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Oi! It's my first assessment: everything you ever wanted to know about community care, your assessment and your care manager, but nobody bothered to tell you
- Author:
- People First
- Publisher:
- People First
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 17p.,illus.
- Place of publication:
- London
Booklet aimed at people with learning difficulties, explaining in words and pictures what community care is and how assessments work.
Funding freedom 2000: people with learning difficulties using direct payments
- Author:
- HOLMAN Andrew
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 132p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes how people with learning difficulties can be supported to access and use Direct Payments, and how potential problems and pitfalls can be circumvented. Begins with a section aimed at people with learning difficulties themselves and goes on to look at what is happening round the country and at how service providers can help people to get Direct Payments.
A comparative approach to evaluating individual planning for people with learning disabilities: challenging the assumptions
- Author:
- CARNABY Steven
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 12(3), June 1997, pp.381-394.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Individual planning in services for people with learning disabilities is used on the assumption that it encourages service users across a range of abilities to make important decisions about their lives. Although recent studies have questioned the value and effectiveness of such processes, the principles underlying the practice of individual planning are rarely challenged. This article considers important aspects of individual planning in London, comparing a system based on the principles of normalisation with a situation-specific, family-orientated system operating in Milan, Italy. Key factors such as the role of professionals and the involvement of service users are considered with the aims of the process.
Unlocking the future: developing new lifestyles with people who have complex disabilities
- Editors:
- McINTOSH Barbara, WHITTAKER Andrea
- Publisher:
- King's Fund Centre
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 212p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores ways in which services need to change to provide people with learning difficulties and very high support needs with lifestyles based on their own wishes and needs. Provides practical guidance for providing person centred services that will result in a better quality of life for users. Includes chapters on:planning; communication; health care in the community; education; transition to adulthood; supported employment; leisure; day care; managing changes in lifestyle; measuring progress; and care management and planning circles.
Keeping consumers at the centre of planning
- Authors:
- BRANDON David, HAWKES Annie
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 6(1), September 1999, pp.8-14.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
The authors suggest that assessment and care planning needs a system which can be understood by services users as well as by professionals. They show how the 'four magnets' - control, skills, pain and contact - can be unifying and holistic.
Understanding and responding to challenging behaviour: a service provider's experience
- Author:
- ASHMAN Beverley
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 2(4), October 1997, pp.36-43.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Many services struggle with the dilemma of providing quality residential services to people with learning disability who present behaviours which challenge services. This article describes how a service provider in North Yorkshire is approaching this dilemma. A weekly timetable has been introduced which incorporates all the service and service user requirements. This, backed up by training, external professional help and management attention, has led to a decrease in behaviours which challenge, an increase in team members' skills and confidence, and increased service user participation both in the house and in the community.
Planning for needs through the teenage years
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 3(4), June 1997, pp.24-28.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Looks at the transition to adult life for young people with learning disabilities or special educational needs and the importance of transition plans.
We have the technology: but have we the will?
- Author:
- GREIG Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care Management and Planning, 5(2), April 1997, pp.41-48.
- Publisher:
- Pavillion
Considers the current state of knowledge about developing effective, high quality services for people with learning disabilities, with particular emphasis on 'social care' provision. It questions why services across much of the country fail to respond to the lessons from research and evaluation which, combined with a greater emphasis on partnership between all stakeholders in services, could result in substantially improved outcomes for service users.
Funding freedom: a guide to direct payments for people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- HOLMAN Andrew, COLLINS Jean
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 85p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report aiming to: encourage people with learning difficulties to use Direct Payments and to suggest ways in which they may be used by people who might otherwise be thought unable to take advantage of them. Also: discusses how Direct Payments can be used flexibly to the best advantage of individuals with learning difficulties, including the option of using Direct Payments for one or more parts of a person's complete care package; identifies the safeguards needed by support schemes, such as Trust Funds, Service Brokerage, and Personal Assistance Schemes, to protect the best interests of people with learning difficulties; and identifies the systems and safeguards needed by Local Authorities to ensure that public money is properly spent in the service of people with learning difficulties.
Ageing matters: pathways for older people with a learning disability; unit six; service organisation and service options
- Authors:
- HARRIS John, BENNETT Lucille, HOGG James
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Unit six in a series of teaching aids for staff working with older people with learning difficulties. This unit looks at: learning outcomes; purchasers, providers and commissioners; aims and objectives for management; services; and care options for older people with learning difficulties. The final section is on: assessment, talking to users and their families and carers, purchasing care and reviewing needs and care.