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Pushing open the door: housing options; the impact of a housing and support advisory service
- Author:
- SIMONS Ken
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation/Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- York
An independent evaluation of the services provided by "Housing Options", an advisory service established to enable people with learning difficulties to access a much wider range of housing choices than has typically been available to them. Although "Housing Options" provides advice and information about a wide range of housing and support issues, it has a particular interest and expertise in the area of home ownership for people with learning difficulties, an option that, until recently, had largely been ignored by mainstream services.
Quality of life for people with learning disabilities in supported housing in the community: a review of research
- Author:
- FELCE David
- Publisher:
- University of Exeter. Centre for Evidence Based Social Services, University of E
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- Exeter
The research brought together here, including summaries of other specialist reviews, and the author's own work, provides a thorough and comprehensive guide to the field of supported housing in the community for learning-disabled people. It is relevant to planning and review processes within and beyond the CEBSS project. Includes sections on: physical wellbeing; material wellbeing; social wellbeing; productive wellbeing; emotional wellbeing; civic wellbeing; and user statistician.
Learning difficulties
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, October 2000, pp.44-46.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Research into the problems faced by people with learning difficulties who want to live in homes of their own should feed into the government's review set up to produce a learning difficulties strategy for England.
Characteristics of staffed community housing services for people with learning disabilities: a stratified random sample of statutory, voluntary and private agency provision
- Authors:
- PERRY Jonathan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 8(5), September 2000, pp.307-315.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Within the staffed housing model relatively little is known about the characteristics of different types of provider agency. Reports on a study which collected data on size, homeliness, organisational structure, working methods, staffing levels and resident characteristics on a sample of providers in South West England and Wales. Results found significant differences between providers on the variables of working methods and staffing levels. Resident ability correlated with staffing levels and organisational culture, but not with staff working methods. Discusses the results and their implications in the context of other research.
Ten years of providing intensive support services for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour: a brief service description and review
- Author:
- TOOGOOD Sandy
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 5(3), August 2000, pp.14 -22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes the development of a specialist peripatetic support service for people with learning disabilities whose behaviour is challenging. It addresses service goals, working methods and development objectives, reviews selected aspects of service process and client outcome, and comments on the impact of changing demand on the service environment.
Residential supports for people with learning disabilities in 1997 in England
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HATTON Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 5(1), January 2000, pp.41-44.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article presents findings from an updated review of local authority and Department of Health data describing the nature of residential supports provided for people with learning disabilities. Attention is drawn to the extensive variations between areas and the substantial levels of unmet need for residential supports.
Approaches to residential support: a case study
- Author:
- McGUIRE Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 5(1), January 2000, pp.37-40.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Kingwood Trust has developed a range of approaches to supporting people with challenging behaviour living in small group homes. They are rooted in an understanding of autism and the triad of impairment. This paper describes the guiding principles and includes examples of practice situations within services provided by the Trust.
The quality and costs of village communities, residential campuses and community-based residential supports for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 5(1), January 2000, pp.5-16.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper provides an overview of the main results of a Department of Health funded research project which investigated the quality and costs of residential supports for people with learning disabilities.