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'Is it for them or us?'
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.7.92, 1992, p.15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Offers guidelines for involving people with learning difficulties in conferences. Also lists the needs of family members and specific community groups to promote the active inclusion of everyone at a conference.
A tokenistic exercise? User involvement in service planning
- Authors:
- KAEHNE Axel, CATHERALL Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, August 2012, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
In recent years, policy makers have been increasing service user involvement in service planning, normally via consultation processes. However, the scope of these consultations varies greatly. This study investigated the views of two parents of children with learning disabilities who had been involved in steering groups designed to plan new services. Two themes were highlighted: the parents felt unable to comment on the details of the services due to a lack of understanding of the terminology used; and the link between user consultation and service planning was unclear. The article concludes that more research is required in order to understand how to effectively include service users in service planning.
A failing partnership
- Author:
- FYSON Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, May 2008, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
The University of Nottingham has undertaken recent research to investigate the impact of Learning Disability Partnership Boards. Partnership Boards were intended to: provide a place where service users and carers are given a voice and also operate as strategic planning bodies. This article summarises key findings of the research which found that the effectiveness of Partnership Boards is mixed, and largely depends upon the commitment of individual members. The research was commissioned by Mencap on behalf of the Learning Disability Taskforce.
Valuing people: what has it meant for people with profound and multiple disabilities?
- Author:
- FYSON Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Focus, 42, May 2005, pp.8-12.
- Publisher:
- RNIB
Reports on research from the Norah Fry Research Centre at the University of Bristol which aimed to find out what had changes had occurred within learning disability services since the publication of the 'Valuing People' white paper. The researchers looked at what was written in local plans for services for people with learning difficulties; interviewed self advocates and family carers about their experiences of being involved in Learning Disability Partnership Boards; interviewed chairs of Partnership Boards and interviewed commissioners of learning disability services about the changes they were trying to make in their area.
People, plans and practicalities: achieving change through person centred planning
- Authors:
- RITCHIE Pete, et al
- Publisher:
- Scottish Human Services Trust
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 196p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This book examines the thinking behind person centred planning when providing services for people with learning difficulties and looks at how the process works in practice. It focus in particular on joint working across services, including health and education, and looking at the person's whole environment.
Learning disability in Wales: a technical document produced by a panel considering people centred issues
- Author:
- CROWSON David (chair)
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office. NHS Directorate. Welsh Health Planning Forum
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
A plan for life
- Author:
- READ K.A.
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 25.4.90, 1990, pp.34-36.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Life planning for learning disabled people means consulting then assessing the whole range of their needs and regularly monitoring any action taken.
The illusion of power
- Author:
- RIDDINGTON Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.3.07, 2007, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
It is now almost six years since the establishment of learning disability partnership boards. Research has found that the partnership between public sector managers and lay members is not on equal terms as defined in the white paper Valuing People. Where primary care trusts cascade learning disability development funding to partnership boards it is possible to provide opportunities for people with learning disabilities to allocate money to enable "bottom up" initiatives to be supported.
Planning for life: involving adults with learning disabilities in service planning
- Author:
- CONCANNON Liam
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 211p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Can social care practitioners effectively involve people with learning disabilities in planning their services? Does user involvement for people with learning disabilities really benefit anyone? Policy and practice guidelines for working with people with learning disabilities state that users and carers must be consulted in the provision of services. However, whether this is useful or effective in practice has not yet been adequately considered. This book traces the development of services for people with disabilities and discusses how much things have really changed for today's 'service users' since the days of asylums. It also assesses whether the policy of involvement, such as that outlined in Valuing People, is achievable in practice or simply places unrealistic burdens on professionals and service users. Based on findings from original research and interviews, the author argues that involving people with learning disabilities in service planning is difficult to achieve successfully and is currently, to a large extent, tokenistic. This area of challenging practice and emotive debate is brought to life by the voices of service providers, carers and the service users themselves, and illustrates the realities of working with people with learning disabilities.
Too much talk?
- Author:
- FYSON Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.6.04, 2004, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Examines the changes that have been happening in services for people with learning difficulties in England since the 2001 Valuing People white paper. The article is based on the findings of the research project, 'Strategies for change' at the University of Bristol, funded as part of the Department of Health's learning disability research initiative which analysed local authority learning disability joint investment plans (JIPs). The results highlights the ongoing need for better planning and information systems and better involvement of service users and carers in planning service changes.