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Day services in the nineties for people with learning difficulties in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- FLYNN Margaret, THOMAS Derek
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health and Social Services. Social Services Insp
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Normal lives: the financial circumstances of people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- DAVIS Ann, MURRAY Jean, FLYNN Margaret
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 35p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Accounts of the lives of 13 people with learning difficulties revealing considerable financial hardship and high levels of dependency on benefits.
Dying matters: a workbook on caring for people with learning disabilities who are terminally ill
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, BURNS Sophie, FLYNN Margaret
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 132p.,loose-leaf
- Place of publication:
- London
Dying Matters is a workbook for support staff and managers in learning disability services to help them address the needs of people with learning disabilities who are dying, and to explore their role in providing care and support. It will assist staff and managers to talk together about how to support someone in their service who is dying and/or plan ahead for the time when someone in their service needs care through terminal illness. It will also provide a guide to the roles of healthcare professionals and how best to communicate and work with them in the best interests of the dying person. The workbook is based on a research study funded by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities as part of the Growing Older with Learning Disabilities (GOLD) programme. It includes case studies of people who had been terminally ill while living in a range of residential services. People with learning disabilities should have good support and care when they are terminally ill. What does this mean in practice for staff working in residential and group settings? How can hospice staff best address the needs of people with learning disabilities? How can health professionals, home managers and support staff work together? How can they involve family members sensitively? By exploring the themes in this workbook and planning ahead, everyone can play their part in ensuring that there will be a range of high quality care and support consistently available to people with learning disabilities when they are dying.
GP fundholding and the health of people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- FLYNN Margaret, HOWARD Jacqueline, PURSEY Anne
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 31p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Back to the future: joint work for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- BROWN Stephen, FLYNN Margaret, WISTOW Gerald
- Publisher:
- National Development Team/Nuffield Institute for Health Services Studies
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 39p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report highlighting up-to-date experiences of joint work by community teams for people with learning difficulties. Draws lessons from the work of the teams and points to their wider application at a time when cooperation between health and social services is becoming ever more urgent.
This year, next year, sometime ...: learning disability and adulthood
- Authors:
- FLYNN Margaret, HIRST Michael
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit/National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 85p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Report presenting the findings of a survey of 79 teenagers and young adults with learning disabilities. Includes information about their friends, social lives, personal autonomy, and support, including contact with social workers. Also looks at their aspirations in respect of working, living arrangements and personal relationships.
A serious case review: James
- Authors:
- FLYNN Margaret, ELEY Ruth
- Publisher:
- Suffolk Safeguarding Adults Board
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 53
- Place of publication:
- Ipswich
Serous case review of Richard Handley, referred to as ‘James’, a 33 year old adult with Down’s syndrome and a moderate learning disability who was also diagnosed with a mental illness and hypothyroidism. He had lifelong problems with constipation. He lived in a Supported Living scheme, Goshawk Close, run by United Response. On 14 November 2012 he was admitted to Ipswich Hospital and following a surgical procedure under anaesthetic to remove impacted faeces, he died in hospital on 17 November 2012. Failings identified in the review include: poor monitoring of physical health needs; a lack of understanding about the use of the Mental Capacity Act; no specific arrangements for the supported living scheme to obtain support from specialist learning disabilities services; and lack of a multi-disciplinary approach to supporting physical and mental health needs. Recommendations include: named care coordinators for adults with learning disabilities and complex support needs; an annual review of health and social care needs; and ensuring services providing care to people with complex support needs have explicit access arrangements with NHS providers such as Community Learning Disability Teams. (Original abstract)
A serious case review: Amy
- Authors:
- FLYNN Margaret, ELEY Ruth
- Publisher:
- Suffolk Safeguarding Adults Board
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 55
- Place of publication:
- Ipswich
Serious case review of Amy, a woman with learning disabilities, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and known bowel problems, who died aged 52. She lived in a Supported Living scheme, Crane Court, run by Leading Lives. Amy was subject two safeguarding referrals, the first due concerns about supported living staff’s understanding of Amy’s health care needs discharge and the second following her discharge from hospital which took place without apparent full investigation or consideration of her health problems. Following her discharge from hospital Amy’s condition deteriorated and she died in hospital on 7 May 2013. Recommendations include: named care coordinators for adults with learning disabilities and complex support needs; an annual review of health and social care needs; and ensuring services which are providing care to people with complex support needs have explicit access arrangements with NHS providers such as Community Learning Disability Teams. (Edited publisher abstract)
Deep trouble: adults with learning disabilities who offend
- Authors:
- FLYNN Margaret, BERNARD Jennifer
- Publisher:
- National Development Team Publications
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 80p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Report of a National Development Team project undertaken with the aim of: ascertaining the life experiences of self selected adults with learning difficulties, mostly living in different conditions of detention, without recourse to other sources; and to host workshops for the purchasers and providers of services for adults with learning difficulties who commit crimes and to draw from these possible avenues for policy and action.
An overview of Barnardo's residential services for young people with a mental handicap
- Author:
- FLYNN Margaret
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 71p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Ilford
Focuses on eight residential projects, examining their aims and the age range of the young people accommodated. Describes the basic features of the management of the units. Summarises admission criteria. Gives an account of the experiences of three residents in different units, and outlines the views of other residents. Looks at the role of keyworkers, at creating comfortable homes, and links with families. Examines issues of neighbours and neighbourhoods and the roles of volunteers. Concludes with a chapter on lessons learned.