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A home of my own: report from visits to people with learning disabilities who are living in care homes which are registered with the Care Commission as having more than 20 places: June to September 2010
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
One of the ways in which the Mental Welfare Commission monitors individual care and treatment is through visit programmes in a range of settings throughout Scotland. These visits take place at home, in hospital or in any other setting where care and treatment is being delivered. This report presents findings from a programme of national themed visits to people with learning disabilities living in the larger residential care homes registered with the Care Commission as having more than 20 places. The visits are designed to assess and compare care and treatment for particular groups of people across Scotland. This report provides an overview of findings from a series of visits in Scotland between June and September 2010. Positive outcomes from the visits showed that people had pleasant homely bedrooms where they could spend time with their personal belongings, music, and TV and had some choice in the décor or furnishings. There was good access to primary health care services and Community Learning Disability Teams in nearly all units. However, communal units were less homely.
Breath of fresh Ayr
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.2.05, 2005, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a learning difficulties service in Ayr, Scotland which is truly person-centred. Partners for Inclusion (PFI) is a voluntary supported living service that was set up to help people with learning difficulties and mental health needs.
'What's the next stage?' Mothers of young adults with Down syndrome explore the path to independence: a qualitative investigation
- Authors:
- DOCHERTY Julie, REID Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 22(5), September 2009, pp.458-467.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The values and beliefs of eight mothers of young adults with Down syndrome who are currently involved in supporting their offspring in the possible transition from dependence to independence are explored. The mothers, all living in Scotland, were interviewed and the results were thematically analysed using the qualitative approach, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The mothers described themselves as having a dynamic role as both gate-keepers and facilitators in aiding their offspring on the path to adulthood. These findings are not consistent with findings of previous research, which suggested that mothers in this situation are personally and socially inclined to limit the transition of their offspring to an independent adulthood. The discussion explores the possible reasons for this change and proposes clarification to existing theoretical frameworks for understanding mothers' perspectives.
Next steps in developing services for people with learning disabilities in Greater Glasgow
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 67, December 1997, pp.15-17.
Provides extracts from a consultation paper on the future development of services for people with learning disabilities issued by Greater Glasgow Health Board.
Is day care still at the crossroads?
- Author:
- SEED Philip
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 135p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Updates 'Day care at the crossroads', the wide-ranging evaluation of day services for people with learning difficulties in Scotland. The update takes account of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 and a changed economic and social culture.
Your move: stories from the your move project
- Authors:
- SMITH Andy, WILSON Helen
- Publisher:
- Scottish Human Services Trust
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 80p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This book is about what happened in the first year of the Your Move Project, a developmental project aiming to extend the range of quality housing and living options for people with learning disabilities in Scotland, to raise awareness about supported living, and to develop several small demonstration projects to help people move into their own homes
Real choices: a participatory action research project involving young people with learning difficulties who are about to leave school
- Author:
- SCOTTISH HUMAN SERVICES TRUST
- Publisher:
- Scottish Human Services Trust
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 66p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Real Choices was funded under the theme of education, and was a participatory action research project involving young people with learning difficulties who are about to leave school. The project was designed to enable the young people to be partners and active participants in the research process. Their participation led to the objectives being altered as the project progressed to ensure that all action undertaken was relevant to the young people.
How is it going? A survey of what matters most to people with learning disabilities in Scotland today
- Author:
- CURTICE Lisa
- Publisher:
- ENABLE
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Results of a survey into what matters most to people with learning disabilities and autistic spectrum disorders in Scotland are presented. 605 people (about 1 in 200 of the population of people with learning disabilities in Scotland) replied to a postal questionnaire. What matters most to people with learning disabilities is getting their own home, having friends and being able to go out more. They also want to make sure they stay in contact with family and they keep the support that is essential to their independence. They enjoy socialising more than anything else and next to that, sport. They hope for new experiences. Findings and conclusions from the research in terms of choice and independence, friends and relationships, leisure, work, and education and training are presented.
How does the community care?: public attitudes to community care in Scotland
- Authors:
- CURTICE Lisa, PETCH Alison
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
As part of the 2001 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, the Scottish Executive funded a module of 40 questions on the attitudes of people in Scotland to a range of community care issues. Interviews were completed with 1605 individuals across Scotland. Three quarters of respondents felt comfortable about living next door to a frail older person and more than half about living next door to a person with a learning disability. Less than half, however, felt comfortable about living next door to a person with mental illness or with dementia. Respondents were strongly in favour of individuals with support needs living in the community rather than in care homes or hospitals. This view was most common for a person with a learning disability and least common (but still the majority) for a person with dementia. Most people interviewed thought that a person with a mental illness or a learning disability should not serve on a jury. Support needs, it was felt, should in the main be met by paid workers. The exception was for the person with a learning disability needing to be accompanied to a club where the potential contribution of family members and volunteers was cited. A substantial majority considered the funding of support to be the responsibility of the government. Respondents with personal experience of care were even more likely than others to take this view. There was strong support for individuals remaining within their own homes when this was their wish, even when this was a more expensive option. Only a fifth of respondents thought that those able to pay should be able to access better quality provision, suggesting strong support for equity. Respondents expressed a willingness to pay higher taxes to generate funds for increased expenditure on health, support for older people and pensions. The top priorities for additional government spending on older people were home helps, special housing provision, and district nurses.