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The awakening
- Author:
- JOHNSON Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 17.11.94, 1994, pp.12-13.
Describes how facilitated communication allowed people with severe learning disabilities in a residential home in Denmark to gain more influence over their daily lives.
Tiny trust, big dreams
- Author:
- STRONG Susannah
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 3.6.94, 1994, p.12.
Looks at the work of the May Trust run by parents of children with learning and/or physical disabilities who were brought up in Camphill communities.
Sharing 'good stories' about people
- Author:
- CRAYDEN Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 7(4), April 1994, pp.13-14.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Describes a practical workshop on Gentle Teaching which took place in a residential setting for six people with learning difficulties who also have challenging behaviour.
Personal social services local authority statistics: residential accommodation for people with mental illness and people with learning disabilities; local authority supported residents at 31 March 1993. England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- n.p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
A review of Individual Service Plan Goals for learners with challenging behaviours
- Authors:
- SIGAFOOS Jeff, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 22(1), 1994, pp.6-10.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reviews the types of goals included in Individual Service Plans for 20 people with severe learning disabilities in a large residential centre in Australia.
Above suspicion?
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.10.94, 1994, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Allegations of abuse against people with learning difficulties in two privately run homes in Buckinghamshire shows the need for vigilance among staff. Asks how staff might detect abuse and suggests ways in which they should deal with their suspicions.
Visions in a vacuum
- Authors:
- BRANDON David, BRANDON Althea
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 8(1), July 1994, p.18.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Inappropriate structures make it difficult for staff to develop a positive vision of how life could be for residents. Reports the results of a review of 40 care plans.
No specialists needed?
- Author:
- RICHARDSON Malcolm
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 23.3.94, 1994, p.67.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Raises concern that privately run homes for people with learning disabilities living in the community sometimes neglect nursing interventions and skills.
Moving out: the impact of relocation from hospital to community on the quality of life of people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HATTON Chris
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 97p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Critical review of 71 research reports which examined the impact of care in the community on the quality of life of people with learning difficulties who had been discharged from residential care. Draws out key implications for the purchasers and providers of health and social care.
Outside but not inside yet: leaving hospital and living in the community; an evaluation by people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- People First
- Publisher:
- People First
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 3books;pictures;cassette in pack
- Place of publication:
- London
Pack containing 3 booklets and a set of pictures. Two of the booklets present the views and problems of people with learning difficulties who have left residential care for homes in the community. The third presents the views and methodology of the researchers involved in gathering and evaluating the user's views, and includes an illustrated questionnaire.