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Pushing open the door: housing options; the impact of a housing and support advisory service
- Author:
- SIMONS Ken
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation/Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- York
An independent evaluation of the services provided by "Housing Options", an advisory service established to enable people with learning difficulties to access a much wider range of housing choices than has typically been available to them. Although "Housing Options" provides advice and information about a wide range of housing and support issues, it has a particular interest and expertise in the area of home ownership for people with learning difficulties, an option that, until recently, had largely been ignored by mainstream services.
Love thy neighbour
- Author:
- MAY Malcolm
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.2.99, 1999, p.6.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author explains how consultation with close neighbours helped smooth the way for a staffed housing project for people with learning difficulties.
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.
Whose home, whose life?
- Author:
- SIMONS Ken
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 8(4), April 1995, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Outlines a range of innovative approaches to housing and support for people with learning difficulties. Argues that RESCARE should be more concerned about lack of security for people living in institutions and concentrate their energies on developing good quality community-based services.
My home, my life: innovative approaches to housing and support for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- SIMONS Ken
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 146p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes examples of innovative practice in housing and support for people with learning difficulties. Aimed at professionals, advocates and families.
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.
Housing and support: is the 'separation' debate missing the point?
- Author:
- MATHIESON Malcolm
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 52, 1995, pp.19-21.
Suggests that the debate about whether it is best to combine or separate housing and support services may be obscuring more important issues in relation to the provision of services for people with learning difficulties.
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.