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Residential provision for people with learning disabilities: a research review
- Authors:
- HATTON Chris, EMERSON Eric
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. Hester Adrian Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The aims of the review were fourfold: to produce an authoritative comprehensive summary of existing research relating to the characteristics, quality and costs of differing forms of residential provision for people with learning disabilities in the UK; to utilise 1991 Census data to describe the nature of current residential provision for this client group; to begin to map out, through a process of consultation with a wide range of organisations and visits to services, the defining characteristics and aims of differing approaches to residential provision; and to generate a list of recommendations concerning the conduct of future research into alternative forms of residential provision for people with learning disabilities.
Strategies for change: implementing valuing people at the local level: developing housing and support options: lessons from research
- Author:
- HATTON Chris
- Publisher:
- University of Lancaster. Institute for Health Research
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Lancaster
The White Paper Valuing People presents a wide-ranging agenda for change right across the spectrum of supports for people with learning disabilities. Much of this change is directed at the strategic planning level, including actions specified in the White Paper and forthcoming implementation guidance concerning housing services. Commissioners are clearly under considerable pressure to attend to the details of these actions and guidelines.
Housing opportunities for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- SOLOMANS Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 3(1), March 2000, pp.21-24.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article analyses the experience of the London Borough of Barnet's participation in a national housing pilot project which sought to enable local authorities to increase the range of housing opportunities for people with learning disabilities. It also considers the potential impact of the project on service delivery.
My home, my life: innovative approaches to housing and support for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- SIMONS Ken
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 146p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes examples of innovative practice in housing and support for people with learning difficulties. Aimed at professionals, advocates and families.
Housing and support: is the 'separation' debate missing the point?
- Author:
- MATHIESON Malcolm
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 52, 1995, pp.19-21.
Suggests that the debate about whether it is best to combine or separate housing and support services may be obscuring more important issues in relation to the provision of services for people with learning difficulties.
Moving home: social integration for adults with intellectual disabilities resettling into community provision
- Authors:
- AGER A., MYERS F., KERR P.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 14(4), December 2001, pp.392-400.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The present study examined levels of social integration for individuals resettling into community provision following the phased closure of Gogarburn Hospital, Edinburgh, UK, and the personal and service-related characteristics which were influential on such integration. The study sample comprised 76 out of 95 individuals consecutively discharged over a 19-month period. Post-move data were collected between 6 and 9 months after community resettlement. At this time, mean 'quality of life' scores, established using the Life Experiences Checklist (LEC), were broadly equivalent to those reported from previous reprovisioning studies in the UK. However, scores in the domains of Relationships and Freedom remained well below general population norms. A pre-move to post-move comparison across the domains of the LEC suggested that the greatest impact of reprovisioning was in the areas of physical quality of residential provision (with overall standards above general population norms) and personal freedoms. Index of Community Involvement (ICI) scores showed a general increase in community presence, although activities requiring a high degree of personal autonomy remained infrequent. Social contacts recorded through diaries suggested a heavy bias towards contacts with staff and other service users as opposed to general community contacts (e.g. neighbours and shop workers). On average, over half the time spent outwith the home was in specialist or segregated service settings. For 18 individuals, there were losses or no gains in community involvement pre-move to post-move. A majority of these individuals were elderly. These findings are discussed in the context of policy targeting community participation, and the need for strengthening service features which encourage higher levels of social integration.
Home choice
- Author:
- WOOD Alicia
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.12.01, 2001, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
People with learning difficulties want the same choices about how they live as everyone else. The author explores why they so seldom get those choices, and how local authorities can overcome the obstacles to change.
Mutual accord
- Author:
- DUFFY Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 16.4.92, 1992, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
The Southwark Consortium has been established to manage the provision of housing, health, and social services for people with learning disabilities leaving Darenth Park Hospital.
Shaping our future: a scoping and consultation exercise to establish research priorities in learning disabilities for the next ten years
- Authors:
- WILIAMS V., MARRIOTT A., TOWNSLEY R.
- Publisher:
- National Co-ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 308p.
- Place of publication:
- Southampton
People with learning disabilities are socially excluded with little access to mainstream services for health, housing, education and employment. It is important that research brings understand on how to move towards equality for people with learning disabilities. This scoping review and consultation found out what was important for different groups of stakeholders through regional workshops in the UK; following a systematic literature review in the key areas identified, research gaps were identified and discussed in a second round of workshops. The six most important areas of concern for people with learning disabilities were access to healthcare; getting good support; the right to relationships; housing; work and personal finance; inclusion in the community. The report concluded that action research in partnership with a range of stakeholders (people with learning disabilities, family members and practitioners) should be funded. These studies should be well-designed and robust, in order to help understand how changes can happen, and how we can bridge the gap between policy and practice.
Valuing people now: summary report March 2009-September 2010: including findings from Learning Disability Partnership Board self assessments 2009-2010
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- London
All 152 Learning Disability Partnership Boards produced an annual report setting out the progress they made from April 2009 to March 2010. The information from these was used by nine Regional Boards to create summary reports for each region. This report brings together the key findings from the regional reports and additional national data to illustrate progress achieved in delivering Valuing People Now (the three-year strategy for people with learning disabilities published by the Department of Health in 2009). It provides summary information about the local Partnership Boards reports, key findings on the priority areas of health, housing, and employment, and progress in other areas including personalisation, transition, including everyone, hate crime, and advocacy. It also identifies further progress needed and provides examples of good practice at a regional and local level.