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A little help from a friend to reach the 'unachievable'
- Author:
- COLLINS Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 2(4), June 1996, pp.13-14.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Discusses the importance of the decision to include people with learning disabilities in the Community Care (Direct Payments) Bill.
What's choice got to do with it: a study of housing and support for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- COLLINS Jean
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research study looking at recent developments in services for people with learning difficulties, which mean that services are independent of housing. These separate arrangements are supposed to give people greater choice and independence, but it could be argued that housing and support need to be inter-related if people are to enjoy a 'seamless' service. The study looks at 11 housing and support services and concludes that service values rather than contract specifications and purchase arrangements actually have most impact on people's daily lives.
Free from care
- Author:
- COLLINS Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.11.93, 1993, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Research by the author shows that community care for people with learning difficulties is often blocked by NHS trusts and staff. It was found that even when people manage to leave long-stay hospitals their new housing and support is often controlled and owned by an NHS Trust - which means going into housing replicating the group home model because it is easier operate a standard formula than respond to the individual needs. Difficulties also arise due to conflict of interest between purchasers in health authorities and provider trusts. Discusses the issues involved in resettlement of people with learning difficulties.
Changing places
- Author:
- COLLINS Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.6.92, 1992, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Relates research which has found community care for people with learning difficulties to be piecemeal, slow and lacking in trust and co-ordination between SSDs and the NHS.
Funding freedom: a guide to direct payments for people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- HOLMAN Andrew, COLLINS Jean
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 85p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report aiming to: encourage people with learning difficulties to use Direct Payments and to suggest ways in which they may be used by people who might otherwise be thought unable to take advantage of them. Also: discusses how Direct Payments can be used flexibly to the best advantage of individuals with learning difficulties, including the option of using Direct Payments for one or more parts of a person's complete care package; identifies the safeguards needed by support schemes, such as Trust Funds, Service Brokerage, and Personal Assistance Schemes, to protect the best interests of people with learning difficulties; and identifies the systems and safeguards needed by Local Authorities to ensure that public money is properly spent in the service of people with learning difficulties.