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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.
Having a good day?: people's stories: easy read
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
An easy read summary from a project which looked at the best ways to support people with learning disabilities to have something good to do in the daytime. It provides a number of stories of people with learning disabilities which bring together all the good points from the study.
Having a good day?: a study of community-based day activities for people with learning disabilities: a summary
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This project is about finding the best ways to support people with learning disabilities to have good community day activities. People with learning disabilities and carers are at the centre of this project. This knowledge review addresses a specific question: What has, and what has not contributed to the successful provision of community-based day activities for all people with learning disabilities?
Having a good day?: a study of community-based day activities for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, COLE Angela, et al
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 137p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This project is about finding the best ways to support people with learning disabilities to have good community day activities. People with learning disabilities and carers are at the centre of this project. This knowledge review addresses a specific question: What has, and what has not contributed to the successful provision of community-based day activities for all people with learning disabilities?
The Transinstitutionalisation of People Living in Licensed Boarding houses in Sydney
- Author:
- DRAKE Gabrielle
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 67(2), 2014, pp.240-255.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Deinstitutionalisation, one of the most significant social policies of the last century, was introduced into Australia from the 1960s, and involved the closure or downsizing of large institutions and the integration of people with disability and mental illness into the community. One of the community-based accommodation options for people leaving institutions was boarding houses. This paper presents the findings of a study into the use of licensed boarding houses for people with intellectual disability and people with mental illness in Sydney, Australia. The study aimed to explore how boarding houses operate as an accommodation option within the policy of deinstitutionalisation and the extent to which this accommodation type upholds human rights principles and contributes to residents' quality of life. Forty interviews were conducted with a range of participants including current and former residents, proprietors of licensed boarding houses, and staff of community organisations and government agencies about licensed boarding houses and the quality of life of residents. The study found that licensed boarding houses are a form of transinstitutionalisation and do not serve to enact the human rights principles articulated in current policy and legislation. (Publisher abstract)
Avoiding institutional outcomes for older adults living with disability: the use of community-based aged care supports
- Authors:
- ELLISON Caroline, WHITE Amy, CHAPMAN Libby
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 36(3), September 2011, pp.175-183.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Most people, regardless of ability or impairment, want to remain independent and living in their own home as they age. This study aimed to establish if accessing community-based aged care supports was perceived as assisting individuals ageing with a disability to remain living in their own homes and to avoid more institutional models of service. Sixty individuals aged 50 years and over with an intellectual, physical or neurological disability were interviewed to determine their perceptions in relation to ageing and the supports needed to remain living in the community. In addition, 26 staff and 6 family members were interviewed. The findings indicated that the participants receiving community-based aged care supports reported benefits including opportunities to develop relationships, maintain daily living skills, and participate in community activities. However, due to a lack of confidence in the availability of access to mainstream community-based aged care services, many participants felt vulnerable or unsure about their future and ability to remain living in their own home. Several participants commented that this meant that an undesired early relocation into residential aged care or congregate disability services appeared inevitable.
Deinstitutionalization and community living: outcomes and costs: report of a European study: volume 3: country reports
- Editors:
- BEADLE-BROWN Julie, KOZMA Agnes, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Tizard Centre
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 599p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
These country reports form the third volume of the final report from the European Union Project Deinstitutionalisation and community living – outcomes and costs: report of a European Study. There are 28 country reports included. The aim of each report is three-fold: to summarise the data collated for the template for each of the service types identified for that country; to comment on the completeness and adequacy of the data collated; to provide a commentary on the context and current situation for people with disabilities in each country. In order to analyse, summarise and compare data across countries, information received on each template was recorded into categories. It is these categories which are included in the data summaries at the beginning of each of the country reports.
Deinstitutionalization and community living: outcomes and costs: report of a European study: volume 1: executive summary
- Authors:
- MANSELL Jim, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Tizard Centre
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This project aimed to bring together the available information on the number of disabled people living in residential institutions in 28 European countries, and to identify successful strategies for replacing institutions with community-based services, paying particular attention to economic issues in the transition. The goal was seen as the provision of a flexible range of help and resources which can be assembled and adjusted as needed to enable all people with disabilities to live their lives in the way that they want but with the support and protection that they need. This is characterised by several features: separation of buildings and support; access to the same options as everyone else; choice and control for the disabled person and their representatives. Recommendations included: The European Commission should promote joint work between Member States and Eurostat to define a minimum data set for residential services for people with disabilities. The data set needs to be workable both for countries which still have services largely based in institutions, where the distinction between institutional care and care at home is very clear, and for countries which are in the advanced stages of replacing institutions with community-based services and independent living.
Deinstitutionalization and community living: outcomes and costs: report of a European study: volume 2: main report
- Authors:
- MANSELL Jim, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Tizard Centre
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 134p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This detailed project aimed to bring together the available information on the number of disabled people living in residential institutions in 28 European countries, and to identify successful strategies for replacing institutions with community-based services, paying particular attention to economic issues in the transition. The overall aim of the project was to provide scientific evidence to inform and stimulate policy development in the reallocation of financial resources to best meet the needs of people with disabilities, through a transition from large institutions to a system of community-based services and independent living. The reports includes: the identification and collation of existing national data sources; description of the sequence and process of service development; comparison of the costs of community-based vs. institutional services; identification of transitional costs; and the analysis of political and economic strategies used to manage costs. Major recommendations included the harmonised data set at a European level, the publication of statistics demonstrating progress in each country, and the cost- effectiveness of community versus institutional models of residential care and change over time.
Developing service user involvement in the South Korean disability services: lessons from the experience of community care policy and practice in UK
- Authors:
- KIM Deug Yong, ROSS Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 16(2), March 2008, pp.188-196.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper considers the scope for the integration of service user involvement within services for people with disabilities in South Korea at a time of rapid development in social policy and practice. Using the UK experience of introducing community care and a mixed economy of service provision over the last 14 years, this paper considers the barriers to service user involvement inherent in the South Korean context and concludes that in a society where there is a shortage of services and a provider-orientated delivery system where most services are delivered by voluntary organisations, more public services are needed and a ‘democratic’ rather than a consumerist approach to user involvement is required. Some elements of the UK system could inform the development of a systematic approach to user involvement in South Korea, notably the right to assessment within a care management structure, the setting of quality care standards and inspection processes and a complaints procedure.