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Community based respite care for adults with mental handicaps
- Author:
- TYNDALL Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 15(4), December 1987, pp.156-158.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Comments on the increasing community based provision of respite care for adults with mental handicaps in Wales as a consequence of the All Wales Strategy.
Respite services for adults with learning difficulties: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The White Paper Caring for People cited as a key objective the development of domiciliary, day and respite services to enable people to live in their own homes wherever feasible and sensible. New research by the National Development Team has built up a picture of what respite services are provided for adults with learning difficulties by social services departments in England. As part of the study, the researchers explored 'innovative' respite services which are developing new approaches in nine local authorities.
Respite services (short-term breaks) for adult citizens with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- HAYES Lesley, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 23(3), 1995, pp.106-109.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Respite which has traditionally been perceived as a service for cares is increasingly being seen as one which also benefits service users. To gauge the extent to which this shift might be occurring, the definition of respite as applied by Social Services departments is explored. Despite a range of options across authorities, and an informal desire to shift the nature of provision, choice continues to be limited largely to residential provision.
Home-bound: crisis in the care of young people with severe learning difficulties; a story of 20 families
- Author:
- HUBERT Jane
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 126p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Details experiences of families who have a teenager or young adult who is severely or profoundly mentally handicapped and who also has serious behavioural problems. Focuses primarily on the nature of short term respite care received and the problems the families found with this. Concludes with recommendations for improving such services.
Work in progress: a report on the implementation of the All Wales Mental Handicap Strategy in West Glamorgan July 1990 to September 1991
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 76p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Bringing home the bacon
- Author:
- PHILPOT Terry
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.11.89, 1989, pp.21-24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
High levels of public spending and widespread decentralisation have been the keys to Denmark's community care policies.
Barriers to non-residential respite care for adults with moderate to complex needs: a UK perspective
- Author:
- SOUTHBY Kris
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 21(4), 2017, pp.366-386.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
Respite aims to alleviate the stress and burden of caring for someone with an intellectual disability and/or autism. Respite can take place in a number of different ways, but most commonly occurs in a residential setting. Based on survey and interview data with carers (CAs), service users and stakeholders (STs) in a northern city in England, this article explores some of the perceived or actual barriers to availing ‘non-residential’ respite. A number of barriers to non-residential respite are identified. Residential respite appears to be the default conceptualisation of ‘respite’ for carers, service users and stakeholders. Persuading carers, service users and stakeholders to give up the familiarity and safety of residential respite in favour of a non-residential alternative will be challenging unless those involved are more informed. Limitations and directions for future research are suggested. (Publisher abstract)
Reviewing respite services: some lessons from the literature
- Authors:
- COTTERILL Lesley, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 12(5), November 1997, pp.775-788.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Although the community care reforms raised the profile of respite services for adults with learning disabilities, little is known about the character of respite provision in Britain. This lack of information is compounded by the way the literature about respite is dispersed across user groups and is often restricted to particular types of services or to specific localities. Highlight some of the key issues associated with respite, and draws on a wide range of literature. Argues that a break with the traditional notion of respite as primarily a way to relieve carer burden is long overdue.
Reviewing respite services for adults with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- FLYNN Margaret, WILLOUGHBY Paul, ELEY Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 1(2), April 1996, pp.9-12.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Caring for people who live at home - a Department of Health initiative - triggered a review of respite services in Liverpool in 1993. Self-advocates from Liverpool's largest day centre, Holt Hall, were invited to work with the National Development Team to ensure and integration of their views and ideas. In contrast to most fact-finding about respite services, advocates made a significant and unique contribution to the review. Their critique and ideas have resulted in new prospects and possibilities for respite services in the city. This paper considers some of the issues which arose during the course of the audit.
The patchwork quilt
- Author:
- LINDSAY Meg
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.5.94, 1994, p.20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Respite care is often made from bits and pieces from services which are meant to be integrated, but not at the top of many agendas. This means that respite care uses borrowed funding and secondhand policies and practices. A survey in Scotland examined four types of respite care: hospital, residential, family-based, and domiciliary for seven main groups: older people, people with dementia, those with mental health problems, and children and adults with learning and physical disabilities, to find out the reality for carers. Also explores the possibilities for improving services for them.