Two surveys have shown community care services for people with learning difficulties are heavily under funded. Describes how campaigning groups are worried that unless something is done soon they are heading for disaster.
Two surveys have shown community care services for people with learning difficulties are heavily under funded. Describes how campaigning groups are worried that unless something is done soon they are heading for disaster.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mental health services, social care provision, vulnerable adults, community care, financing;
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 9(3), 1996, pp.256-283.
Publisher:
Wiley
People with mild intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour, who had all been service-users at a specialist, hospital-based unit, were interviewed after they had left the service for an average of four and a half years, about their current quality of life and their memories of the service. On the whole, people were still living in the community though many had had a large number of placement moves (and some had returned to hospital or prison). It is argued that there may be a need to re-think services for service-users with challenging behaviours and mild intellectual disabilities.
People with mild intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour, who had all been service-users at a specialist, hospital-based unit, were interviewed after they had left the service for an average of four and a half years, about their current quality of life and their memories of the service. On the whole, people were still living in the community though many had had a large number of placement moves (and some had returned to hospital or prison). It is argued that there may be a need to re-think services for service-users with challenging behaviours and mild intellectual disabilities.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mental health services, quality of life, service users, social care provision, user views, challenging behaviour;
Explains why it is not always clear which agencies or health professionals should be providing care to clients in the community. Focuses on the cases of people with learning difficulties who also have mental health problems.
Explains why it is not always clear which agencies or health professionals should be providing care to clients in the community. Focuses on the cases of people with learning difficulties who also have mental health problems.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, interprofessional relations, learning disabilities, mental health, mental health problems, mental health services, nurses, multidisciplinary services, nursing, social care provision;
This report looks at a number of issues based on the phenomenon of dual disability, that is those difficulties experienced by people who have both a learning disability and some form of mental health problem. Includes chapters on: dual disability and challenging behaviour; problems in dual disability: prevalence; diagnosis and the issue of aetiology and; dual disability and the provision of appropriate services.
This report looks at a number of issues based on the phenomenon of dual disability, that is those difficulties experienced by people who have both a learning disability and some form of mental health problem. Includes chapters on: dual disability and challenging behaviour; problems in dual disability: prevalence; diagnosis and the issue of aetiology and; dual disability and the provision of appropriate services.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mental health, mental health problems, mental health services, multidisciplinary services, needs, social care provision, assessment, challenging behaviour;
Links social work theory to practice via case studies of real people in real contexts. Each chapter identifies core competencies, themes and principles. Includes sections on: conciliation work; residential child care; mental health social work; child protection; risk analysis; health care; criminal justice; respite care for children and adults with learning difficulties; working with families; and working with the Children Act 1989.
Links social work theory to practice via case studies of real people in real contexts. Each chapter identifies core competencies, themes and principles. Includes sections on: conciliation work; residential child care; mental health social work; child protection; risk analysis; health care; criminal justice; respite care for children and adults with learning difficulties; working with families; and working with the Children Act 1989.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mediation, mental health services, residential child care, short break care, social welfare law, social work, social work education, social work methods, child protection, families, health care;
Handbook aimed at all professionals working with children. Includes papers on: the law in relation to the wishes and feelings of the child; listening to children in educational contexts; a social work perspective; eliciting children's views - the contribution of psychologists; the voice of the child in mental health practice; learning to listen to children; listening to children with disabilities and special educational needs; listening to and communicating with young children; gender issues; and race and the child's perspective.
Handbook aimed at all professionals working with children. Includes papers on: the law in relation to the wishes and feelings of the child; listening to children in educational contexts; a social work perspective; eliciting children's views - the contribution of psychologists; the voice of the child in mental health practice; learning to listen to children; listening to children with disabilities and special educational needs; listening to and communicating with young children; gender issues; and race and the child's perspective.
Subject terms:
law, learning disabilities, listening skills, mental health services, physical disabilities, psychology, rights, social work methods, user participation, black and minority ethnic people, children, childrens rights, communication, education, gender;
Collection of papers aiming to contribute to a better understanding of women's needs and the development of appropriate mental health services and initiatives that validate women's experiences. Includes chapters on: the survivor perspective; women as carers; women as mental health workers; African women in the diaspora; Asian women; Chinese women; Irish women in Britain; Jewish women; refugee women; lesbians; older women; women with children; women living in rural areas; sexual abuse in childhood; serious long term mental health problems; mental health issues and learning disabilities; problems around food; self injury; secure provision and the special hospitals; sexual harassment and assault in psychiatric services; and key issues in services for all women.
Collection of papers aiming to contribute to a better understanding of women's needs and the development of appropriate mental health services and initiatives that validate women's experiences. Includes chapters on: the survivor perspective; women as carers; women as mental health workers; African women in the diaspora; Asian women; Chinese women; Irish women in Britain; Jewish women; refugee women; lesbians; older women; women with children; women living in rural areas; sexual abuse in childhood; serious long term mental health problems; mental health issues and learning disabilities; problems around food; self injury; secure provision and the special hospitals; sexual harassment and assault in psychiatric services; and key issues in services for all women.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, Jewish people, mental health, mental health problems, mental health services, mothers, older people, refugees, self-harm, secure hospitals, severe mental health problems, sexual harassment, women, African people, Asian people, carers, child sexual abuse, children, Chinese people, eating disorders, good practice;