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'Low support' options for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Most people with learning difficulties have little choice of housing and support options; residential care continues to dominate. This is a particular problem for people seen as relatively low priority for community care packages, with few effective 'low support' alternatives to residential care being developed. The 'living support networks' provided by KeyRing offer one possible model for such services. According to the research described this model provides reliable, affordable support in a way that is liked by those who use the service.
Virtual reality
- Author:
- BABIC Irena
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, April 2011, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
An online virtual house is being used to raise awareness of the benefits of personalised technology among people with learning disabilities. The computer programme simulates how personalised technology can be used to support independence, safety and security. A short case study also explains how personalised technology enabled three women with learning disabilities to move into supported living.
Everyone has a right to choose a roller-coaster life
- Author:
- COLLINS Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 18(4), May 2005, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Presents the potential complications that arise when defining dangerous situations during the process of risk assessment. The author also offers advice on the situations when social care workers should and should not place restrictions on people.
Breath of fresh Ayr
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.2.05, 2005, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a learning difficulties service in Ayr, Scotland which is truly person-centred. Partners for Inclusion (PFI) is a voluntary supported living service that was set up to help people with learning difficulties and mental health needs.
Housing and support for people with learning difficulties: a local authority development programme
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Promoting independence and supporting people in their own homes is a well-established priority for services for people with learning difficulties. Achievements nevertheless remain limited. Maurice Harker and Nigel King of the Housing and Support Partnership initiated a group development study with six local authorities supported by the Local Government Association and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The aim was to create more diverse housing and support. The study also reviewed the usefulness of this collaborative approach. Outlines the findings of the exercise.
Cornerstone: a supported living project for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- AUCOTT Kathy
- Journal article citation:
- Care the Journal of Practice and Development, 7(1), December 1998, pp.48-56.
- Publisher:
- Pepar
The author describes her experiences of giving up her social work career to establish Cornerstone, a supported living project for people with learning difficulties.
Getting a foot in the door: the strategic significance of supported living
- Author:
- SIMONS Ken
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 3(2), April 1998, pp.7-16.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The central argument of this article is that supported living has a potential strategic role in addressing some of the current shortcomings in community-based residential services. These shortcomings are described, along with the possible contribution of an approach in which housing and support are separated. Finally some of the current concerns about supported living are briefly addressed.
Celebrating the ordinary: the emergence of options in community living as a thoughtful organization
- Authors:
- O'BRIEN John, O'BRIEN Connie Lyle, JACOB Gail
- Publisher:
- Inclusion Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 248p.,illus.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
Options in Community Living is a small, local agency supporting about a hundred people with developmental disabilities in Madison, WI. Written from the point of view of the staff, part one describes and analyses Options and includes policies and documents. Part two contains accounts by staff of their work with users at the project.
Quality in social care: achieving excellence in supported living services
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Place of publication:
- London
In this film we see several examples of excellence in supported living settings. The film shows people with learning disabilities and mental health problems finding employment, developing skills, and becoming more independent, and looks at the role of social care staff in supporting people to improve their lives. The examples are analysed by a panel of service users and social care academics and they discuss how the services demonstrate concepts of excellence in social care in their day-to-day work. This film was previously available under the title 'Defining excellence: residential settings: supported living' which was revised in 2014.
'You have to care:' perceptions of promoting autonomy in support settings for adults with intellectual disability
- Authors:
- PETNER-ARREY Jami, COPELAND Susan R.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 43(1), 2015, pp.38-48.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study from the south-western United States investigated the perceptions of persons with intellectual disability receiving support and the perceptions of people providing support regarding the autonomy of people with intellectual disability. The participants included 10 people with intellectual disability and 10 support workers. Through interviews, this qualitative investigation examined the challenges for support workers and people with intellectual disability in promoting autonomy and the role of caring in support of autonomy. Analysis of participant interviews revealed that support workers and people with intellectual disability faced challenges that restricted the promotion of the autonomy of people with intellectual disability. Although people with intellectual disabilities knew what they wanted, support workers sometimes found it hard to know what people with intellectual disabilities wanted and how they could help them get what they wanted. Support workers also felt some of the rules at their jobs made it hard to help people with intellectual disabilities to do what they wanted. Both groups of participants noted that support workers had to care about their work with individuals with intellectual disability to effectively promote their autonomy. (Edited publisher abstract)