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Adult family placement schemes for older carers: perceptions of users, family carers, placement providers and social workers
- Authors:
- McCONKEY Roy, et al
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 55p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report culminates from research undertaken into the feasibility of adult placement schemes in meeting the needs of older carers and their relatives with learning disabilities in Northern Ireland. This research was funded in part by a grant from the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities, as part of the GOLD (Growing Older with Learning Disabilities) Programme.
Family placement schemes for adult persons with intellectual disabilities living with elderly carers
- Authors:
- McCONKEY Roy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities, 8(3), September 2004, pp.267-282.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Few family placement schemes involve adult persons, and rarely have they been targeted at older carers. Twenty-five carers, aged 55 years and over, of people with intellectual disabilities using one of two placement schemes in Northern Ireland were studied, along with a further 20 carers recommended for these schemes. Semi-structured individual interviews were used to obtain the views of carers, people with intellectual disabilities and placement providers. The placement schemes were very favourably received. Carers welcomed the break and valued the relationship with the placement provider. Individuals with disability reported greater opportunities to participate in activities. Placement providers were very satisfied with the way the schemes operated: the main complaint was the low level of payments. Key factors affecting the further development of services include recruitment of male providers, registration issues, training of providers and the difficulty in meeting the needs of multiply disabled persons.
A national comparative study over one decade of children with intellectual disabilities living away from their natural parents
- Authors:
- McCONKEY Roy, KELLY Fionnola, GRAIG Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 44(3), 2014, pp.714-728.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Children with intellectual disabilities are more likely than non-disabled children to live away from their families. Internationally, the aspiration is for them to live at home or in alternative family placements. This study uses national data on over 700 children from the Republic of Ireland to monitor their living arrangements over a ten-year period. In that time, the numbers of children in care had fallen significantly and especially for those in residential settings aged ten years and over. Nonetheless, proportionately more children with intellectual disability of all ages moved away from their families, especially those aged ten to nineteen years. However, compared to non-disabled children, fewer were placed in foster-care, although the extent of this varied across the local health areas. Over the ten-year period, only small proportions of children returned to their families or moved from residential to foster-care. These findings are combined with those from international studies to identify changes in service provision and social work. A particular challenge is the promotion of cross-sector working between mainstream child and family services with specialist disability services. (Publisher abstract)