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Charter for people with learning difficulties: our promise to people who use our services
- Author:
- HARRISON Sophie
- Publisher:
- Southwark Consortium
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Charter telling people with learning difficulties, their families, friends and others involved, what services they can expect from Southwark Consortium, an organisation which helps users to lead their own lives in the community.
National care standards: care homes for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 78p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
- Edition:
- Rev ed.
The National Care Standards Committee was set up by the Scottish Government to develop national standards in collaboration with a number of working groups including service users and service providers. They are designed to be from the point of view of service users to help them to understand what they can expect from the service provider. They may also be of use to service providers to help them know what is expected of them. The standards in this publication cover care homes for people with learning disabilities. These services provide accommodation together with nursing and personal care or support to people with learning disabilities. People with learning disabilities have the same rights and responsibilities as other people. These standards aim to make sure that people with learning disabilities keep these rights and responsibilities when they are staying in a care home. The standards are grouped under 4 headings: before moving in; settling in; day-to-day life; and moving on.
The real tenancy test: tenancy rights in supported living
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR INCLUSION
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- Bath
The second paper from a three-year project on Housing and Social Inclusion led by the NDTi. The briefing summarises the findings from a project to create a which aimed to provide a simple tool to help them address the issue of housing rights for people with learning disabilities. The Real Tenancy Test is a quick test to be used in supported living and tenancy based supported housing to determine if real tenancy rights are being met. It is designed to get an understanding of whether a tenancy in supported living gives real tenancy rights. It describes important things to consider when planning housing and tenancies for people, including when to use different types of tenancies and how to handle issues of capacity. It says that for the tenancy to be genuine, the following should be happening: a tenancy agreement is in place; the tenant has control over where they live; the tenant has control over who they live with; the tenant has control over who supports them and how they are supported; and the tenant has control over what happens in their home.
The real tenancy test: tenancy rights in supported living
- Authors:
- WOOD Alicia, et al
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- Bath
More and more people with a learning disability have a tenancy. However many people with learning disabilities have tenancies in housing and support services where they do not enjoy real rights, choice and control, usually because their home operates more like a traditional residential care service, where a care provider runs the home and commissioners 'place' people in their home. The Real Tenancy Test is a quick test to be used in supported living and tenancy based supported housing to determine if real tenancy rights are being met. It is designed to get an understanding of whether a tenancy in supported living gives real tenancy rights. It describes important things to consider when planning housing and tenancies for people, including when to use different types of tenancies and how to handle issues of capacity. It says that for the tenancy to be genuine, the following should be happening: a tenancy agreement is in place; the tenant has control over where they live; the tenant has control over who they live with; the tenant has control over who supports them and how they are supported; and the tenant has control over what happens in their home. The Real Tenancy Test asks 11 key questions to determine whether the tenancy is genuine and gives guidance to ensure that the tenants has real tenancy rights.
The human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities
- Editors:
- HERR Stanley, GOSTIN Lawrence O., KOH Harold Hongju, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 551p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
This volume brings together two important contemporary social movements: human rights and disability rights. It analyses the global struggle to realize equality, dignity, and comprehensive human and civil rights for persons with intellectual disabilities. In twenty original chapters, contributors from a range of disciplines address the latest international developments in the field. These include international human rights standards and other sources of legal protection, nondiscrimination laws and the economics of equality, preventative technology, remediation and habilitation, and lifestyle choices and autonomy. The volume identifies recent international advances in their human rights and public policy positions, in addition to making recommendations for further advances at both the national and international levels. Although human rights are universal and persons with intellectual disabilities are entitled to protection under general human rights law, the authors argue that there are differences that must be taken into account in order that the intellectually disabled can enjoy even the most basic of rights. This volume explores the implications of altering the status quo, and offers policy-makers and professionals ways to learn from each other's innovations in protecting rights, implementing quality assurance measures, and applying the concepts of inclusion and the 'least restrictive environment'.
Better lives: changing services for people with learning difficulties
- Editor:
- BOOTH Tim
- Publisher:
- University of Sheffield. Joint Unit for Social Services Research
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 137p.,tables,diags.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
Papers from a conference organised by Community Care and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 27 April 1990 at Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall. Issues discussed include: quality of service, experiences of people resettling in the community; self advocacy; promoting residents rights; developing friendships; and families with young adults with challenging behaviour.