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Enhancing quality of life
- Author:
- MAUDSLAY Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Soundtrack, 26, February 2003, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
Reports on a three year action research programme, jointly initiated by Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities and the University of Cambridge, investigating the education provision available to people with severe learning disabilities after the age of 16.
44 Lancaster place: a story of resettlement
- Author:
- KING'S FUND
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 81p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Evaluates the quality of life of five young men who moved out of a long-stay mental handicap hospital to take up the tenancy of their own home in the community.
Predictors of success and quality of life in people with borderline intelligence: the special school label, personal and social resources
- Authors:
- SZUMSKI Grzegorz, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31(6), 2018, pp.1021-1031.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: This longitudinal study examines the extent to which personal factors (intelligence and health status), social resources (family socioeconomic status, SES), special school placement and being labelled as a pupil with a disability in childhood predict subjective quality of life and objective life success 23 years later. Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of 49 individuals with borderline intellectual functioning (BIF), 21 of whom attended special schools and were labelled as having special educational needs; the remaining 28 attended regular schools and were not labelled in this way. Results: Parental SES predicted both subjective quality of life and objective successes in adult life. As hypothesized, the interaction between parental SES and placement in mainstream schools was associated with success in adulthood. Conclusion: The authors discuss the results in light of labelling theory. Implications for educational policies and the provision of support for families of children with BIF are also considered. (Edited publisher abstract)
The paradox of the quality of life of adults with learning difficulties
- Author:
- BANFALVY Csaba
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 11(4), December 1996, pp.569-577.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper is based on an empirical survey conducted in 1995 in Hungary. Data came from a stratified random sample of about 1300 adults with learning difficulties from all over the country. The author combines qualitative and quantitative methods in analysing the quality of life of people with learning difficulties and takes into consideration that their quality of life is as much determined by sociological factors as by the biologically and educationally understood level of difficulties. The paper shows that success in education and in the labour market does not equate to successful social integration. The quality of life of adults with learning difficulties is sometimes better in social circumstances which are less favourable for high achievement in education and in the labour market. Though the people from more privileged backgrounds may seem to lead a more active and social everyday life than those with working class origins they are still considerably less integrated in their social environments.
The transition to adulthood for children with Down's Syndrome
- Authors:
- THOMPSON George O.B., WARD Kathleen M., WISHART Jennifer G.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 10(3), 1995, pp.325-340.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on the transition pathways to adult status of young adults with Down's Syndrome over a six year period. Despite educational, social and employment legislation aimed at ensuring greater integration into the community, qualitative and quantitative analyses of 'quality of life' outcomes in this group produced a disappointing picture of a narrow range of leisure opportunities, negligible placement in employment, and the absence of any improvement in opportunities for real integration into the community and in provision of resources to support meeting the special needs of those with learning difficulties, a marginalised group may be being created.
Concepts in community care for people with a learning difficulty
- Editors:
- BRIGDEN P., TODD M.
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 191p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Provides an overview of recent developments in delivery of care and services for people with a learning disability. Incorporates practical guidelines for implementing some of the ideas. Includes chapters on: social policy; quality; planning and managing change; advocacy; personal relationships; integrated leisure opportunities; psychotherapeutic issues; therapy; medical needs; and education and training.
Linking user and staff perspectives in the evaluation of innovative transition projects for youth with disabilities
- Authors:
- McANANEY Donal F., WYNNE Richard F.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 20(2), 2016, pp.165-182.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
A key challenge in formative evaluation is to gather appropriate evidence to inform the continuous improvement of initiatives. In the absence of outcome data, the programme evaluator often must rely on the perceptions of beneficiaries and staff in generating insight into what is making a difference. The article describes the approach adopted in an evaluation of 15 innovative projects supporting school-leavers with disabilities in making the transition to education, work and life in community settings. Two complementary processes provided an insight into what project staff and leadership viewed as the key project activities and features that facilitated successful transition as well as the areas of quality of life (QOL) that participants perceived as having been impacted positively by the projects. A comparison was made between participants’ perceptions of QOL impact with the views of participants in services normally offered by the wider system. This revealed that project participants were significantly more positive in their views than participants in traditional services. In addition, the processes and activities of the more highly rated projects were benchmarked against less highly rated projects and also with usually available services. Even in the context of a range of intervening variables such as level and complexity of participant needs and variations in the stage of development of individual projects, the benchmarking process indicated a number of project characteristics that were highly valued by participants. (Publisher abstract)
Supporting older families of people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- MORGAN Hazel, MAGILL Dalia
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a briefing on the Foundation’s Older Family Carers Initiative. The three-year Initiative has come up with a clear set of policy messages to help health and social care service providers to meet the needs of older family carers and their relative with a learning disability. We have found that there is still a long way to go to ensure that older people’s services, carers’ services, learning disability services and the voluntary sector work together to implement fully the aspects of the Valuing People White Paper that relate to older families and to provide them with ongoing support. The briefing makes recommendations for policy makers, commissioners, Learning Disability and Older People’s Partnership Boards and the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities.
Healthy ageing - adults with intellectual disabilities: summative report
- Author:
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 14(3), 2001, pp.256-275.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Presents a summary of a paper which has been jointly prepared by International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID) and Inclusion International (II) in collaboration with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence and the Programme on Ageing and Health, World Health Organisation, Geneva. It examines the general health status of adults with intellectual disabilities, identifies the conditions that support their longevity and promote healthy ageing, and proposes health and social inclusion promotion activities that would universally foster sound health and improve quality of life.
Promoting a better life for people with learning disabilities and their families: a practical agenda for the new government
- Author:
- TOWELL David
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 25(3), 1997, pp.90-94.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
It is generally agreed that the goal of public policy should be to ensure that people with learning disabilities have the opportunities and support required to live 'ordinary lives' in the community. This paper identifies policy initiatives which a government could take to make a difference in many people's lives and signal its longer term commitment to achieving better lives for all.