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Commentary: reflections on developing and managing community services for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- McGILL Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 3(4), October 1998, pp.24-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Comments on a previous article by Linda Steele on pages 19-23, which sought to define the critical features of community services for people with learning difficulties. This article considers the degree to which these lessons are supported by the more general academic and professional literature.
Advocating for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- MELLET Redmond
- Journal article citation:
- Management Issues in Social Care, 1(5), January 1998, pp.1-5.
- Publisher:
- OLM Systems
Describes the history of understanding and help for people with learning difficulties in the USA and the UK. Highlights issues relating to community care and a need to revisit basic principles.
Unsettling times
- Authors:
- STALKER Kirsten, HUNTER Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.11.98, 1998, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As the Scottish Office embarks on a major review of services for people with learning difficulties, the authors explain how long-stay institutions are still home to many people.
Images of possibility: adult and further education opportunities for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(8), April 1998, pp.267-270.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Further education opportunities should be an integral part of community-based provision for people with mental health problems. Yet people with a history of mental health difficulties are under-represented in adult and further education, and many colleges and local education authorities have yet to develop appropriate provision. Reports on a NIACE/FEDA project to raise awareness about the importance and benefits of further education opportunities for people with learning difficulties.
Signposting the way forward
- Author:
- THOMAS Derek
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(7), March 1998, p.224.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Describes how the Department of Health's new guidance on health services for people with learning disabilities marks a new start to the end of institutional care.
Occupational therapy stations in China: economic integration of economic stratification for people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- CHAU Ruby C.M., YU Sam W.K.
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 41(1), January 1998, pp.7-21.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Discusses how since the economic reforms, the social welfare system in China has undergone changes in both its programmes and its underlying values. There are two major competing ideologies, namely, socialist collectivism and market-oriented individualism influencing policies. Focuses on occupational therapy stations, a community service for people with learning difficulties. It is found that the competition between the two ideologies has negative effects on the service. Instead of achieving the goal of social and economic integration, the service has reinforced the social stratification between society and people with learning difficulties.
Reform of regulation: revisiting Burgner
- Author:
- BRAMMER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 3(4), October 1998, pp.31-34.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Looks at the criticisms of the Registered Homes Act 1984 which were voiced by the Burgner Report.
Mencap urges new ministers to focus on welfare and work
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, 31, August 1998, p.4.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Looks at Mencap's response to the Government's Green Paper, 'A New Contract for Welfare', which urges ministers to take greater account of the needs of people who cannot work, and to set a basic standard for income and benefit.
Best value for whom?
- Author:
- HOLMAN Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 12(1), July 1998, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Cumbria is one of the 37 authorities to be chosen for a pilot project for the Government's 'Best Value' scheme and the only authority to specifically include learning difficulties in their application. This article looks at what it will mean for service users.
Family budgets under threats from charges
- Author:
- McINTYRE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, 27, April 1998, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Identifies how local authority charges for services to families who have to support relatives with learning difficulties are affecting their budgets.