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The person with mental handicap: preparation for an adult life in the community
- Editors:
- McCONKEY Roy, CONLIFFE Chris
- Publisher:
- St. Michael's House/Institute of Counselling and Personal Development
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 184p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Dublin
Reports on research findings from cross-border research in 1987 and 1988 into the needs of mentally handicapped people and the services provided to them through two markedly different service delivery systems.
Breaking through mental handicap
- Author:
- MELVILLE J.
- Journal article citation:
- New Society, 8.1.88, 1987, pp.18-22.
Reports on some research projects which aim to make an impact on community care for mentally handicapped people.
Expert opinions on community services for people with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems
- Authors:
- HEMMINGS Colin, AL-SHEIKH Alaa
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 7(3), 2013, pp.169-174.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
A total of 14 multidisciplinary professionals from specialist intellectual disabilities services in the UK were interviewed about their opinions on four key areas of community service provision. These included the review and monitoring of service users, their access to social, leisure and occupational activities, the support, advice and training around mental health for a person's family or carers and “out of hours” and crisis responses. The interview data was used for coding using the NVivo 7 software package and then analyzed using thematic analysis. Analysis of participants' views on these key essential service components produced wider themes of importance. The ten major emergent themes for services were: their configuration/structure, their clarity of purpose/care pathways, their joint working, their training, their flexibility, their resources, their evidence-base, being holistic/multidisciplinary, being needs-led/personalised and providing accessible information. Selective quotations are included in the article to illustrate the main themes. These views of experts can help inform further research for the development and the evaluation of services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Families’ views on their relatives with intellectual disability moving from a long-stay psychiatric institution to a community-based intellectual disability service: an Irish context
- Author:
- DOODY Owen
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 40(1), March 2012, pp.46-54.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In Ireland in recent years there has been a shift regarding the care of people with intellectual disability from a psychiatric hospital to residential homes within both community- and campus-based accommodation. This study aimed to explore families’ views regarding the movement of people with intellectual disability from a long-stay psychiatric institution to campus-based accommodation within a local intellectual disability service. The client group involved in the transfer consisted of 36 individuals who moved to 6 campus-based bungalows. Interviews were conducted with 11 family members and the data transcribed. Two key themes were identified: the positive transition resulting from the move; and the enlightened thinking that has developed as a consequence of the move. Overall the families expressed positive thoughts about the move to community houses, believing that life was better for their family members in the community compared to the institution. The study indicates the importance of care and care delivery from the family’s perspective, and the interaction of staff with families.
The state of care management in learning disability and mental health services 12 years into community care
- Authors:
- CAMBRIDGE Paul, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 35(7), October 2005, pp.1039-1062.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This paper reports on the organization of care management from a longitudinal study of community care for people resettled from long-stay learning disability and psychiatric hospitals. The findings from a 12-year follow-up of care management arrangements in 12 learning disability and eight mental health study site services are described. The diversity of care management arrangements found at earlier points in the evaluation remained evident. Also, many of the former ‘care in the community’ service users were excluded from mainstream care management arrangements in their localities. The difficulty of developing person-centred arrangements in learning disability and the lack of integration of the Care Programme Approach and care management were evident. The findings and observations are placed in the wider policy and practice context, with suggestions for taking care management forward nationally and locally.
Adults with learning disabilities: implementation of 'The same as you?' Scotland 2003
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Scottish Executive National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Home at last? The same as you? National implementation group report of the short-life working group on hospital closure and service reprovision - easy-read summary
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Ageing and intellectual disability in Israel: a study to compare community residence with living at home
- Authors:
- LIFSHITZ Hefziba, MERRICK Joav
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 11(4), July 2003, pp.364-371.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Compares ageing phenomena in 29 people aged over 40 with intellectual disabilities living in community residences with 31 living with their families to compare health status between the 2 types of settings and between the study sample and the general Israeli population of the same age group, and investigate whether deterioration occurs among the participants in activities of daily living (ADLs), cognitive ability and leisure activity. Health problems had already appeared by 40 among the participants. The most frequent were visual impairment (33%), hearing impairments (20%), heart problems (20%) and dental problems (30%). The community-based group displayed more medical problems than people living at home, whereas individuals living at home had more dental problems. Participants' functioning in ADL areas was high, with no evident decline reported during the previous 5 years. Concerning leisure time, a decline in functioning in both residential groups was observed, and, interestingly, scores for social life and leisure activities were better for the community-based group. There is a need for better dental service provision for people with intellectual disabilities living at home. The data provided can serve as a preliminary base for the development of geriatric services for older adults with intellectual disabilities in the community and also for further comparison with peers in the general population.
Research
- Authors:
- GILES Ann, CAMPBELL Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.5.00, 2000, p.35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors review research resources on the importance of key working and what people with learning difficulties think about the services they receive.
Community services available to older adults with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- BUYS Laurie, RUSHWORTH Jennifer S.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 22(1), March 1997, pp.29-37.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
As older adults with intellectual disabilities live longer and reside in community-based accommodation, the availability of support programmes and services becomes important to the maintenance of independent living. One hundred and sixty-two community-based organisations in Brisbane, Australia, that assist older adults or people with intellectual disabilities were surveyed regarding the types of programmes offered to older adults with intellectual disabilities. Reports on the services provided by these agencies.