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The sun finally sets on Orchard Hill
- Author:
- TICKLE Louise
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.4.09, 2009, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
By 30 April, Orchard Hill, the last remaining hospital housing people with learning disabilities will finally close. Residents who have moved out of the hospital are now in a mixture of supported independent living and registered residential provision. This article looks at whether the process has been successful from the perspective of residents, families and staff.
Going off campus
- Author:
- TAYLOR Amy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.09.06, 2006, pp.45-46.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
By 2010 the many people with learning difficulties in NHS campuses should have moved into the community. The author looks at the obstacles en route.
Shifting models of welfare: issues in relocation from an institution and the organisation of community living
- Author:
- BIGBY Christine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 3(3), September 2006, pp.147-154.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The closure of institutions and relocation of people with intellectual disabilities to community living has been the focus of many nations' intellectual disability policies in the past three decades. The author studied the relocation of 58 people from a large institution to 11 small group homes in several Australian communities. Organizational factors that contributed to a mismatch of expectations on such dimensions as individualized support and inclusion were examined. The author discusses these in a broader context of social policy developments, including the privatization and contracting-out of service provision that shifted the government's role to one of purchaser rather than provider of services; regulatory concerns in employment practices that impacted the flow of information about residents; and contract specifications that focused on individuals, leaving responsibility for tackling systemic issues uncertain. Recommendations that draw attention to the renewed emphasis on partnerships rather than business relationships and attend to broader community development strategies that have concurrently occurred in Australia are provided.
Out of the asylum era
- Author:
- WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.11.04, 2004, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Presents a brief overview of changes in services since the closure of the big Victorian institutions for more varied living arrangements and treatment services. Looks at mental health, learning difficulties and drug misuse.
Mortality of people with learning disability following relocation from long-stay hospital to social care
- Author:
- READ Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities, 8(3), September 2004, pp.299-314.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The article examines the results of an 18 month prospective evaluation of relocation effects on 111 people with learning disabilities discharged from long-stay hospital to social care in the community. One of the results found at the end of this period was a high mortality in this group that the investigators deemed worthy of further examination. A number of health related measures are examined to see if any explanation of these deaths is forthcoming. It is suggested that selection bias could account for the apparent high mortality in this group.
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.
The resettlement game: policy and procrastination in the closure of mental handicap hospitals
- Author:
- COLLINS Jean
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 111p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report looking at the closure of mental handicap hospitals. Describes the problems facing people waiting to be moved out and discusses how new homes being provided in the community do not always provide people with the kind of life they want.
The place of special villages and residential communities: the provision of care for people with severe, profound and multiple disabilities
- Editor:
- SEGAL Stanley S.
- Publisher:
- AB Academic Publishers
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 121p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Bicester
Set of papers from a symposium on alternatives to institutional care for people with learning difficulties. Includes papers on the place of special villages in the context of current and developing provision; the evolution from a mental handicap hospital into a village; the situation in the Netherlands; the closure of Darenth Park Mental Handicap Hospital and its effect on residents; and special villages and community care. Also outlines specific village projects.
Occupational identity of staff and attitudes towards institutional closure
- Authors:
- VESALA Hannu T., TEITTINEN Antti, HEINONEN Pilvikki
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 19(3), 2014, pp.134-141.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: This paper analyses the attitudes of direct care workers towards the closure of an institution, and these attitudes’ relation to workers’ occupational identity. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected by postal questionnaire before the closure of the institution. The respondents consisted of two groups: direct care workers of the institution (n=93) and direct care workers of community-based residential units run by the same organization (n=117). Findings: The results clearly show that direct care workers in the institution, as a group, were against the closure of the institution. This is understandable, because the closure will irrevocably affect their work and also private life. There was also variance in the attitudes within this group: some were more willing to accept the change, some were more against it. Those opposing the closure seemed to be more reluctant in adopting the new kind of identity as supporters of the self-determination of their clients and also they felt more insecure about their own competence. (Edited publisher abstract)
A preliminary report on the closure of the Challinor centre
- Authors:
- YOUNG Louise, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 25(2), June 2000, pp.119-126.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on preliminary data for 32 individuals with intellectual disability who were relocated from a large state institution in Australia to small community-based group homes. These results suggest the relocation has enabled a more active and normalised lifestyle. However, community-based services may need to incorporate more effective active treatment programmes if adaptive behaviour gains are to occur.