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Deinstitutionalisation
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HATTON Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 8(4), December 2005, pp.23-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In this article the authors attempt to place what has been learned about the successes and failures of deinstitutionalisation and the unrealised potential of people with learning disabilities, the importance of measuring and analysing quality in residential services and the value of applied research.
Adults with learning difficulties in England 2003/4: full report
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al
- Publisher:
- National Health Service. Information Centre for Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 129p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This is the report of the first national survey of adults with learning disabilities in England. It tells us how much more needs to be done if people with learning difficulties are to be more included and have a better life.
Adults with learning difficulties in England 2003/4: summary report
- Editors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- National Health Service. Information Centre for Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
An easy read summary of the first national survey of adults with learning disabilities in England. It tells us how much more needs to be done if people with learning difficulties are to be more included and have a better life.
Preventing dependency, promoting independence: a researcher's perspective
- Author:
- EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 18(4), 2013, pp.2--202.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss how research can support a renewed focus on the promotion of independence and the prevention of avoidable dependency. Design/methodology/approach: Narrative review and discussion. Findings: Generating practice-based evidence, exploiting the possibilities of existing administrative data and learning from the world of public health may offer some ways forward. Originality/value : Potential priorities for future research are identified. (Publisher abstract)
Cluster housing for adults with intellectual disabilities
- Author:
- EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 29(3), September 2004, pp.187-197.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
While there is extensive evidence on the overall benefits of deinstitutionalisation, the move from institutional care to providing accommodation and support in small to medium sized dispersed housing schemes has not gone uncontested. Recently, a number of commentators have argued for the development of cluster housing on the basis that it may provide a "connected" community of people with intellectual disabilities. In the present study, comparisons were made, controlling for a range of participant characteristics, on a range of input, process and outcome variables between 169 adults with intellectual disabilities living in cluster housing and 741 adults with intellectual disabilities living in dispersed housing. Participants supported in cluster housing were more likely to live in larger settings, be supported by fewer staff, be exposed to greater changes/inconsistencies in living arrangements (their home also being used for short-term care for others and greater use of casual/bank staff), be exposed to more restrictive management practices (seclusion, sedation, physical restraint, polypharmacy), lead more sedentary lives, be underweight, and participate in fewer and a more restricted range of leisure, social and friendship activities. There were few potential benefits associated with living in cluster housing. It is concluded on the basis of the available evidence that cluster housing schemes offer a poorer quality of care and quality of life than dispersed housing schemes.