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Too far to go?: people with learning disabilities placed out-of-area
- Authors:
- BEADLE-BROWN Julie, et al
- Publisher:
- Tizard Centre
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Researchers have discovered that a substantial number of people with learning disabilities are placed in residential homes in Kent from other authorities. The study, the first to evaluate this kind of data, set out to discover why this is, and the effect of these placements on the individuals and their families.
Too far to go: out-of-area placements of people with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- BEADLE-BROWN Julie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 11(1), February 2006, pp.24-34.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This mainly exploratory study was a one-point-in-time survey of the situation of one English county. The study involved a survey of all social care homes in the country, followed by measures of quality of life/service for a random sample of 30 people identified by the survey, interviews with home managers, service users, family carers and care managers, and focus groups with members of four community learning disability teams. The total number of people placed out-of-area was estimated to be close to 2,000 (1,500 were placed by the local authority within the country). The main reason for such placements was lack of good local services, but cost also seemed important. For many of those who had been in long-stay hospital, locality appeared not to be important. Effects varied, but at least a third of people were experiencing very poor service quality and quality of life. Family carers generally felt their relative was happy, but fear of loosing placement was a strong theme. For local community learning disability teams, the main problems included increased workload, reduced provision for local residents, difficulty in dealing with placing authority and the poor quality of the homes. Challenges for public agencies include provision of better local services, management of the cost incentives, especially for London Boroughs, and a system where funding follows the person wherever they chose to live.