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Relief care in the Malvern Hills area: a users' perspective
- Author:
- HEREFORD AND WORCESTER. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Hereford and Worcester. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 46p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- Worcester
Survey of service and potential service users, designed to aid decision making for the future organisation of relief care services.
Respite family care and mental handicap in Newcastle: an evaluation of the FACE and STOP schemes
- Authors:
- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CITY COUNCIL. Policy Services Department, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CITY COUNCIL. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Newcastle. Policy Services Department/Newcastle. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 62p. + app., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Respite and parental relinquishment of care: a comprehensive review of the available literature
- Authors:
- NANKERVIS Karen L., ROSEWARNE Andrea C., VASSOS Maria V.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 8(3), September 2011, pp.150-162.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Families often have to relinquish care of a family member with a disability. The disabled person is often placed in respite care until suitable permanent accommodation is organised or they are able to return home. This literature review examined the issues associated with the need for urgent respite and how this need may link to relinquishment of care. Findings indicated that many families and carers feel that their respite needs are not being met and that certain individual and family characteristics are associated with need for urgent respite (such as severe disability, poor support, and carer distress). Relinquishment involving other client groups' suggests increased requests for respite being an early warning sign for relinquishment. It also notes that challenging behaviours, poor coping and lack of support, dire financial concerns, and carer distress are factors that often lead to relinquishment. Interventions such as active support and cognitive behavioural therapy can support families who are considering relinquishment or have relinquished care. Empirically based information regarding relinquishment of care involving people with intellectual disabilities is limited. The authors urge further research into this issue to aid the identification of strategies to more effectively support families.
A host of opportunities: second NHSN survey of family based short break schemes for children and adults with intellectual and other disabilities in the Republic of Ireland
- Author:
- HANRAHAN Des
- Publisher:
- National Home-sharing and Short Breaks Network
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 70p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Mullingar
The National Home-Sharing and Short Breaks Network is an association which supports the use, promotion and provision of host family based services for Irish citizens with intellectual disability, physical disability and autism. While the majority of respite services are centre based, the family-based model of providing short breaks to people with disabilities involves recruiting approved individuals, couples and families who agree to provide personalised breaks in their own homes as an alternative to traditional residential respite. In this report the terms short breaks with volunteer host families or paid contract families, and home sharing provided by host families are used in place of respite care and residential care respectively. The report describes the methodology for the questionnaire based survey of 30 schemes, run by 12 separate organisations, that provided overnight breaks with host families. It presents information from the survey about the hosts, the guests, and other issues. It concludes with a discussion of the findings, and makes recommendations for policy makers, managers and further research.
'Pick and mix': supporting carers to have a break
- Author:
- THOMPSON Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Connecting, 22, September 2009, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Community Connecting
The short break services provided by Heritage Care to help both people with learning disabilities and their carers is presented. The article explains how the introduction of personal budgets (including Individualised Service Funds) has enabled the organisation to develop more customised and flexible services. The organisation provides both residential and outreach services.
Give us a break
- Authors:
- JONES Vicky, SOUZA Anya, SUMMERS Jessica
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.8.95, 1995, p.4.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Short-term care provides rewarding experiences for service users and carers alike.
Time out
- Author:
- MARCHANT Catriona
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.12.93, 1993, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Respite care offers a much needed break for families of people with learning difficulties. The Natural Breaks project is a joint initiative between Liverpool SSD, MENCAP and the health authority. It focuses on enabling people with learning difficulties to use their chosen community and leisure facilities.
An overview of short term care services for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- STALKER Kirsten
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 4, 1992, pp.25-30.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Summarises some of the main features of short term care services, including their value base, range and type of facilities available, and organisational aspects. The likely implications of recent legislation for the development of short term care are then discusses, and reference is made to family support services in Europe.
Home to home: a review of family-based respite care in Dyfed
- Authors:
- SWIFT Paul, RANT Gordon, MCGRATH Morag
- Publisher:
- University College of North Wales. Centre for Social Policy Research and Develop
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 166p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Bangor
Review of a project for people with learning difficulties run by Barnardo's in Dyfed.
They keep going away: a critical study of short term residential care services for children with learning difficulties
- Author:
- OSWIN Maureen
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 275p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the history of respite care for children with learning difficulties, relates the experience of parents and staff, and gives guidelines on improving standards of care.