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A guide to implementing assistive technology for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- BEYER Stephen, PERRY Jonathan, MEEK Andrea
- Publisher:
- Home Farm Trust
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This handbook has been produced for for organisations and families who wish to implement person centred technology. The guide expertly lays out the case for assistive technology and telecare, putting it in context - how and why it should exist alongside existing services - and provides a clear guide to implementation.
In the driving seat
- Author:
- MURRAY Nicholas
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 10.10.91, 1991, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Talks to members of Clwyd People First, a self-advocacy group for people with learning difficulties, who are finding their own way in the community.
The Friendly Trust: changes lives for the better
- Author:
- DERRINGTON Siobhan
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 82, Winter 2006, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
This article describes the work of The Friendly Trust, a Cardiff based charity that has provided financial advice and support to people with learning disabilities since 1998. The article contains a profile of one of their service users, and how the Trust had been able to help him.
Consumer-led service planning
- Author:
- HARPER G.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, March 1988, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Clwyd SSD's services to the mentally handicapped practice consumer participation.
My Rights My Voice
- Author:
- WARNER Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 111, Summer 2014, pp.14-17.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
Reports on the My Rights My Voice project, which is in its last year. The project is three years long and has been run with other European partners. It's overall aim is to provide a course led by trainers with a learning disability to colleagues and service providers on the rights in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). (Edited publisher abstract)
Contact with primary care: the experience of people with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- PERRY Jonathan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 27(3), 2014, pp.200-211.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: People with intellectual disabilities experi-ence disparities in their health and health care. Annual health checks are intended to counter such disparity by improving access to primary health care. However, little is known about their experience of having a health check or other types of contact with primary care services. Materials and Methods: The findings of two studies which used focus groups were combined. 102 people with intellectual disabilities participated in the focus groups. Results: Participants' experiences of primary care services generally, and health checks in particular, were positive. However, unanimity was rare on any of the topics discussed and a number of areas of dissatisfaction emerged. Conclusions: Further studies with larger and more representative samples are necessary as feedback from people with intellectual disabilities about their experience of contact with primary care staff might help to enhance GP knowledge about their health requirements. (Publisher abstract)
Remember the past: prepare for the future
- Author:
- FRENCH Miranda
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 108, Autumn 2013, pp.7-9.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
Two new innovative projects from Disability Wales are described. The first project, The Story at 40, is an oral history project capturing the experiences of six people with disabilities in Wales from the 1970's to the present day. The second project, Real Human Being, uses theatre to educate young people on the impact of disability hate crime. (Original abstract)
Supporting 'needs-led' services : implications for planning and management systems (a case study in mental handicap services)
- Authors:
- MCGRATH Morag, GRANT Gordon
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 21(1), 1992, pp.71-97.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Identifies two elements of needs-led services : user participation and management delegation; uses a case study from the All Wales Strategy for services to mentally handicapped people to illustrate and discuss three models of planning and management and the implications for implementing community care.
Still a small voice: consumer involvement in the All Wales Strategy; a survey of local authority perspectives
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Surveys 8 county councils, and 96 settings with 755 residents to see whether services were accountable to consumers, and whether, in residential life, people had a positive choice.
Mental health, mental capacity: my human rights
- Author:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 32
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet provides information about how human rights can be used to help people with a mental health or mental capacity issue to have more control over their own life when using health and care services. It explains what human rights are, how individuals human rights are protected, and who has duties to uphold these rights. It focuses on five human rights most relevant to mental capacity and mental health care. These are: right to life; right to be free from inhuman and degrading treatment; right to liberty; right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence; right to be free from discrimination when using your other rights in the Human Rights Act. It looks at how each human right applies in health and care services, how a right could be restricted and the duties public officials have to protect these rights. Real life examples are used to illustrate key points. The booklet has been co-produced with six other organisations as part of the project Care and Support: A Human Rights Approach to Advocacy. (Edited publisher abstract)