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Location, location, location
- Author:
- GILKES John
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 82, Winter 2006, pp.3-5.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
The author gives a personal view on locality commissioning, after the decision by Cardiff Council to commission Supported Living services on a locality basis.
Overcoming barriers to supported living
- Author:
- LYNN Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 20(1), 2006, pp.8-10.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The author highlights the problems of local authorities who are still refusing to provide supported living for people placed in care homes from another area when a home closes or is de-registered. The author that a more enlightened approach is needed.
Good but not good enough
- Author:
- EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 13(2), October 1999, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Community-based support offers many benefits when compared with other residential options. However, a recent research study has shown that it falls far short when judged against the aspirations of the move to community, or the quality of life of many people who do not have a learning disability. Reports on the findings and argues that the issue should be central to policy and practice agendas in the next century.