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Making connections
- Authors:
- SWIFT Paul, MATTINGLY Molly
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 10(2), April 2009, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The Life in the Community project is described. The three-year project, funded by the Mental Health Foundation and the Baily Thomas Trust, aimed to explore how 40 people with complex support needs could be helped to lead more inclusive lifestyles in their local communities.
Person centred commissioning - now: a pathway approach to commissioning learning disability support
- Authors:
- FULTON Kate, WINFIELD Claire
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document explores some examples of what is working well nationally in learning disability commissioning - and how that learning could be used to develop a person-centred commissioning pathway for the future. No one area claims to have everything right, but each example shows a part of the pathway being implemented successfully, and within a person-centred approach. The report should be useful for commissioners, especially to focus them on developing action plans for the way forward.
Towards a more meaningful life: person centred active support
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Connecting, 9, Summer 2007, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Community Connecting
This article discusses the work of United Response in developing the approach Person-centred Active Support.
The impact of person-centred planning: a summary for service users
- Author:
- ROBERTSON Janet
- Publisher:
- Lancaster University. Institute for Health Research
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Lancaster
Across the UK people are adopting person centred approaches when working towards the goals of an individual/group (not only people with learning disabilities). The Impact of Person Centred Planning, which investigates what PCP can achieve if done well and what inhibits or facilitates the implementation and usefulness of PCP. The report, commissioned by the Department of Health is part of the Learning Disability Research Initiative and part-funded by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities.
A guide to person centred planning
- Author:
- DUFFY Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Connecting, 6, Autumn 2006, pp.13-17.
- Publisher:
- Community Connecting
Person Centred Planning is about working with someone to find out what they want to do with their life and working out how to make it happen. It is very different from a 'care plan' or 'assessment', which focus on the 'service' a person needs. The author looks at the key areas of person centred planning and describes four different Person Centred Planning Tools.
Learning disability strategy: section 7 guidance on service principles and service responses
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The main focus of this guidance is on the person with a learning disability rather than on their families or carers but ,where appropriate, families and carers are mentioned in the text. The contribution that families and carers can make to the unified assessment process is covered within that guidance and carers are, of course, entitled to their own assessment.
Models of community care in the UK: past and present
- Author:
- McGILL Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 10(1), February 2005, pp.46-51.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Summarises the model of community care proposed by Jack Tizard more than 40 years ago, considers the extent to which it has been implemented and developments since, and reviews the strengths and weaknesses of current models as exemplified by 'Valuing people', considering them in their historical context.
Supporting People Matters
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Development Department
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
A leaflet setting out the latest news from Supporting People. In this issue new from the Same As You Implementation Group; Scottish Council for Single Homeless and Scottish Youth Housing Network; the Thistle Foundation and the Altrum conference.
Ambivalence among staff regarding ageing with intellectual disabilities: experiences and reflections
- Authors:
- ALFTBERG Asa, JOHANSSON Maria, AHLSTROM Gerd
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 25(2), 2021, pp.192-209.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
This study explores the experiences and reflections of staff in intellectual disability (ID) services concerning ageing with ID. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 24 staff members in group homes and daily activity centres. The findings showed that the staff were uncertain about the signs of ageing in people with intellectual disabilities; they compared the life conditions of these people with conditions in older people without intellectual disabilities. Their emphasis on an active lifestyle was very strong. The staff members also mentioned uncertainty about how to facilitate assistive devices and whether ‘ageing in place’ was the best solution. The overall theme was manifested as ambivalence where notions of older people with intellectual disabilities seemed incompatible with notions of old age in general and could be explained by the theoretical concept of age coding. The findings of this study indicate the need to provide education about ageing to staff working in ID services. (Edited publisher abstract)
The significance of person‐centered care for satisfaction with care and well‐being among informal caregivers of persons with severe intellectual disability
- Authors:
- HAKOBYAN Liana, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 17(1), 2020, pp.31-42.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Person‐centered care (PCC) delivery and co‐creation of care (establishing productive patient‐professional interaction) are expected to lead to better patient outcomes. Given the prominent role of informal caregivers in care delivery processes to persons with intellectual disabilities (PWID), they are expected to benefit from person‐centered care (PCC) and co‐creation of care as well. This study aims to identify the relationship between PCC, co‐creation of care and outcomes among informal caregivers of PWID. A cross‐sectional survey was conducted in 2015 among informal caregivers of PWID (45.8% parents, 44.1% siblings, 10.1% other family member). All PWID were living in residential homes of a long‐term care organization in the Eastern part of the Netherlands. For every PWID, the most important informal caregiver was invited to participate. Nine hundred and forty‐one invitations were sent out and 289 of them responded (31% response rate). Mean age of informal caregivers was 61.80 (SD 11.21; range 23–90) years old. About half of the respondents (55%) were female and 23% were single. Most of the respondents (83%) were providing informal care for more than 10 years and 29% provided informal care for 8 hours per week or more. Correlation analyses indicated that PCC and co‐creation of care were positively related to informal caregivers' satisfaction with care and their own well‐being. Regression analyses showed that PCC is associated with satisfaction with care (β = 0.60, p < 0.001) and well‐being (β = 0.22, p < 0.01) while controlling for background characteristics. Relational co‐creation was also positively associated with satisfaction with care (β = 0.15, p < 0.01) and well‐being (β = 0.20, p < 0.01). This study provided the first empirical evidence that PCC and co‐creation of care matter for satisfaction with care and the well‐being of informal caregivers of PWID. (Publisher abstract)