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Time to raise standards: part 2
- Author:
- McCURRY Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.8.00, 2000, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article looks at the review of services for learning difficulties in Scotland and finds some radical proposals that may mean services will look different to those south of the border.
Paid work and housing : a comparative guide to the impact of employment on housing and support for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- PANNELL Jenny, SIMONS Ken, MACADAM Margaret
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 77p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This book compares the French and UK systems of providing related employment, support and housing for people with learning disabilities, focusing on and exploring the extent to which these systems facilitate opportunities to access work and housing. It identifies and describes a range of employment-related projects in the UK and France, exploring the strengths and weaknesses of both systems, and canvassing the opinions of those providing and, importantly, those using the services. The report makes recommendations for the future development of housing and employment options, suggesting ways in which these could include wider community involvement. With policy changes expected in this area in the UK, it aims to put the views of people with learning disabilities firmly on the agenda.
A long overdue review
- Author:
- CHADDA Dolly
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.11.00, 2000, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Next year there will be a new strategy for learning difficulties services. More resources, changed attitudes and a reorganised service are all needed.
Ordinary living twenty years on
- Author:
- GAULT Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 14(2), October 2000, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Looks at social policy and services for people with learning difficulties in Sweden.
Time to raise standards
- Author:
- MANSELL Jim
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.8.00, 2000, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
How should the national strategy for people with learning difficulties, now being drafted by the Department of Health, being judged when it arrives? Eight areas in which it needs to offer concrete proposals are suggested.
An employment project as a route to social inclusion for people with learning difficulties?
- Authors:
- GOSLING Vashti, COTTERILL Lesley
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(7), December 2000, pp.1001-1018.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Government policy to reduce social exclusion focuses on increasing employment opportunities and incentives, especially for disadvantaged groups. This article discusses the findings of an evaluation of a project in the North West of England for people with learning difficulties, which sought to create opportunities for paid and/or integrated employment. The findings suggest that this goal can be undermined by factors such as the isolation of social care services from employers and the disinclination of service organisations to include users, carers and staff in the development of new service approaches. Social welfare policies may also fail to enable providers to translate the rhetoric of social inclusion into a reality. Discusses some of the obstacles preventing people with learning difficulties from inclusion into mainstream employment, by considering their impact upon the achievements of the North West project.
This Bill threatens both professional practice and civil rights
- Author:
- RITCHIE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 13(3), January 2000, pp.20-23.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The author argues that the Adults with Incapacity Bill currently going through the Scottish Parliament, although well intentioned, contains inadequate safeguards for the civil rights of people with learning disabilities and may be impossible to implement in accordance with its own stated principles.
Ageing and intellectual disabilities: improving longevity and promoting healthy ageing: summative report
- Author:
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Geneva
Increased longevity has led to an increase in the population of persons with intellectual disabilities in the developed nations. However, national health provision schemes are often inadequate and do not recognise the special needs of adults with intellectual disabilities and, as they age, their health needs are not attended to in a manner equivalent to that of the general population. This report examines the general health status of adults with intellectual disabilities, identifies the conditions that support their longevity and promote healthy ageing, and proposes health and social inclusion promotion activities that would universally foster sound health and improve quality of life. It provides a summary of the main issues put forth in 4 reports prepared for the World Health Organization on healthy ageing in adults with intellectual disabilities which look at the specific areas of physical health, women’s health, biobehavioural, and social policy. Included in this summary are the main recommendations from the 4 reports for improving health and longevity among persons with intellectual disabilities.
Supporting disabled children and their families in Scotland: a review of policy and research
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Findings
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Protecting vulnerable adults from sexual abuse
- Author:
- BRAMMER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 2(3), September 2000, pp.50-53.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In this article the legal situation relating to sexual activity and people with reduced capacity is considered. From the starting point of the recent, contentious case, the article goes on to examine the current state of legal protection and intervention, and looks at how this could be improved by current developments and possible future changes.