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The institution of the mind: the final challenge
- Author:
- ERICSSON Kent
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 10(1), February 2005, pp.57-61.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Deinstitutionalisation is a phenomenon with extensive practical consequences, as it leads to changes in the lives of people with a disability, their families and staff. It also has extensive theoretical consequences for disability services, as new models are needed when forming alternative services to those offered by the institution, During a deinstitutionalisation project practical and theoretical problems were faced. One unexpected phenomenon met with came to be termed ' the institution of the mind'.
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.
Getting a life
- Author:
- ROSS Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.10.99, 1999, p.23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Ten years ago long-term care residents were promised that community care would change their lives. Provides an example of one success story.
Life in the community
- Author:
- HERSOV Eve Kuhr
- Journal article citation:
- Values into Action, 97, 1999, pp.6-8.
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
The author reflects on the essence of good practice in supporting people with learning difficulties to live full lives.
An examination of the addition of video informed reflective practice to the active support toolkit
- Authors:
- BAKER Peter, APPLETON Philippa, WILLIAMS Rosie
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 45(3), 2017, pp.180-189.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: This study evaluated a package of Active Support (AS), which included standard training with additional video informed reflective practice. Materials and Methods: The training package was implemented as part of a service improvement initiative in four residential intellectual disability homes, using a concurrent multiple baseline across environments design. Training consisted of a 1-day workshop, and follow-up coaching. Momentary time sampling was used to measure engagement levels and staff assistance. A new observational tool was piloted to code the presence of positive and negative interactions between staff and the people with intellectual disabilities. Results: Results showed that service user engagement levels and staff assistance increased significantly following the training. There was also a significant increase in positive interactions and a significant decrease in negative interactions between staff and service users. Conclusion: The implications of these results are discussed. (Publisher abstract)
Families' experiences of seeking out-of-home accommodation for their adult child with an intellectual disability
- Authors:
- GREY Jillian M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 12(1), 2015, pp.47-57.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Research exploring the experiences of families during the process of seeking out-of-home accommodation for an adult son or daughter with intellectual disability is scarce. A study was undertaken to examine this process. Nine families currently seeking out-of-home accommodation for their adult son or daughter were interviewed and interview data were analysed using thematic analysis. Two main themes were identified: (1) reasons for seeking housing and (2) experiences of seeking housing. Parents' ageing and increased health problems along with the offspring's wish for greater independence were the main reasons for seeking out-of home accommodation. Experiences of looking for a house were not straightforward in that parents often wanted to plan ahead but were prevented from doing so as the housing system prioritizes 'housing crises.' Findings showed that families experienced seeking housing as stressful and frustrating and would like to see social care and housing professionals acknowledge them as collaborative partners in the process. The authors conclude there also needs to be greater clarity of expectation of the duration of finding suitable accommodation, a process that needs to be started early in a young adult's life. (Publisher abstract)
Satisfaction with living arrangements of older adults with intellectual disability: service users’ and carers’ views
- Authors:
- O'ROURKE Anne, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities, 8(1), March 2004, pp.12-29.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Living arrangements for older adults with intellectual disability are an important aspect of service provision. However, relatively little work has examined service users’ satisfaction and dissatisfaction with where they live. Interviews were conducted with 92 service users with intellectual disability aged over 40 living in residential accommodation or with parents or guardians. A questionnaire addressing service users’ living arrangements was completed by 103 carers or guardians. Service users identified physical features of living arrangements, the provision of activities, and staff as primary contributors to satisfaction. Primary contributors to dissatisfaction were staff issues such as hindering personal independence, impatience and personnel shortages. Service users living with family or guardians were more likely to report being happy but also to report loneliness than those in group homes. Carers’ responses largely mirrored those provided by service users but differences emerged with respect to appropriateness of existing accommodation.
Case of the missing voice
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.5.02, 2002, pp.46-47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Offers views on a case involving disagreement over the future of a woman with learning difficulties.
Learning support for people with learning disabilities in community residential projects
- Author:
- DAVIES Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(9), May 1999, pp.303-307.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Community care should in theory result in greater independence and autonomy for people with learning disabilities. Traditionally, work with people with learning disabilities has been dominated by the behaviourist approach. The author reports the findings of a qualitative study of residential care projects which suggest that such approaches to learning may in fact constrain potential for independent living.
Age or disability? Age-based disparities in service provision for older people with intellectual disabilities in Great Britain
- Authors:
- WALKER Alan, WALKER Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 23(1), March 1998, pp.25-39.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article concentrates on the role of service providers in prescribing artificial limits to the potential of older people with intellectual disabilities. Argues that the key factor in this social creation of dependency is the age discriminatory attitudes held by some service providers and which distinguish between the different British service cultures in provision for older people and those for people with an intellectual disability. Thus the behaviour of care staff and the assumptions implicit in social policies can result in practices which reinforce dependency rather than empowerment.