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Whose fight is it?
- Author:
- LEWIS Christina
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.3.98, 1998, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author talks to parents of children with learning difficulties who find themselves torn between their own needs and their responsibilities to their children.
Services for older people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The number of people with learning difficulties living into old age is increasing, but little is known about how older people with learning difficulties view their changing needs, or how services and other respond to their increasing age. Outlines the findings of research with 31 older people living in a variety of settings, and members of their social and support networks, to discover what they want from services now and in the future.
Housing, support and the rights of people with learning difficulties: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Housing and support services which interlock are less likely to respect the rights of people with learning difficulties as citizens than where the two functions are clearly separated, according to recent research by the author of Values Into Action. The author reports that people are usually dependent on the service agencies' own commitment to their rights as citizens. The study, based on detailed interviews with users and staff in 11 supported housing arrangements in England and Wales.
Short breaks support is failing family carers: reviewing progress 10 years on from Mencap's first Breaking Point report
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 49
- Place of publication:
- London
Updates the findings of an earlier Mencap report to investigate whether recent policy initiatives have improved the availability and provision of short breaks provision for people caring for family members learning disabilities. It also examines the extent to which cuts to central and local budgets have impacted on services. A total of 264 family carers responded to a survey on short breaks provision and caring. Freedom of Information requests were also sent to 152 local authorities in England that provide social services. The survey found that 8 out of 10 family carers have reached breaking point due to the lack of short breaks. Families also felt that services they were not having regular assessments and that services were not meeting their needs. The lack of access to short breaks has also a serious impact on family carers, such as stress or having to give up work. The report includes quotes from family carers who responded to the survey. Recommendations are also made for local authorities, central government and service providers. (Original abstract)
Acting against discrimination
- Author:
- KINRADE Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Nurse, 18(12), August 2003, pp.714-715.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Reports on a survey which interviewed people with a variety of disabilities on their experiences in hospital. Results revealed that their needs were often not met and that they felt staff had negative views of disabled people.
Making direct payments a choice: a report on the research findings
- Authors:
- MAGLAJLIC Rea, BRANDON David, GIVEN David
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(1), January 2000, pp.99-113.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article describes research done in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets under the supervision of the local Coalition of Disabled People. It involved three different client groups-people with learning difficulties, mental health service users and those with physical disabilities. The study focused on several issues: how to provide effective information; what sorts of support could direct payments purchase; how could it be accessed; how could users handle the money; how could it all be evaluated? Most carers, staff and users considered this radical idea favourably, but were suspicious of their own local authority and would want independent systems of supervision and monitoring, accountable to other users, rather than professionals.
Time and the person: the impact of support services on the lives of parents of adults with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- TODD Stuart, SHEARN Julia
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 9(1), 1996, pp.40-60.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Employing data derived from a qualitative, in depth study of the experiences of parents of co-resident adult offspring with intellectual disabilities, this article examines some features of parents' lives which shape parents' need for support and their assessment of the adequacy of support received. Support services were positively received in the what they interrupted, what would otherwise be, a continuous cycle of care. The development of support services is discussed in terms of two phases. The first phase involves supporting parents through sharing the parental workload. The second involves supporting the person and his/her range of personal aspirations and interests. The implications which this latter phase may have for other forms of service provision are briefly discussed.
Primary care for people with an intellectual disability - a group practice survey
- Authors:
- KERR M.P., RICHARDS D., GLOVER Geraldine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 9(4), 1996, pp.347-352.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes the process of identification and subsequent examination of the delivery of health care to people with an intellectual disability in a single general practice. The study was undertaken in group practice with a list size of 11,425. Identification through practice and community intellectual disability teams was followed by a note-base assessment of health promotion and consultation rates. Comparison was made with age-sex matched non-disabled controls. Reports on the survey findings.
Assessing the service needs of people with mental handicaps: Method used the Jay Project
- Author:
- FREEDMAN D.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 16(2), June 1988, pp.8O-84.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Describes the use of interviews with clients, families, and staff to assess individual service needs.
The prevalence and balance of care for intellectual disability: secondary analysis of the OPCS Disability Surveys
- Authors:
- KAVANAGH Shane M., OPIT Louis J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 12(2), 1999, pp.127-148.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper examines the feasibility of using the OPCS Disability Services to examine intellectual disability and provides estimates of prevalence and the balance of care between communal establishments and households, comparisons of disabilities and focuses on the care need of people living in households. The intention is to supplement recent information to local purchasing authorities and provide data against which local-based services can be compared.