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The future commissioning of independent living services
- Author:
- HOGG Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 8(1), February 2005, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
There is great and growing interest in assisting people with learning disabilities to live in their own homes with support to promote and enhance their independence. To make this happen on a wider scale access to housing has to be expanded, for example through increased use of shared ownership options for people with support needs. On the support side, there is tension between the funding criteria for Supporting People, with its focus on housing-related support, and the need to provide a holistic and person-centred service, as envisaged by the 'Valuing people' white paper. Despite this difficulty, creative solutions are being found by local authorities and their partners and could be replicated elsewhere, including the development of local KeyRing networks in south-west England.
Unity in action
- Author:
- SCOWN Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.9.01, 2001, p.vii.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the merger of two specialist housing providers and how it has helped service development.
'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.
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.
'Freedom would be my own flat'
- Author:
- SNELL Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.05.07, 2007, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A recent campaign survey by 'Community Care' found widespread frustration among people with learning disabilities with their living arrangements, with two-thirds saying they wanted their own flat. The author talks to three women with learning disabilities about the way their lives are shaped by where they live, be it a group home, with parents and or in their own flat.
Trusting independence: a practical guide to independent living trusts
- Authors:
- HOLMAN Andrew, BEWLEY Catherine
- Publisher:
- Values Into Action/Community Living
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 47p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Developments in the independent living movement have tended, historically, to exclude people with learning difficulties. Access to Direct Payments and other benefits designed for disabled people is also problematic as people with learning difficulties are perceived as unable to make choices or take control of their own lives. This study looks at examples of people who now live independent lives via independent living trusts. It begins with the people and their stories and goes on to look at: what independent living trusts are; when they are useful; who can get involved; how an independent living trust is set up; and how an independent living trust is set up. Also includes a sample trust deed.
Supporting people: opening up more housing and support solutions
- Author:
- HARRIS Theo
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 15(2), 2001, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Analyses the pros and cons of the governments 'Supporting People' programme, which promises better housing and support to help vulnerable people live independently in the community.
Home choice
- Author:
- WOOD Alicia
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.12.01, 2001, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
People with learning difficulties want the same choices about how they live as everyone else. The author explores why they so seldom get those choices, and how local authorities can overcome the obstacles to change.
Housing and support for people with learning difficulties: a local authority development programme
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Promoting independence and supporting people in their own homes is a well-established priority for services for people with learning difficulties. Achievements nevertheless remain limited. Maurice Harker and Nigel King of the Housing and Support Partnership initiated a group development study with six local authorities supported by the Local Government Association and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The aim was to create more diverse housing and support. The study also reviewed the usefulness of this collaborative approach. Outlines the findings of the exercise.
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.