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Learning disabilities: challenging behaviour: QS101
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Place of publication:
- London
This quality standard covers the care of children, young people and adults with a learning disability and behaviour that challenges. It is focused on ensuring that assessment leads to personalised care planning and access to meaningful activities. It consists of eight quality statements, aiming to ensure that the approaches used by staff to support people with a learning disability follow the least restrictive practice and promote privacy and dignity. The statements cover: comprehensive health assessment; initial assessment of behaviour that challenges; designated coordinator; personalised daily activities; review of restrictive interventions; use of medication; review of medication; and family and carer support. (Edited publisher abstract)
What would make services good?: quality standards in services for people with learning disabilities; a user perspective
- Author:
- WINTERSGILL Cathy
- Publisher:
- Leeds Coalition
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Research study identifying quality standards for services for people with learning difficulties, based on the views of users.
The Southampton action on quality project
- Author:
- SPACKMAN Angela
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 20(3), September 1992, pp.112-116.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
The aim of the project is to develop a total quality management approach in the service; workshops based on a modified version of the Welsh Standards Matrix are followed up by regular review meetings with staff.
The NICE guidelines and quality standards on learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges
- Author:
- MURPHY Glynis
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 22(2), 2017, pp.71-81.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper explains the process of developing the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines on learning disabilities, covering the subject of 'behaviour that challenges'. The guidelines, which were published in May 2015, cover service user and carer experiences, assessment, risk factors and interventions for behaviour that challenges. The linked quality standards were published later in 2015. The final guidance is described in summary form, together with the quality standards. (Edited publisher abstract)
Quality Guaranteed
- Author:
- LEESON Jayne
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 10(7), August 2010, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article highlights the work of an audit teams made up of self-advocates. The Changing Our Lives audit team was formed in 2004 when a group of self-advocates decided they wanted to find out how they could check that services giving people with learning disabilities a good quality life. Over the next two years this group wrote a set of sixteen quality of life standards and developed a person-centred strategy of auditing services. Six years later, the team is made up of eight trained, paid auditors with learning disabilities. In the last two years this team has carried out one hundred and fifteen audits across a range of services including residential, nursing and supported living services, short breaks, day services, acute hospital services, mental health inpatient units, a low security forensic unit and learning disability mental health step down services. One of the auditors summed up their work saying, “We need to make sure people with learning disabilities are leading quality lives and being treated as equal in the community.”
Quality development in supported living services for people with learning disabilities: introducing AQUA-UWO
- Author:
- ASELMEIER Laurenz
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 10(4), October 2005, pp.41-48.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper reports on the manual AQUA-UWO, an instrument for quality development in supported living services developed by a research group at the Centre for Planning and Evaluation of Social Services at the University of Siegen in Germany. AQUA-UWO identifies key issues for supported living and formulates professional standards for work in, and management of, supported living. Service user rights for self-advocacy and self-determination form the basis of quality assurance and development of supported living services. The first part of the instrument covers conceptual foundations, quality comprehension and methodical procedures. The second part covers key issues, identifies working procedures and clarifies quality standards. The third part includes materials which can be used to support the process of quality development.
Building care management competence in services for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- CAMBRIDGE Paul
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 29(3), June 1999, pp.393-415.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article examines care management arrangements in services for people with learning disabilities. Its perspective is informed by research on the long-term outcomes and costs of care in the community for people with learning disabilities. Focuses on the performance of mainstream care management services for people with learning disabilities, with an identification and review of critical dimensions for reviewing competence. Lessons from earlier experimentation and demonstration approaches are used to inform the analysis and to construct pointers for commissioners or providers who are looking to assess the effectiveness of care management arrangements in learning disability within their own service systems.
The Gerry Simon Lecture, 1998: enhancing the quality of life of people receiving residential support
- Author:
- FELCE David
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 27(1), 1999, pp.4-9.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Examines the quality of residential services provided to people with learning difficulties in the community. Looks in particular at: the scope of provision, it's nature, the status and role of the person being supported, and the quality of opportunity and support offered.
Assistive technology provision: towards an international framework for assuring availability and accessibility of affordable high-quality assistive technology
- Authors:
- de WITTE Luc, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 13(5), 2018, pp.467-472.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Purpose: This is a position paper describing the elements of an international framework for assistive technology provision that could guide the development of policies, systems and service delivery procedures across the world. It describes general requirements, quality criteria and possible approaches that may help to enhance the accessibility of affordable and high quality assistive technology solutions. Materials and methods: The paper is based on the experience of the authors, an analysis of the existing literature and the inputs from many colleagues in the field of assistive technology provision. It includes the results of discussions of an earlier version of the paper during an international conference on the topic in August 2017. Results and conclusion: The paper ends with the recommendation to develop an international standard for assistive technology provision. Such a standard can have a major impact on the accessibility of AT for people with disabilities. The paper outlines some the key elements to be included in a standard. (Edited publisher abstract)
Commentary on "The NICE guidelines and quality standards on learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges"
- Author:
- BUSK Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 22(2), 2017, pp.82-86.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary, from a parent carer perspective, on Murphy’s overview of the NICE guidelines and quality standards on learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges. Design/methodology/approach: The paper discusses the NICE approach, the content of these specific guidelines and quality standards and considers their practical relevance, with a particular focus on families of children and young people with learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges. Findings: Gaps in research affect recommendations in some key areas including around transition and early intervention. Risk factors are not linked to clear recommendations for early identification and prevention. For families, additional work is needed to highlight where these guidelines fit with related national law and policies. Families also need to see how the guidelines can positively influence commissioners to improve life outcomes and avoid crises and deterioration in behaviour. Although NICE guidelines are often condition specific, many of our children and young people have co-existing conditions and so do not fit neatly into just one set of guidelines. That is why data collection is very important to understanding needs and to effective commissioning. There is a need to urgently identify and address the research gaps so that essential interventions are included in future NICE guidelines and standards. Originality/value: A family carer perspective suggests ways in which implementation of the NICE guidelines can be supported and argues for the importance of the further research that will strengthen future versions of the guidelines. (Publisher abstract)