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Autonomy and social policy: rights, mental handicap and community care
- Author:
- STAINTON Timothy
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 233p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Research study considering the question of autonomy and its relation to rights with reference to people with disabilities in general and specifically in relation to people with learning difficulties in western liberal democracies.
Charter for people with learning difficulties: our promise to people who use our services
- Author:
- HARRISON Sophie
- Publisher:
- Southwark Consortium
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Charter telling people with learning difficulties, their families, friends and others involved, what services they can expect from Southwark Consortium, an organisation which helps users to lead their own lives in the community.
Steps to independence: a paper on the rights of people with mental handicaps to live as ordinary citizens
- Author:
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH AUTHORITIES
- Publisher:
- National Association of Health Authorities
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Looks at the legislative barriers preventing mentally handicapped people from living a normal life in the community.
Meeting the challenge. Guide 1: your rights when you are living in the community: supporter version
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 9
- Place of publication:
- London
Outlines the rights of people with a learning disability when living in the community. This guide aims to help supporters understand the rights of people with a learning disability, so that they can get the right services and support to meet their needs. This will help keep them safe, happy and healthy and make sure they know when things are not going the way that they should and are able to take action. The guide sets out the legal framework, outlining the Human Rights Act and the Mental Capacity Act, describes what good support should look like, and explains what a person should do if they experience abuse. (Edited publisher abstract)
Developing service user involvement in the South Korean disability services: lessons from the experience of community care policy and practice in UK
- Authors:
- KIM Deug Yong, ROSS Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 16(2), March 2008, pp.188-196.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper considers the scope for the integration of service user involvement within services for people with disabilities in South Korea at a time of rapid development in social policy and practice. Using the UK experience of introducing community care and a mixed economy of service provision over the last 14 years, this paper considers the barriers to service user involvement inherent in the South Korean context and concludes that in a society where there is a shortage of services and a provider-orientated delivery system where most services are delivered by voluntary organisations, more public services are needed and a ‘democratic’ rather than a consumerist approach to user involvement is required. Some elements of the UK system could inform the development of a systematic approach to user involvement in South Korea, notably the right to assessment within a care management structure, the setting of quality care standards and inspection processes and a complaints procedure.
People, plans and possibilities: exploring person-centred planning
- Author:
- BARCLAY Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 12(2), October 1998, pp.9-10.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Reviews a recently published book on person-centred planning in which the authors argue that people with disabilities still have no power to make decisions about major changes in their lives.
Living difficulties
- Author:
- COLLINS Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.5.95, 1995, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Recently Rescare, the National Society for Mentally Handicapped People in Residential Care launched a campaign supporting village communities. Argues that people with learning difficulties should be helped to live in the community rather than segregated in groups.
Statement on policy and practice for adults with a learning disability
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 46p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This Statement on Policy and Practice provides a vision for the future in which all people with a learning disability are full citizens, equal in status and value to other citizens of the same age. Disabled people have the same rights as other citizens to live healthy, productive and independent lives with appropriate and responsive treatment and support to develop their maximum potential. They also have equal rights to be individuals and decide everyday issues and life-defining matters for themselves joining in all decision-making which affects their lives, with appropriate and responsive advice and support where necessary. This Statement will help make it possible for people with learning disabilities to live their lives within their community, maintaining the social and family ties and connections which are important to them. This document includes sections on: the purpose and the vision of the Statement; the definition and the rate of occurrence of learning disability; the context and scope of the Statement; person-centred planning, accessible information and advocacy; community living, employment and day services; complex health needs; challenging behaviour; families and carers; strategic planning; joint working; and workforce planning.
Mental health, incapacity and the law in Scotland
- Author:
- PATRICK Hilary
- Publisher:
- Tottel
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 1022p.
- Place of publication:
- Haywards Heath
This is a guide to mental health law in Scotland, including the changes brought about by the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 and the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. Mental health and incapacity law affect not just those subject to compulsory orders, but everyone with a mental health problem, dementia or a learning disability.This guide covers every aspect of mental health law, including tribunal procedure, procedures for adults with incapacity, community care, patients’ rights and legal remedies for when things go wrong.
Social inclusion and choice for adults with learning disabilities: some lessons from reprovisioning
- Authors:
- HUNTER Susan, PERRY Richard W.
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 18(3), September 2006, pp.207-219.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Based on a study of the relocation of adults with learning disabilities from a local authority hostel to individual and multi-occupancy tenancies, this article argues that well-intentioned reprovisioning policy initiatives struggle to strike a balance between imperatives concerned with managing the state's duty of care, realising social inclusion and securing the rights of individuals. Protracted implementation and changes to the timetable contributed to tension between speed and meaningful consultation and adversely affected the perceived reliability of information. Many residents, staff and relatives were neither clear about the reasons for change, nor were supportive of it. Initial scepticism amongst staff and relatives changed over time to appreciation of the value of the move and frequency of contact between tenants and relatives remained relatively stable. However, the shift from unit-based management to that of dispersed tenancies put staff autonomy, support and supervision under scrutiny. More fundamentally, the choices available to users were restricted to matters of daily living and routine and few staff felt enabled to support them to take full advantage of the move.