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Person-centred approaches and quality of life
- Author:
- BEADLE-BROWN Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 11(3), July 2006, pp.4-12.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This mainly conceptual paper summarises the current conceptualisation of personalisation as it applies to people with learning disabilities. It goes on to map out how the drive towards the personalisation of services, its most recent iterations of person-centred planning, person-centred funding and person-centred action, contributes to a better quality of life for people with intellectual disabilities using quality of life domain indicators (social inclusion, physical well-being, interpersonal relations, material well-being, emotional well-being, self-determination, personal development and rights). In doing so it describes what you would see in services where person-centred approaches were being successfully implemented.
Rethinking respite policy for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- CHAN Jeffrey, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 9(2), June 2012, pp.120-126.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Respite care has consistently shown benefits for service users and their families. However, disjointed implementation and lack of coherency in respite policy has hampered the consistent availability of respite care and limited its positive effects. Provision of respite care can be improved by an improved understanding of the meaning of respite for stakeholders and a negotiation of these sometimes opposing points of view. This article presents an argument for a model of service delivery that builds on a shared understanding of respite among stakeholders. This shared understanding is seen as generating a move toward integrated service development, recasting respite as part of a continuum of family support services in which funding policies give families more control. A shared understanding can be a foundation for the training, communication, funding flexibility, and mutual trust among stakeholders. Respite care provided in an integrated framework moves beyond the basic function of a break in caring for overburdened carers to one that can provide support for family coping and resilience.
I have the power
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.03.06, 2006, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author reports on 'In Control', which provides self-directed support for people with learning difficulties, whilst seeing the social care system from the perspective of the service user. Users are told their annual funding entitlement so they have the information to devise their own support plan. The article includes details of how 'In Control' made an impact on one service users life.