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Housing for people with a learning disability
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 50
- Place of publication:
- London
This report describes the current housing situation for people with a learning disability in England and Wales. It draws on the findings to two research projects to provide a picture of where people live now and what the future may look like for them in terms of their housing. It identifies the barriers to people living independently, from the way local authorities prioritise social housing to the lack of specialist housing for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. It also looks at the impact of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and suggests that the reforms will see greater numbers of people with a learning disability losing their independence. The report recommends the development of national strategy on housing for people with learning disability and for all local authorities to include specific plans for people with a learning disability in their housing strategy. The report aims to support decision-makers on issues relating to the provision of housing for people with a learning disability in England. (Original abstract)
Too many pages: SCOVO's guide to involving services to make services better
- Authors:
- STRONG Gwynneth, HEDGES Yvonne
- Publisher:
- Standing Conference of Voluntary Organisation for People with a Learning Disabil
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Examines how voluntary organisations for people with learning disabilities can involve their service users. Sees user involvement as comprising four stages: information, consultation, participation, and sharing power and control.
Strategic thinking
- Author:
- PHILPOT Terry
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.12.93, 1993, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The All Wales Mental Health Strategy has reached its tenth anniversary. Its past successes are now threatened by two major factors: the purchaser/provider split may lead to purchasers opting for quantity over quality and the effective working of joint planning may be threatened by the splintering of the eight county councils into 22 districts.
Ten years plus of Total Communication
- Author:
- MILLER Nigel
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 105, Winter 2012/13, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
The Speech and Language team of the Hywel Dda Local Health Board in Wales worked with services users to develop a Total Communication Strategy which could be implemented across three counties (Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire) in Wales. The strategy aims to improve communication for service users with learning disabilities and communication difficulties. It is now formally recognised as a policy and is provided across all third sector homes, residential homes and tenancies, and social services and health setting. The package, which is briefly described, consists of: Total Communication training; signing training; making information accessible training; and separate training to cover specialist communication needs of services users with profound and multiple disabilities. Within each location there is a designated Total Communication coordinator who takes the role of promoting communication. A website has also been developed for service users.
Family, community and the 'idiot' in mid-nineteenth Century North Wales
- Authors:
- HIRST David, MICHAEL Pamela
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 18(2), March 2003, pp.145-163.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In mid-nineteenth century north Wales, and indeed in Wales generally, 'community care' of persons with learning disabilities aided by the Poor Law survived longer than in England, where institutionalisation in the workhouse or asylum became the norm. This prehistory of community care has been largely unexplored, largely because of the difficulties of obtaining data. After discussing the methodology, and discussing the Lunacy and Poor Law documents used as sources, this paper seeks to advance understanding by using longitudinal histories of individuals with learning disability to explore their varied experiences in the community. It examines the attitudes of officialdom, and the role of family and community, and concludes by suggesting key factors in determining individual life stories included the presence of family, the ability to work, the degree of 'difficulty' or 'dangerousness' they presented.
Making it work: strategies for success in supported employment
- Authors:
- JONES Stephanie, et al
- Publisher:
- Pavilion/Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Explores the experiences and strategies for success of supported employees, employers, colleagues and job coaches. The report focuses on the experiences of people with learning difficulties themselves and was carried out in collaboration with members of the self advocacy group People First Wales.
Falling through the gap not an option
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.09.02, 2002, pp.46-47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Young people with profound and complex learning difficulties have often been left out of the process of planning their own futures, but now a project set up in Wales aims to give them more options by focusing on each individual and creating personalised portfolios.
Exploring the relationships between costs and quality of services for adults with severe intellectual disabilities and the most severe challenging behaviours in Wales: a multivariate regression analysis
- Authors:
- FELCE David, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 25(4), December 2000, pp.307-326.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
A survey in Wales of people with severe intellectual disabilities and the most severe challenging behaviour identified adults living in new specialist community housing and 19 in traditional services. This study explored the relationships between resident characteristics, service characteristics, service processes, quality of life outcome and costs in a series of mutivariate regression analyses.
Sector showcase: housing and independent living
- Authors:
- CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF HOUSING, HOUSING LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT NETWORK
- Publishers:
- Chartered Institute of Housing, Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 19
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing shares lessons from successful schemes which are helping older and disabled people live with greater independence for as long as possible, stay connected to their local communities and enjoy better levels of wellbeing and care. The schemes have been developed by housing associations, working in partnership with social care and health, and illustrate how doing things differently might provide savings for public services and better outcomes for people they support. Key themes from the case studies include the benefits of multi-agency partnership approaches, sharing risks between partners when developing new services, developing a person-centred approach and the involvement of local communities. It includes case studies from Riverside, Norsecare and Saffron Housing, Rhondda Housing, Johnnie Johnson Housing, Places for People and Look Ahead. The case studies include examples of maximising the use of technology to help people live independently, the provision of independent living for people with complex needs, and re-purposing existing housing stock to meet the needs of people with a learning disability. (Edited publisher abstract)
Fulfilling the promises: proposals for a framework for services for people with learning disabilities; report to the National Assembly for Wales
- Author:
- LEARNING DISABILITY ADVISORY GROUP
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Advisory Group
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 83p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This report is based on the principle that people with learning disabilities are full citizens equal in status and value to other citizens of the same age and have an equal right to expect a high quality of life. In practice this means having exactly the same expectations of decent health, education, housing, safety and financial security, protection from harm, positive social relations and roles within family and community, employment opportunities, personal development, emotional well-being and civic rights. They also have a right to decide for themselves and to join in all decision making which affects their lives, with support if necessary of their families and their communities.