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Can we close the gap between valuing people and our service system?
- Author:
- O'BRIEN John
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 15(4), 2002, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Asks whether the way in which services are provided can change sufficiently to support a person-centred approach, and deliver real changes in the lives of people with learning difficulties as set out in Valuing People.
Shifting the focus to the learner's needs
- Author:
- MAUDSLAY Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Adults Learning, 13(7), March 2002, pp.17-18.
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
The concept of person centred planning is central to the Department of Health White Paper Valuing People. Further documents issued under the general title, 'Planning with people - towards person centred approaches' reinforces this policy. Looks at the implications for people with learning difficulties.
Services for people with learning difficulties in Hereford and Worcester
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Evaluates the delivery of services to the mentally handicapped, and proposes changes in interagency planning and provision of services.
Meeting the health needs of people who have a learning disability
- Authors:
- THOMPSON Jeanette, PICKERING Sharon
- Publisher:
- Bailliere Tindall
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 347p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The notion of addressing the poor health and promoting good health for people who have a learning disability is relatively new. Concepts such as normalisation and integration of people into the local community and providing an inclusive rather than exclusive ethos for care, have led to the policy that people with learning difficulties have the right to be treated with the same respect as every one else. This includes their right to live long and healthylives.
Issues in the management of clients with the dual diagnosis of learning disability and mental illness
- Author:
- BARLOW C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 3(3), 1999, pp.159-162.
The dual diagnosis of learning disability and mental illness represents a significant challenge to health and social care practitioners and their existing practices. Currently this group has its service delivery undermined by inter-agency wrangling over responsibility for management and resource allocation. The key to resolving these problems lies in effective multi-agency collaboration. This paper examines the taxing problems of assessment, planning and intervention in this arena. It will offer examples of good practice from the Area Child Protection Committee model.
Younger people with dementia: planning, practice and development
- Editors:
- COX Sylvia, KEADY John
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 328p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes chapters on: a medical overview of assessment and service responses for younger people with dementia; epidemiological issues; needs assessment and individual and strategic care planning; multi agency perspectives and person centred planning; HIV related brain impairment; Huntington's Disease; learning disabilities and dementia; alcohol related brain impairment; experiencing the worlds of younger people with dementia; negotiating caregiving and employment; young carers; family caregiving; psychosocial interventions; support groups for people with early stage Alzheimer's Disease; training and younger people with dementia; and developing an agenda for change in service provision.