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Personalised residence
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.11.11, 2011, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Dimensions has taken steps to personalise the care it provides at Old Street, a six-bed residential home for adults with learning disabilities. A process developed by HSA called Planning Live was used to help residents find out what was important to each person and how they wanted to be supported using person-centred thinking tools. A support worker also explains how it has transformed one residents life.
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.
Becoming part of the family
- Authors:
- GREENE T., GREENE K.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.7.87, 1987, pp.24-26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes informal assessment methods and the preparation of care plans when accepting mentally handicapped people to a residential home.
Challenging behaviour: a family perspective
- Author:
- JACK David
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 4(2), June 2010, pp.30-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes the personal perspective of a family with a child, James, who needed significant help and support. It describes how services can get it wrong, and how devastating the consequences can be for individuals and their families. James was placed in a residential school at some distance from his family where it was difficult to maintain regular contact. Due to lack of in-depth assessment of his needs, James’ move into adult care was a disaster. Three adult care placements, in which he suffered neglect and abuse, were traumatic and extremely damaging for James, and he learnt to use physical violence as a way of responding. James has now been placed in a rehabilitation unit where his life has changed for the better. The article concludes that the problems that James faced were not the fault of the overwhelmed and inadequately trained frontline staff, but of those who commission, license and regulate services that are inadequate and doomed to fail.
Where do you want to go next?: critical factors in care planning for people with learning disabilities, and their financial implications
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Val, BATTLEDAY Suzanne
- Publisher:
- Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 47p., bibliog..
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This study aimed to explore the factors which are associated with different outcomes of care planning for people with learning disabilities. In particular, it explored the differences for those going into residential care, and those who had a supported living placement, or some other community-based option. It drew upon record searches and care manager interviews for 28 cases from 4 social services departments in the South West of England, and also semi-structured interviews with 12 carers or service users. Ten of the cases had residential outcomes, and 18 had supported living or other outcomes. Amongst the findings were that people who received residential care placements were more likely to have a larger number of recorded support needs, to be amongst the oldest group of service users, not be moving from the family home, not have a person-centred plan taken into account, and to have had previous high levels of supplied support. A number of messages for good practice in care management are given, including the key recommendation to improve the use of tools for working out individual budgets.
Activity planning for inclusion: the Somerset approach
- Authors:
- NEIL Liz, WILMOT Lynne
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 11(3), July 2006, pp.13-20.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes the 'My Day' model developed in Somerset for activity planning for inclusion, where people living in 24-hour staffed accommodation ceased attending traditional day services and now participate in day and evening activities arranged within or from their home. The model is a structure for care staff to ensure they support people with learning disabilities to engage in everyday activities both at home and in the wider community. It is also a way to arrange individualised daily household tasks, personal self-care, hobbies, social arrangements and other activities with people with learning disabilities. A recording process is integral to My Day to enable statistical returns to be produced that inform service delivery at the point of delivery. Its main purpose is to ensure that people with learning disabilities remain at the centre of daily activity planning and that their wishes and aspirations are recognised. My Day is one of the ways in which outcomes can be measured for people with learning disabilities in Somerset.
Monitoring contracts for residential care: a case study
- Author:
- MILES Marilyn
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 3(2), April 1998, pp.38-43.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper reviews how social care contracting in learning disability services has developed in the UK, making use of experience in Berkshire. Particular areas identified as needing improvement were staff induction and training, care planning and review, meeting health needs, and building the setting and measuring of individual service outcomes into all areas of practice, especially provider internal quality-assurance. The limited role of the service user in the process is highlighted.
Learning for care homes from alternative residential care settings: summary
- Authors:
- BURTNEY Liz, et al
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- York
Summarises the key findings of a research review which explored the learning from delivery of care in residential services for children and young people, residential services and supported housing for people with learning disabilities and hospice care, and considers how this can be applied in care homes for older people. The report found that, while evidence of effectiveness is limited, there are promising ideas that could improve the culture of care homes, experiences of care and support for staff, It presents evidence of how residential care homes in other sectors have created positive organisational cultures and increased relationship-based care to improve the quality of care offered. It also looks at how greater involvement of people who use services and their families can improve experiences of care. (Edited publisher abstract)
Service responses to men with intellectual disabilities who have unacceptable or abusive sexual behaviours: the case against inaction
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 10(2), 1997, pp.176-197.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes service responses to a small group of men with intellectual disabilities whose sexual behaviour was considered to be unacceptable or abusive. The data was gathered through a small-scale action research project using case studies to explore current practice and staff attitudes. Results found that service responses were hindered by unclear definitions of abusive sexual behaviour and inconsistent perceptions of risk. They were also characterised by poor coordination, lack of specific care-planning, failure to agree to appropriate additional supervisory measures and lack of clarity within and between agencies. Also found that complex ethical and advocacy issues remained unaddressed in these men's lives as did the necessity of protecting vulnerable people who might be potential victims of their behaviour.
The future care plans of older adults with intellectual disabilities living at home with family carers
- Author:
- PROSSER Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 10(1), 1997, pp.15-132.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article describes the future residential and financial provision planned for a group of people with intellectual disability over the age of 40 years living with relatives in the family home and investigates the factors which influence carers' decisions to plan for the future. Results indicated that plans for the future residential care were minimal. Only 28% of carers had made any concrete plans for the future residential care of their relative. In the majority of cases, carers were committed to maintaining long-term home care for their relative with intellectual disability for as long as possible. Attention is drawn to the significant number of elderly parental carers (82% of this sample) who have not made concrete future residential arrangements. Carers were more likely to establish financial plans for their family member. Explores for the reluctance of carers to plan for the future and briefly discusses the potential role of service-providers.