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- Author:
- KINSEY Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 2.10.97, 1997, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Reports on the obstacles facing a three-year resettlement programme of people with learning disabilities when the Royal Earlswood Hospital closed in March 1997.
Rise to the challenge
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.10.97, 1997, p.28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how people with learning difficulties and challenging behaviour need not be 'a danger to society' if they are properly supported in the community.
Bringing the house down
- Author:
- GRIFFITHS Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.5.97, 1997, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Changes to the housing benefit regulations mean supported housing projects for people with learning difficulties or mental health problems may face serious funding problems.
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.
Beyond the veneer: a guide to the essential features of residential care and supported living for adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome; for purchasers, providers, parents and carers
- Editor:
- WATERS Jackie
- Publisher:
- Prader-Willi Syndrome Association UK
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 25p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Derby
Presents an overview of the characteristics of Prader-Willi syndrome and goes on to look at the need for residential or supported care in adult life. Examines options for accommodation, the framework of residential care or supported living appropriate to PWS, and summarises the essential characteristics of the care package.
Residential care, or housing and support?
- Author:
- SIMONS Ken
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 25(1), 1997, pp.2-6.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Until recently the place in which people with learning difficulties live, and the kind of support they would expect to get there, have been bound up with each other. This article discusses the possibility that separating out the two elements of housing and support, both in conceptual and organisational terms, may provide a contribution to continued improvement for life for people with learning disabilities who need somewhere to live.
Great expectations: experiences of supported living
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 70p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Captures some of the early experiences of supported living for people with learning difficulties via the stories of six people and how they experienced supported living.
Money matters: helping people with learning difficulties have more control over their money
- Author:
- BEWLEY Catherine
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 121p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Relates the experiences of people with learning difficulties in relation to handling their own money and relates these to current legal and technical frameworks. Makes recommendations for major changes in legal practice and benefits regulations, and in the practice of services, families and people themselves.
Social work law in Scotland
- Authors:
- FABB Janet, GUTHRIE Thomas G
- Publisher:
- Butterworths
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 341p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Provides a clear outline of the legal framework within which social work operates in Scotland and is aimed primarily at those with no previous knowledge of the law. Begins with a general introduction to legal terminology and procedure and goes on to discuss different areas of law, including: housing, benefits, debt recovery, and discrimination. Also takes into account the Children(Scotland)Act 1995. Concludes with a chapter on professional responsibility and accountability.
Promoting a better life for people with learning disabilities and their families: a practical agenda for the new government
- Author:
- TOWELL David
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 25(3), 1997, pp.90-94.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
It is generally agreed that the goal of public policy should be to ensure that people with learning disabilities have the opportunities and support required to live 'ordinary lives' in the community. This paper identifies policy initiatives which a government could take to make a difference in many people's lives and signal its longer term commitment to achieving better lives for all.