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Care standards in homes for people with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- BEADLE-BROWN Julie, HUTCHINSON Aislinn, MANSELL Jim
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 21(3), May 2008, pp.210-218.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
National minimum standards for residential care homes were introduced following the Care Standards Act 2000 in response to concern about the lack of consistency and poor quality services. These standards are intended to reflect outcomes for service users and to be comprehensive in scope. This study compared ratings made by care standards inspectors with research measures for 52 homes for people with intellectual disabilities serving 299 people. The research measures focused on the lived experience of residential care, including engagement in meaningful activity, choice and participation in activities of daily living. They also included measures of related care practices and organizational arrangements. The research measures were in general significantly correlated with each other. Most of the care standards ratings were also correlated with each other. However, only two of 108 correlations between care standards and research measures were significant. Possible reasons for this are discussed. This study confirms that the review of national minimum standards and modernization of inspection methods recently announced by the Department of Health and the Commission for Social Care Inspection are timely and appropriate.
In Control? Making sure we're not out of control! Some issues for people considering a direct payment or individualised budget
- Author:
- ANONYMOUS FAMILY CARER
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 10(3), August 2008, pp.14-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The initiatives of individual budgets, self-directed support and direct payments signal a move away from established services and may involve transferring management responsibility from services to the individual service users or family carers. This article is based on the authors experience of supporting a son who has learning disabilities to move from the family home into a supported living scheme. The author highlights discrepancies between the arrangements and amounts proposed by the local authority funding panel and the funding necessary to provide adequate care in a supported living scheme. The article discusses some potential consequences of current policy, and highlights issues that users and carers may need to consider when they are developing a support package for themselves or a family member or friend. The author also works in learning disabilities services so also is able to see the changes from two perspectives.
Induction award: supporting people who have a learning disability: trainer pack with CD-ROM
- Authors:
- HARDIE Elaine, LAWTON Annie, BICKERTON Simon
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities; Heinemann
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 160p., CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
The pack includes: introduction with information on: learning disability qualifications and standards; supporting assessment; involving people with learning disabilities and family carers in training; session plans; CD-ROM containing: activity sheets PowerPoint presentations video clips, and pdfs of all four study books with guidance on how to link learning to the relevant NVQ/SVQ.
From strength to strength: report on the first two years of the Mental Health Act Commission service user involvement strategy
- Author:
- SIBLEY Rose
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Mental Health Act Commission has adopted the mission statement, 'safeguarding the interests of all people detained under the Mental Health Act'. The Commission's remit is to keep under review the operation of the Mental Health Act 1983 as it relates to detained patients, and to meet with and interview detained patients in private. In furtherance of this remit, the Commission visits mental health service providers regularly in order to check the legality of detention. In addition to the visiting programme, the Commission provides important safeguards to patients who lack capacity or refuse consent to treatment, through the Second Opinion Appointed Doctor Service. In all its work the Commission places an emphasis on equality and human rights.