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A turning point in the struggle to replace institutions
- Author:
- O'BRIEN John
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 10(1), February 2005, pp.12-17.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
'Changing patterns in residential services for the mentally retarded' (1969), which reflected important contributions by Jack Tizard, marked a turning point in North American attitudes towards institutional reform from a simple call for more staff and new buildings to a much more powerful understanding of the limits of institutions and the need for a comprehensive system of supports based on systematic commitments to human dignity, positive models expressing the potential for human development, and an experimental approach to creating a comprehensive system of community supports.
Adults with learning disabilities: implementation of 'The same as you?' Scotland 2003
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Scottish Executive National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Home at last? The same as you? National implementation group report of the short-life working group on hospital closure and service reprovision - easy-read summary
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The development of community care for people with learning disabilities 1913 - 1946
- Authors:
- WALMSLEY Jan, ROLPH Sheena
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 21(1), February 2001, pp.59-80.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article explores from an historical perspective the emerging debates on the similarities and differences between community care and institutional care. While institutional care has been widely condemned, community care has been welcomed as offering greater opportunities for adults who have long term care needs. The article argues, however, that it is more helpful to regard institutional and community care as a continuum, and draw on ongoing research into the history of community care for people with learning difficulties to show that community care has a longer history than has widely been assumed, and that some forms of community care were as much motivated by a desire to control as they were by a wish to provide care. The article ends with some consideration of the relevance of such historical studies for modern understandings of community care.
Assessing the impact of the all Wales mental handicap strategy: a survey of four districts
- Authors:
- EVANS Gerry, et al
- Publisher:
- Mental Handicap in Wales. Applied Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 34p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
An overview of developments over 4 years in 4 widely different areas of Wales.
Community residences for persons with developmental disabilities - here to stay
- Authors:
- JANICKI Matthew P., KRAUSS Marty Wyngaarden, SELTZER Marsha Mailick
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 385p., diags., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
American analysis of the issues in the management, operation and evaluation of community residences for mentally handicapped people.
The growth of the MENCAP Homes Foundation in S.E. Essex: the devt. of residential accommodation in the community for mentally handicapped...
- Author:
- RUST A
- Publisher:
- Essex. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 39p.,+ appendices.
- Place of publication:
- Chelmsford
A submission to the DHSS on problems which have been generated by recent legislation and regulations on the registration and funding of residential care
- Author:
- ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES FOR THE RETARDED
- Publisher:
- Association of Residential Communities for the Retarded
- Publication year:
- 1985
- Pagination:
- 12p.,appendices.
- Place of publication:
- Lydney
What is standard care for people with learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges and what does it cost?
- Authors:
- IEMMI Valentina, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 44 (4), 2016, pp.309-321.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: This article describes current care arrangements in England for children, young people and adults with learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges, and estimate their comparative costs. Materials and Methods: A two-round Delphi exercise was performed in March and April 2014, followed by a costing exercise. Results: The study finds a mixed picture: participants reported that 60-87% of children, 66-88% of young people and 34-47% of adults were likely to be living within the community. Annual cost of care would range between £39 612 and £74 876 for children, between £35 235 and £52 832 for young people and between £81 478 and £94 799 for adults. Conclusion: While residential-based care may continue to be necessary for respite or for individuals with particular needs, community-based care may be an economically attractive alternative, supporting the inclusion of people with learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges within their communities, potentially at a lower cost. (Edited publisher abstract)
Changes in the provision of residential care for adults with an intellectual disability: a national longitudinal study
- Authors:
- KELLY Fionnola, McCONKEY Roy
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 17(1), 2012, pp.4-10.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Republic of Ireland has a National Intellectual Disability Database (NIDD) of persons with an intellectual disability, which is updated annually. It records people living in various forms of residential provision as well as those living with family carers. This study used NIDD data to explore changes in provision of residential care from 1999 to 2009 for nearly 8,000 adults with intellectual disability in Ireland living in congregated or community-based accommodation. The analysis found that the largest area of growth over the ten-year period was in the provision of community group homes, with just under 50% of people living in community settings by 2009. There was a reduction in the number of places in congregated options, but more people were living in new forms of congregated provision designated specialist units. The article points out that a move from congregated living arrangements to more homely, community-based accommodation is a policy objective in many developed countries, and asserts that outmoded models of residential provision are likely to persist unless there is sustained investment in new forms of provision.