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Family placement schemes offering long-term care for adults with learning disabilities: a review of the evaluation literature
- Author:
- DAGNAN Dave
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 12(4), September 1997, pp.593-604.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reviews evaluation studies of family placement schemes offering long-term care for adults with learning disabilities in Britain. The model is widely used, but there is very little research describing such schemes. It is suggested that evaluation is made difficult because the goals of placement schemes for people with learning disabilities are not made clear in the literature. A theoretical structure for education based upon an ecological view of quality of life is suggested and research is reviewed within this model. Where possible, comparisons are made to American literature on similar models of care.
The stresses and rewards of being a carer in a family placement scheme for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- DAGNAN Dave
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 22(4), 1994, pp.127-129.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study examines some of the stresses, rewards and motivations associated with being a carer in a family placement scheme offering long-term care to adults with learning disabilities. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 20 carers in a family placement scheme in the North of England. The carers reported that the greatest stress is caused by factors such as severe incontinence or challenging or a social behaviour. The rewards gained from being a carer were both altruistic, for example seeing the clients develop towards greater independence, and personal, for example in fulfilling a need to care described in terms of the general caring roles of a parent, spouse or professional carer. The lack of research into this model of care is highlighted.