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A home of my own: report from visits to people with learning disabilities who are living in care homes which are registered with the Care Commission as having more than 20 places: June to September 2010
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
One of the ways in which the Mental Welfare Commission monitors individual care and treatment is through visit programmes in a range of settings throughout Scotland. These visits take place at home, in hospital or in any other setting where care and treatment is being delivered. This report presents findings from a programme of national themed visits to people with learning disabilities living in the larger residential care homes registered with the Care Commission as having more than 20 places. The visits are designed to assess and compare care and treatment for particular groups of people across Scotland. This report provides an overview of findings from a series of visits in Scotland between June and September 2010. Positive outcomes from the visits showed that people had pleasant homely bedrooms where they could spend time with their personal belongings, music, and TV and had some choice in the décor or furnishings. There was good access to primary health care services and Community Learning Disability Teams in nearly all units. However, communal units were less homely.
Themed visit to hospital units for the assessment and treatment of people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
There has been widespread closure of long stay hospitals for people with learning disabilities. Today, excluding forensic beds, there are fewer than 240 people in acute and longer stay assessment and treatment beds in Scotland. However it is recognised that there is a need for a small number of inpatient beds for those with specialised or complex needs which cannot be met in the community. This report presents the findings of visits from June 2011 to September 2011 to all 20 hospital units (19 NHS and 1 private hospital) for the assessment and treatment of people with learning disabilities. Information was gathered from Clinical Service Managers, staff, service users, care plans and other records, and relatives. The care and treatment of 113 people was looked at. There were 4 general areas of enquiry: health needs; rights and restrictions; quality of life; and participation and involvement. The findings were mainly positive. A number of key messages and recommendations are provided based on these findings, and areas of best practice are highlighted.