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Better days ahead
- Author:
- McINTOSH Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 4(4), June 1998, pp.8-12.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Describes five pilot projects which set out to show how life for people with learning difficulties could be improved by moving away from day centres and towards community-based services. Explains the need for change and describes the project's aims and achievements. Managers in two of the pilot areas, Hackney and Cardiff, also show how services were transformed in their areas.
Planning for individuals putting the person at the centre
- Author:
- MAUGHAN Joan
- Journal article citation:
- Soundtrack, 14, November 1998, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
The author, assistant director of the National Development Team, Manchester who leads the Family Matters Programme, explains how person-centred planning can help avoid costly mistakes.
Alternative routes
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.8.98, 1998, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a new project that aims to get the user of mental health services involved in developing complementary therapies to cater for their needs.
Stepping out in Hackney
- Author:
- COLE Angela
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 4(4), June 1998, pp.12-16.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Outlines Hackney social services five-year plan to change and improve the level and range of daily opportunities for people with learning difficulties. So far the plan has led to the new community support teams, a re-organisation of social services "in-house" provision to create small projects, the development of a new supported employment team, and the closure of a day centre building, among many other things. Describes the key elements of the plan and its implementation.
Thinking creatively on resettlement
- Author:
- NISSEL Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 4(4), June 1998, pp.17-19.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Discusses how people with learning difficulties being resettled from Ely Hospital, Cardiff, are given the opportunity to try a new range of experiences and environments to identify their interests. Describes how a creative approach, "planning circles", and active involvement of care managers, bring new thinking to day care.
Strategic service change: development of core services in Wales, 1983-1995
- Authors:
- PERRY Jonathan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(1), 1998, pp.15-33.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
National strategies for the development of services for specific client groups are rare in Britain, particularly strategies to which governments pledge significant long term financial investment. This article attempts to gauge the impact of one such strategy, the All Wales Strategy for the Development of Services for Mentally Handicapped People (AWS) by comparing the goals of the AWS with changes in the nature and coverage of services which have followed its inception. Finds that although the pace of change quickened between 1988 and 1995 compared to that in the first five years of the AWS, a wholesale orientation of traditional services is far from complete. Changes in service provision in Wales during the course of the AWS are compared where possible to development elsewhere in Britain.
Involving users and carers in the care programme approach
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 67, December 1998, pp.19-21.
Reports on research into the level of involvement users and carers have in care management of mental health services. The project is an example of participatory research as users and carers were involved from the beginning in the design of the project.
Using video for clients with severe learning disabilities
- Authors:
- ROWLAND George, FENNER Ann, BROWN Dawn
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 8.7.98, 1998, pp.56-57.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Describes the use of videos in the nursing process for people with learning difficulties. Also looks at how videos can be used in life story work and in aiding formal communication.
Rainbow's end: transition from school to adulthood
- Author:
- RYAN Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 4(3), March 1998, pp.15-18.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Discusses the positive impact of the 1993 Education Act on transitional planning for people with learning difficulties. Argues that traditional ways of planning for people with learning difficulties fail to recognise the complex and unique ways that young people view the transition to adulthood. Reports on some of the findings of a new report published by Values into Action which seeks to address these issues.
Uncertain futures: people with learning difficulties and their ageing family carers
- Authors:
- WALKER Carol, WALKER Alan
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 60p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Provides an overview of research, policy and practice relating to service responses to adults with learning difficulties living at home with older family carers. Highlights issues raised by service users, carers and service providers and finds a broad consensus on what is wrong and what needs to be done. Argues that future needs of this group of people are predictable and that there is an urgent need for service providers to work with families to provide the necessary and planning which will replace uncertain futures with security and peace of mind.