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Planning for life: involving adults with learning disabilities in service planning
- Author:
- CONCANNON Liam
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 211p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Can social care practitioners effectively involve people with learning disabilities in planning their services? Does user involvement for people with learning disabilities really benefit anyone? Policy and practice guidelines for working with people with learning disabilities state that users and carers must be consulted in the provision of services. However, whether this is useful or effective in practice has not yet been adequately considered. This book traces the development of services for people with disabilities and discusses how much things have really changed for today's 'service users' since the days of asylums. It also assesses whether the policy of involvement, such as that outlined in Valuing People, is achievable in practice or simply places unrealistic burdens on professionals and service users. Based on findings from original research and interviews, the author argues that involving people with learning disabilities in service planning is difficult to achieve successfully and is currently, to a large extent, tokenistic. This area of challenging practice and emotive debate is brought to life by the voices of service providers, carers and the service users themselves, and illustrates the realities of working with people with learning disabilities.
Draft final report: national advisory group: People with Learning Disabilities and Autistic People
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE SECTOR COVID-19 SUPPORT TASKFORCE. People with Learning Disabilities and Autistic People Advisory Group
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 6
- Place of publication:
- London
This is the report of the People with Learning Disabilities and Autistic People Advisory Group, established to make recommendations to feed into the work of the Social Care Sector COVID -19 Support Taskforce. The report calls for an end to the ethos of doing things for or to people, and instead embedding the practice of coproduction into all COVID-19 planning both locally and nationally. The Advisory Group’s highest priority recommendations are that government should commit to accessible guidance and communications for people with learning disabilities and autistic people, and their families, being issued with or very soon after all future COVID-19 guidance; restore, maintain and adapt the support for individuals and families already assessed as having eligible needs; urgently identify and provide the level of resources needed for councils or CCGs to financially stabilise provider organisations at risk of collapse; reduce isolation and loneliness for people with learning disabilities, autistic people and their families, through expanding the reach of NHS and other volunteering programmes, and COVID-19 hubs, to people with learning disabilities and autistic people, and investing in a national awareness campaign encouraging and enabling communities and mutual aid groups to be more inclusive and supportive; and reach individuals and families who don’t receive social care support or organise their own, but who are isolated or in crisis. (Edited publisher abstract)
Planning and commissioning housing for people with learning disabilities: a toolkit for local authorities
- Authors:
- HOUSING OPTIONS, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Valuing People Support Team
- Publisher:
- DH Care Networks. Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 73p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This ‘toolkit’ is intended to assist local authorities and their partners to plan effectively for the housing requirements of local people with learning disabilities and deliver the objective of more people with moderate to severe learning disabilities living in their own homes. The toolkit is set out in two main parts: planning – the steps likely to be required to plan for a wider choice of housing options; and delivery – the steps and actions likely to be required to commission a choice of housing options in reality. The toolkit is designed so that each 'component' section can be used independently, or it can be used in its entirety as a sequential series of steps and actions. Each section contains: a ‘checklist’ type series of questions that a local authority can use to plan activity and action and to self-assess its current position and performance; and possible approaches and suggestions for making progress including a sample of examples of good practice from a range of local authorities across England. It also contains a list of useful resources.
Reminiscence and recall: a guide to good practice
- Author:
- GIBSON Faith
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 207p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd
Contains detailed advice on planning and running successful reminiscence work. Looks at: working with people with dementia; methods of creative communication; European reminiscence development; why reminiscence work can be valuable; suggestions for themes and topics; planning and running a reminiscence group; working with individuals; using sight, sound, touch, taste and smell to trigger memories; life history work between generations; reminiscence with ethnic minority elders; work with people with hearing, sight and speech disabilities; reminiscence with people who are depressessed; and reminiscence with people with learning difficulties.
Adults with learning difficulties: education for choice and empowerment; a handbook of good practice
- Author:
- SUTCLIFFE Jeannie
- Publisher:
- National Institute of Adult Continuing Education/Open University
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 199p.,illus.,tables,list of orgs
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
A handbook of good practice for people working in a teaching or enabling role. Contains chapters on self advocacy and citizen advocacy; learning choices; ways and means of learning; learning for a purpose; transition to community living; education of the wider community in disability issues; and issues for managers and planners.
Supporting older people with learning disabilities: a toolkit for health and social care commissioners
- Authors:
- TURNER Sue, BERNARD Caroline
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 40
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Older people with a learning disability often experience health inequalities as a result of factors sitting outside of health services eg poverty, poor housing, social exclusion, lifestyle factors and barriers to accessing health services. This toolkit brings together information from policy and practice to support commissioners in developing services for older people with learning disabilities and their family carers. The seven sections of the toolkit cover: knowing about the local population; planning for the local population; information and advice; accommodation and support; support to remain active and maintain relationships; support with health; and support at the end of life. Each section includes details of the rationale, good practice examples, and self-assessment questions to measure progress. Although the policy and legislation referred to relate to England only, many of the the broad issues discussed are relevant to the UK as a whole. (Original abstract)
Issues in the management of clients with the dual diagnosis of learning disability and mental illness
- Author:
- BARLOW C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 3(3), 1999, pp.159-162.
The dual diagnosis of learning disability and mental illness represents a significant challenge to health and social care practitioners and their existing practices. Currently this group has its service delivery undermined by inter-agency wrangling over responsibility for management and resource allocation. The key to resolving these problems lies in effective multi-agency collaboration. This paper examines the taxing problems of assessment, planning and intervention in this arena. It will offer examples of good practice from the Area Child Protection Committee model.
Planning for life: no.3; good practice in the independent sector; developing community services for people with complex multiple disabilities
- Authors:
- FIEDLER Barrie, ELLIS David
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the contribution of independent sector organisations as providers of services for people with complex multiple disabilities. Aims to assist statutory and non-statutory agencies to develop appropriate quality community services for people with complex multiple disabilities by describing some examples of good practice in the independent sector and suggesting how good practice can be encouraged.
Planning for life: no.3; good practice in the independent sector; developing community services for people with complex multiple disabilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Letter accompanying paper focusing on services and good practice in the independent sector for people with complex multiple disabilities.
Planning for life 2
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 1p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Letter accompanying 'Planning for life: developing community services for people with complex multiple disabilities; no. 2: good practice in Manchester'.