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Who's in control
- Author:
- KINSELLA Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Mencap News, 43, April 1994, pp.6-7.
Explains how the Supported Living Scheme, pioneered in the UK by the National Development Team, can give people with learning disabilities more control over how they live.
Special needs housing: everybody needs good neighbours
- Author:
- McGINNIS Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.11.94, 1994, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Asks what it will take for special needs housing to be accepted by neighbours and suggests that simple planning can avoid aggravating the NIMBY syndrome.
Weighing up anchor
- Author:
- DOBSON Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.9.94, 1994, p.18.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Talks to John Belcher, the new chief executive of Anchor Housing about the organisation and its future role.
Homes under threat
- Author:
- PAYNE John
- Journal article citation:
- Mencap News, 43, April 1994, p.13.
New funding arrangements for housing associations are threatening the future of community based housing for people with learning disabilities.
Winning an obstacle race
- Authors:
- DIMMICK Adrian, HIRONS Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 16.2.94, 1994, pp.30-32.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Faced with a deadline for moving the last few patients out of the Cane Hill Hospital but with the community accommodation not quite ready, an empty ward at Dulwich Hospital was chosen as an interim measure. The ten week stay in the temporary accommodation had both positive and negative aspects - stress levels in the residents increased, however, the semi-sheltered environment eased the transition to the move to the community.
Ring of confidence
- Author:
- UTTING David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.12.93, 1994, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A supported living project in South London, KeyRing is setting new standards in helping people with learning difficulties to live in the community. The supportive network is created through the establishment of a group of flats within the same area tenanted by people with learning difficulties and a part-time worker. What is unique about the setup is that tenants do not live in the same building. Considers the success of KeyRing, which is now being pioneered in six London boroughs - Wandsworth, Southwark, Croydon, Hackney, Ealing, and Lewisham.
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.
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.