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Achieving high quality community based services for people with learning disabilities in the South West: notes from a workshop for officers leading the process of implementation
- Author:
- SOUTH WESTERN REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
- Publisher:
- South Western Regional Health Authority
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 76p. + appendices, diags.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Policy development and implementation for disability services in rural New South Wales, Australia
- Authors:
- DEW Angela, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(3), 2014, pp.200-209.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Throughout their lives, all people, including those who have a disability, use a broad range of community services. Community services are important in assisting people with a range of impairments to participate in their communities. Vast geographic distances and a lack of therapists in rural and remote regions of Australia pose significant barriers for implementing policy aimed at supporting people with a disability. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which metropolitan-formulated policy encompassed the unique geographic, demographic, and sociocultural challenges experienced by rural therapists and people with a disability in New South Wales (NSW). Twenty-seven policy documents were reviewed and categorised into tier 1 (higher level strategic policies) and tier 2 (specific operational policies). Tier 1 policy documents provided consistent messages about the need to develop strategies and service delivery options to address geographic, cultural, and age-related barriers facing all people in NSW including those who have a disability. Tier 2 documents revealed a lack of attention to the practical differences between implementing the policy principles in metropolitan compared with rural areas. Study findings identify that the implementation of metropolitan-formulated policy does not always encompass the unique challenges experienced by therapists providing services to rural people with a disability and their carers. This study highlights the importance of “rural proofing” policy to consider people who live and work in rural areas. (Edited publisher abstract)
Protect and survive
- Author:
- MARCHANT Catriona
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.12.93, 1994, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A study by Respond, a London based therapeutic service for people with learning difficulties who have been sexually abused found that of those living in the community nearly half had been abused. Gives the results of the study, discusses the difficulties in detecting abuse and calls for measures such as sex education and HIV/AIDS preventive work for these vulnerable people.
Primary health care for people with a learning disability: a keynote review
- Authors:
- KERR Mike, FRASER William, FELCE David
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 24(1), 1996, pp.2-8.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The delivery of health care to people with a learning disability living in the community has come under increasing scrutiny. Concerns have been raised over both the current quality of this care and its future organisation. This article reviews the evidence on current practice focusing on epidemiology, health status and policy directives affecting primary health care. Four specific areas for service developments are identified: an individual focus within an epidemiological framework, the evaluation of the effectiveness of current therapies, practice organisations and the awareness of health within social care. It is proposed that an effective model of primary health care is possible, supported by research, training, inter-service collaboration and purchasing guidelines.