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Stress and the move into community accommodation
- Authors:
- BRAMSTON Paul, CUMMINS A. Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 23(4), December 1998, pp.295-308.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The move into community-based supported accommodation for people with an intellectual disability can be exciting and rewarding but also confusing, demanding and perhaps even frightening. This study follows the concerns and stresses of four Australian people with an intellectual disability for five months as they negotiate the trials and rewards of moving out into a flat in the community, with only drop-in support. Implications are drawn from the data for those involved in supporting people with an intellectual disability to move into supported accommodation.
Housing side by side with holistic support
- Author:
- NICKALLS Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Third Force News, 16.1.98, 1998, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Looks at the organisation Carr-Gomm, a registered housing association, which provides vulnerable people with a safe, secure and supportive environment.
'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.
Good housing schemes show what people and services can do
- Author:
- HOLMAN Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 12(2), October 1998, pp.15-16.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Looks at recent service reviews of two housing schemes which combine elements of supported housing and life sharing and give tenants a high level of satisfaction for surprisingly little cost.
Getting a foot in the door: the strategic significance of supported living
- Author:
- SIMONS Ken
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 3(2), April 1998, pp.7-16.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The central argument of this article is that supported living has a potential strategic role in addressing some of the current shortcomings in community-based residential services. These shortcomings are described, along with the possible contribution of an approach in which housing and support are separated. Finally some of the current concerns about supported living are briefly addressed.
How Meriden Street tenants run their own show
- Authors:
- HARBRIDGE Elinor, CROWHURST Greg
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 11(3), January 1998, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Reports on a co-operative housing project for people with learning difficulties where the residents sit on the board of management. Traces the history of the project, identifies the key factors leading to its success and talks to some of the residents about what it means to them.
Living support networks: an evaluation of the services provided by KeyRing
- Author:
- SIMONS Ken
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 77p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Describes an innovative form of supported living for people with learning difficulties, aiming to plug the gap between residential care and no support at all. KeyRing establishes small networks of up to nine people with learning difficulties, each with their own flat. Each network has the support of a community living worker who lives nearby.
Lost opportunities: purchasing strategies in housing and support for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- RYAN Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(9), May 1998, pp.296-299.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
For people with learning difficulties who have complex or challenging needs, institutional or residential care is often seen as the only option, on grounds of both cost and suitability. Reports on new research which challenges these assumptions, and describes examples of good practice where purchasers have developed alternative, more flexible and less costly services to support people in their own homes. Research shows that strategies which foster independence produce savings in the long-term.
Relative values
- Author:
- RYAN Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.5.98, 1998, p.22.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that even for people with the most challenging needs, community care can be both happier and cheaper.
Kirk or community?
- Author:
- LEAR Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Roof, January 1998, p.15.
- Publisher:
- Shelter
Looks at how supported housing projects in Glasgow are at the centre of a bitter battle between the church and housing providers. The author explains why her housing association has pulled the plug on Church of Scotland projects.