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It all becomes clear
- Author:
- PITT Vern
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.10.09, 2009, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
People with learning disabilities who are visually impaired have unique needs as they move towards independent living. The charity SeeAbility has been helping West Sussex Council to re-house residents from group homes to supported housing as part of its eye2eye scheme to improve support for people with visual impairments and learning disabilities.
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.
Housing scheme is putting people in the comfort zone
- Author:
- SALE Anabel Unity
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.12.08, 2008, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the work of the supported housing provider Comfort Care Services. The organisation provides supported accommodation for people with mental illness, learning disabilities and substance misuse problems in Slough, Reading and Maidenhead. It has also developed vital crisis units and an innovative Move On programme which operates a structured, three-tiered approach to support that eventually leads to clients living independently.
Home is where the heart is
- Author:
- POWELL James
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, December 2012, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article focuses on ‘John’, who had spent all his adult life in hospitals and care homes. But thanks to the active support approach, he has been able to move into his own flat. This move was the culmination of 13 years since he moved out of hospital and began to be supported in the community by learning disability support provider Avenues Group. Active support is an approach which Avenues has implemented across its organisation that aims to increase choice, promote independence, and reduce challenging behaviour in people with learning disabilities. Active support is a way of supporting people to take part in meaningful, everyday activities, regardless of their level of disability, where staff provide just enough support for people to take part in everyday tasks.
Supported living: making the move
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR INCLUSION
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- Bath
This briefing paper arises from a three year project on housing and social inclusion in England, and summarises some of the finding of the main report. It is written mainly for people who work directly or indirectly to plan, develop and provide housing and support for people with learning disabilities. It explains the difference between supported living and residential care. It also describes different types of housing and support that should be available for people, and how to go about putting them in place. Among the conclusions is the fact that while residential care might be right for some people, it should not be the only or predominant choice of housing for adults with learning disabilities. The briefing also suggests that the main focus should be maximising housing rights, choice control and independence. Access to a wider range of models is needed and as these emerge a more flexible mix of support will be required including greater emphasis on connecting people with their communities.
Let's live a little!
- Author:
- THORNTON Jacqui
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.01.08, 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how Hampshire Council has successfully implemented a supported living project for four young adults with learning disabilities.
Key considerations
- Author:
- WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.6.01, May 2001, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government white paper on learning difficulties promises that service users have more choice about where they live, but are local authorities ready for the challenge. Looks at existing provision and how services may develop.
Personalization, self-advocacy and inclusion: an evaluation of parent-initiated supported living schemes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Netherlands
- Authors:
- REINDL Marie-Sol, WALTZ Mitzi, SCHIPPERS Alice
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 20(2), 2016, pp.121-136.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
This study focused on parent-initiated supported living schemes in the South of the Netherlands and the ability of these living schemes to enhance participation, choice, autonomy and self-advocacy for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities through personalized planning, support and care. Based on in-depth interviews with tenants, parents and caregivers, findings included that parent-initiated supported housing schemes made steps towards stimulating self-advocacy and autonomy for tenants. However, overprotective and paternalistic attitudes expressed by a significant number of parents, as well as structural constraints affecting the living schemes, created obstacles to tenants’ personal development. The study calls for consideration of interdependence as a model for the relationship of parents and adult offspring with disabilities. The benefits and tensions inherent within this relationship must be taken into consideration during inclusive community building. (Edited 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.