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- Authors:
- RAMCHARAN Paul, McCLIMENS Alex, ROBERTS Bronwen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.06.06, 2006, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Community care, as it affects individuals labelled with learning difficulties, offers a chance of inclusion within mainstream society. More recently, the government's policy on antisocial behaviour orders threatens to encroach on ideas of tolerance, acceptance and diversity. The authors discuss the potential effects on people with learning difficulties.
Community care in perspective: care, control and citizenship
- Editors:
- WELSHMAN John, WALMSLEY Jan, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 278p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
The book fills a major gap in medical and social history by offering a detailed account of community provision for so called "vulnerable adults", from 1948 in the UK. The book focuses primarily on people with learning difficulties, but offers insights into community care more broadly, particularly through the use of key themes. The book has a contemporary relevance to aspiring and existing practitioners in health and social care because although historical lessons do not provide any kind of blueprint for the future, an understanding of the evolution of community care is of practical help to policy makers and service providers in offering a context for their work.
Mental illness and learning disability since 1850: finding a place for mental disorder in the United Kingdom
- Editors:
- DALE Pamela, MELLING Joseph, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 234p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This collection of essays provides an assessment of the policies and practices devised to accommodate and manage a wide range of people with disabilities as well as mental illness. The last thirty years have seen many of the Victorian and Edwardian asylums and residential homes closed as alternatives to institutional care have been developed. It is suggested that the abandonment of these institutions and the limits of care in the community have led to public concern about the consequences of some of the policies that have been pursued regarding the care of those with mental disorders. The responsibility of families, neighbourhoods and wider society to care for their members has been the subject of debate in both historical and contemporary contexts. The authors emphasise the complexity of institutional systems: the workhouses, asylums, mental hospitals and hostels, illustrating the influence of medical and legal personnel as well as family members in the care offered to those identified as needing protection. Class relationships, gender and regional variations are revealed as factors which influenced the kind of psychiatric care provided.
Social work with people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Paul
- Publisher:
- Learning Matters
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 155p.
- Place of publication:
- Exeter
Based around the government White Paper, Valuing People (2001), this title is the only up-to-date book on the subject. It outlines the progress made towards achieving the paper's aims and helps students to work towards assessing the needs and circumstances of people with learning difficulties. Throughout the book case studies, summaries of contemporary research and suggestions for further reading aid and reinforce learning. Part of the Transforming Social Work Practice series, it is written for students on the social work honours degree.
A new movement in an old bureaucracy: the development of self-advocacy in the Czech Republic
- Author:
- SISKA Jan
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 34(3), September 2006, pp.139-145.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The author describes how self-advocacy has grown in the Czech Republic, and provides an overview of its relatively short history within the broader context of political and administrative change toward community-based services, and the slow process of de-institutionalisation. The development of the country's first self-advocacy group is also described. The author highlights the importance of the systematic support for self-advocacy groups in the Czech Republic.
Japanese culture and the philosophy of self-advocacy: the importance of interdependence in community living
- Author:
- TSUDA Eiji
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 34(3), September 2006, pp.151-156.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article explores the relationship between the philosophy underpinning self-advocacy and Japanese culture. It considers the variety of self-advocacy groups that have grown in Japan, and the context in which they have emerged. Elements of Japanese culture present a specific set of challenges for the values and ideas driving the global self-advocacy movement. The article examines the ways in which these ideas may need to be negotiated in order to support greater community living for people with learning difficulties.
A real life a real community: the empowerment and full participation of people with an intellectual disability in their community
- Author:
- MARTIN Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 31(2), June 2006, pp.125-127.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Autobiographical account by a New Zealand activist advocating the empowerment and social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in their community.
Proposed statement on policy and practice for adults with a learning disability
- Author:
- LEARNING DISABILITY IMPLEMENTATION ADVISORY GROUP
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Implementation Advisory Group
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 57p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The Proposed Statement is a comprehensive document, covering the lives of people with a learning disability and outlines the desirable outcomes in different areas of their lives. Areas such as community living and employment are covered in detail with a clear statement of what a person with learning disabilities should have and a list of detailed recommendations of how that aim can be fulfilled. The document is both a recognition that things need to improve for people with learning disabilities, and guidance of how that can be done. It builds on the All Wales Mental Handicap Strategy.
Mental health, incapacity and the law in Scotland
- Author:
- PATRICK Hilary
- Publisher:
- Tottel
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 1022p.
- Place of publication:
- Haywards Heath
This is a guide to mental health law in Scotland, including the changes brought about by the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 and the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. Mental health and incapacity law affect not just those subject to compulsory orders, but everyone with a mental health problem, dementia or a learning disability.This guide covers every aspect of mental health law, including tribunal procedure, procedures for adults with incapacity, community care, patients’ rights and legal remedies for when things go wrong.
Social inclusion and choice for adults with learning disabilities: some lessons from reprovisioning
- Authors:
- HUNTER Susan, PERRY Richard W.
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 18(3), September 2006, pp.207-219.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Based on a study of the relocation of adults with learning disabilities from a local authority hostel to individual and multi-occupancy tenancies, this article argues that well-intentioned reprovisioning policy initiatives struggle to strike a balance between imperatives concerned with managing the state's duty of care, realising social inclusion and securing the rights of individuals. Protracted implementation and changes to the timetable contributed to tension between speed and meaningful consultation and adversely affected the perceived reliability of information. Many residents, staff and relatives were neither clear about the reasons for change, nor were supportive of it. Initial scepticism amongst staff and relatives changed over time to appreciation of the value of the move and frequency of contact between tenants and relatives remained relatively stable. However, the shift from unit-based management to that of dispersed tenancies put staff autonomy, support and supervision under scrutiny. More fundamentally, the choices available to users were restricted to matters of daily living and routine and few staff felt enabled to support them to take full advantage of the move.