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Independence day
- Author:
- CARLEY Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 10(5), June 2010, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
It is intended that all NHS campus accommodation will be closed by 2010 in the hope that moving into their own homes in the community will give residents with learning disabilities more choice, more control and greater access to healthcare and leisure activities. This article describes how Turning Point worked with commissioners in Kent to design a strategy to support up to 24 people with a wide range of learning disabilities make such a move. It looks at the transition process, how staff were retained where possible and the efforts made to help the residents, some of whom had very complex communication needs, understand the change. It was necessary to work closely with families to help them perceive the move as a benefit. Advantages of the new supported living arrangements include; increased socialisation and social inclusion, more contact with family and friends, and greater control over daily living, such as meal times and meal planning. The overwhelming reaction and tone of the article is positive however some lessons have been learned and will be implemented in further planned reprovisions. These include: building on what is already there; communication is key; keep families involved; and match personalities and interests for one to one support.
Time to move on: a hospital is not a home
- Author:
- TURNING POINT
- Publisher:
- Turning Point
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 20p.. bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines why is it taking so long to move people with a learning disability from hospitals. Turning Point thinks that there are four reasons: The government has not made it top priority; it is sometimes hard for people in the NHS and Social Services to work together; there is no extra money to help move people into the community; and there are not enough services for people with a learning disability locally.
Deinstitutionalisation in England
- Author:
- EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 29(1), March 2004, pp.79-84.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Looks at the effect of deinstitutionalisation in England of residential homes and hospitals for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Should NHS trusts be social care providers?
- Author:
- HARBRIDGE Elinor
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 12(4), April 1999, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
NHS learning disability trusts are reinventing themselves as social care agencies within community or mental health trusts. Asks whether this should be a cause for concern as long as residents are discharged from the NHS and their services are provided in the community.
Community care for people with learning disabilities: specialist learning disabilities health services following resettlement
- Authors:
- BAILEY Nicola M., COOPER Sally-Ann
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 27(2), 1999, pp.64-69.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes the specialist learning disabilities health services provided by the NHS Trusts in England and Wales which have completed their resettlement programme. Comparisons showed that NHS Trusts which had completed the resettlement process had significantly fewer long stay placements and employed significantly fewer learning disabilities psychiatrists than did other NHS Trusts. However, similar numbers of other learning disabilities health professionals were employed by the two groups of NHS Trusts to work with people with learning disabilities in the community. This suggests that when institutions close, the development of community health services has not been accompanied by the increase in resources that one might have expected.
Free from care
- Author:
- COLLINS Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.11.93, 1993, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Research by the author shows that community care for people with learning difficulties is often blocked by NHS trusts and staff. It was found that even when people manage to leave long-stay hospitals their new housing and support is often controlled and owned by an NHS Trust - which means going into housing replicating the group home model because it is easier operate a standard formula than respond to the individual needs. Difficulties also arise due to conflict of interest between purchasers in health authorities and provider trusts. Discusses the issues involved in resettlement of people with learning difficulties.
Changing places
- Author:
- COLLINS Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.6.92, 1992, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Relates research which has found community care for people with learning difficulties to be piecemeal, slow and lacking in trust and co-ordination between SSDs and the NHS.
Local support for people with a learning disability: fifty-eighth report of session 2016-17
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 64
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of the Public Accounts Committee which looks at progress in moving people with a learning disability out of mental health hospitals through the Transforming Care programme and providing support for people to live in the community instead. The Committee took evidence from the Department of Health, NHS England, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, and three charities about local support for people with a learning disability. It found that although some progress has been made, more needs to be done to address known barriers. It reports that that money is not moving with the patient to pay for support in the community, too many people with learning disabilities are not having care and treatment reviews, and that proposed changes to local housing allowance risk holding back provision of accommodation in the community. It also found significant local variation in the support available for people with learning disabilities in the community, including in access to health care and employment. The report makes six recommendations, including to set up a cross-government strategy for learning disabilities to improve their access to health care and opportunities to participate in the community. (Edited publisher abstract)
NHS learning disability services: implications of the Cornwall report
- Author:
- DOW John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 15(3), June 2007, pp.37-40.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
'NHS bodies who run care homes or domiciliary agencies must immediately seek to register their services with CSCI'. This was the first of a number of national recommendations in a report by the Heathcare Commission last year following and investigation into services for people with learning disabilities in Cornwall. This article considers the implications of this recommendation in the context of the requirements of the Care Standards Act.
Different strokes
- Author:
- McCURRY Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.5.99, 1999, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on worries over merging mental health and learning difficulties services.