likely to respect the rights of people with learning difficulties as citizens than where the two functions are clearly separated, according to recent research by the author of Values Into Action. The author reports that people are usually dependent on the service agencies' own commitment to their rights as citizens. The study, based on detailed interviews with users and staff in 11 supported housing arrangements in England and Wales.