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Case registers, trends and commissioning
- Author:
- RUSSELL Oliver
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 6(3), July 2001, pp.14-17.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Case registers have been around for over 30 years but have had a disappointingly small impact on service planning. Comments on the Leicestershire Learning Disability Register and the lessons that can be learned. Argues that commissioners and providers should take note of the future trends in prevalence which emerge from the study.
Learning difficulties
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 11, April 2001, pp.54-56.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Reports on an accessible digest of up-to-date research which provides information for people working with, or for, people with learning difficulties.
The bottom line: incentives and disincentives for a wider range of housing and support options
- Author:
- SIMONS Ken
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 4(1), February 2001, pp.20-26.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Relatively few people with learning disabilities have their own homes. Argues that to achieve a wider range of housing and support options there must be consistent financial incentives. For strategies to be successful in introducing significant change, some of the financial and administrative inconsistencies in benefits, ILF, out of area placements and Supporting People will have to be addressed.
Benefit groups and resource groups for adults with intellectual disabilities in residential accommodation
- Authors:
- COMAS-HERRERA Adelina, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 14(2), 2001, pp.120-140.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Examines whether 'benefit groups' and 'resource groups' can be developed so as to assist decision-making processes in service commissioning by using a survey of the characteristics of 2093 adults with intellectual disabilities (IDs) in residential accommodation (mainly National Health Service trusts), and a supplementary collection of data on service utilization and costs (for a subsample of 930 clients). The clients were classified, according to their needs into benefit groups (BGs), and the services which they used were classified in terms of coherence as likely packages of care and similar consumption of resources as resource groups (RGs). It proved possible to construct nine BGs and 96 possible RGs which had both intuitive meaning and explanatory power. Statistical analysis showed that the resulting BGs and RGs are meaningful ways of classifying ID and challenging behaviour needs and costs.
End of the line
- Author:
- McCURRY Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.3.01, 2001, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The number of people with learning difficulties in long-stay hospitals has fallen by 90 per cent in 10 years. However, the authors reports that family opposition and financial concerns are keeping the hospitals in business.
Valuing people: a new strategy for learning disability for the 21st century: implementation; implementation guidance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This circular is being issued to local authorities as statutory guidance under Section 7 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 and contains guidance on implementing the White Paper 'Valuing people: a new strategy for learning disability for the 21st century'.
Valuing people: a New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century; a White Paper presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health by command of Her Majesty March 2001
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 148p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the government's strategy for improving the life chances of people with learning disabilities. Covers issues such as improving service provision for children with learning disabilities; improving choice and control for people with learning disabilities; supporting carers; improving health care for people with learning disabilities; providing housing, employment and fulfilling lives; and assuring quality in services.