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Housing support for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- HUDSON Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.04.08, 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Supporting people programmes are part of the personalised care agenda. The favoured model for providing housing and support to people with learning disabilities is some variant of supported housing or independent living. The Supporting People programme aims to improve housing related support to people who need help to retain their tenancies and secure independence. This article summarises the findings of research funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, to examine the impact of the programme on people with learning disabilities in England. Although it reveals that most users are glad to be in their own home, it expresses some problems with the way Supporting people is working in practice.
Does supported living equal better quality of life?
- Authors:
- LAXTON-KANE Martha, SMITH Angie, CROSSLAND Rosalind
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, September 2008, pp.35-37.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
A study by the Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust looked at quality of life for people who have an intellectual disability living across different environments: supported living; residential accommodation; and living with parents. The study used questionnaires to rate quality of life and to measure levels of intellectual disability and challenging behaviour. The findings suggest that people in supported living experience a better quality of life than people who live in other types of accommodation.
Reflections on supporting people: a case study of Outreach3Way
- Author:
- SCRAGG Terry
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 11(1), July 2008, pp.16-19.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes the experience of a service for people with learning difficulties in West Sussex (Outreach3Way) and the developments that have taken place since the introduction of supporting people (SP), and its impact on the organisation. With SP on the cusp of change, it is useful to look back at what has been achieved since its introduction in 2003 and what future holds as further changes beginning to have an impact on the service.
A better life: the implementation and effect of person-centred active support in the Avenues Trust
- Authors:
- BEADLE-BROWN Julie, HUTCHINSON Aislinn, WHELTON Beckie
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 13(4), December 2008, pp.15-24.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Engagement in meaningful active and relationships is important for quality of life but, for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, engagement depends on the quality of support received from those around them. This paper describes the process of implementing person-centred active support in the Avenues Trust, and the findings from the evaluation of the implementation in six pilot residential services. Attention was paid to both training staff and the level of increased engagement increased significantly after the introduction of person-centred active support. In addition, people experienced decreased self-stimulatory and injurious behaviour, increased opportunities for choice and control, and higher levels of participation in tasks of daily living, without compromising their community involvement. Staff experienced more and better practice leadership, and staff morale improved within the services, with staff generally more positive about management, more satisfied and less likely to leave. Lessons learned about the implementation are provided.
Flexible housing support for vulnerable people in Lancashire
- Author:
- SMOUT Lucy
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 11(1), July 2008, pp.11-15.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article outlines how the regional northern charity Developing Initiatives Supporting Communities (DISC) and twelve voluntary organisations banded together to win two government-funded Supporting People contracts to provide flexible housing support in North, West and South Lancashire. It explains who DISC and the 12 Lancashire partners are, and who benefits form independent living service they offer through one easily accessible service known as Compass. The partnership bucked the trend for large organisations to sweep away small local organisations in competitive tendering bids for public sector contracts. Users of their services range from people facing difficulties because of their age (teenage parents and the elderly), people coming out of hospital or prison, and individuals with drug, alcohol and mental health problems. This article summarises the lessons learnt.
What are we learning abut developing Individual Service Funds?
- Authors:
- COOPER Owen, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Connecting, 14, May 2008, pp.12-16.
- Publisher:
- Community Connecting
An Individual Service Fund (ISF) is when someone wants to use their individual budget to buy supports from a provider. Providers can develop ISFs in two ways. They can respond to individual commissions from care managers, individuals or their family or through the commissioning process. The other is to proactively transform the block contract monies that they receive and commit to using that money in an individualised way. Ideally this would be done with the commissioner. This article describes the approaches IAS (a provider of services for people with learning disabilities in Greater Manchester) has tried in order to develop more individualised services. Their development of ISFs is a natural extension of the work that IAS has been doing to deconstruct group homes and provide individualised services. The article includes a number of short case studies and also highlights the importance of creating and reviewing support plans
Four of the best
- Author:
- DAVIES Shane J.
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 88, Summer 2008, pp.16-19.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
KeyRing is a housing and advisory support organisation that exists to enable members of its Living Support Networks to exercise choice in and take responsibility for their own homes. The author talks to four people who’s stories highlight how KeyRing helped to improve their lives.
Let's live a little!
- Author:
- THORNTON Jacqui
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.01.08, 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how Hampshire Council has successfully implemented a supported living project for four young adults with learning disabilities.
Smart home technologies for health and social care support
- Authors:
- MARTIN S., et al
- Publisher:
- John Wiley and Sons
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 13
BACKGROUND: The integration of smart home technology to support health and social care is acquiring an increasing global significance. Provision is framed within the context of a rapidly changing population profile, which is impacting on the number of people requiring health and social care, workforce availability and the funding of healthcare systems. OBJECTIVES: To explore the effectiveness of smart home technologies as an intervention for people with physical disability, cognitive impairment or learning disability, who are living at home, and to consider the impact on the individual's health status and on the financial resources of health care. SEARCH STRATEGY: The following databases were searched for primary studies: (a) the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) Group Register, (b) the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), (The Cochrane Library, issue 1, 2007), and (c) bibliographic databases, including MEDLINE (1966 to March 2007), EMBASE (1980 to March 2007) and CINAHL (1982 to March 2007). The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) was also searched. A strategy developed by the EPOC Trials Search Co-ordinator was used to search the electronic databases. SELECTION CRITERIA: Study types included: randomised controlled trials (RCTs), quasi-experimental studies, controlled before and after studies (CBAs) and interrupted time series analyses (ITS). Participants included adults over the age of 18, living in their home in a community setting. Participants with a physical disability, dementia or a learning disability were included. The included interventions were social alarms, electronic assistive devices, telecare social alert platforms, environmental control systems, automated home environments and 'ubiquitous homes'. Outcome measures included any objective measure that records an impact on a participant's quality of life, healthcare professional workload, economic outcomes, costs to healthcare provider or costs to participant. The included measures were service satisfaction, device satisfaction and healthcare professional attitudes or satisfaction. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: One review author completed the search strategy with the support of a life and health sciences librarian. Two review authors independently screened titles and abstracts of results. MAIN RESULTS: No studies were identified which met the inclusion criteria. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: This review highlights the current lack of empirical evidence to support or refute the use of smart home technologies within health and social care, which is significant for practitioners and healthcare consumers. (Edited publisher abstract)
The road ahead: transition to adult life for persons with disabilities
- Editors:
- STOREY Keith, BATES Paul, HUNTER Dawn, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Training Resource Network
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 271p.
- Place of publication:
- St. Augustine, FL
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
Transition from school to adult life has been difficult for people with disabilities. This publication is for people with disabilities and their families and those who help them transition to a quality adult life. It provides ideas to help students have a meaningful life after school. The contents is organised in eleven broad chapters written by twenty-one experts in the field. Each chapter beings with a group of key questions that are addressed in the text. Each chapter also include a summary of best practice recommendations, future research issues and discussion questions. Topic covered include transition planning, assessment, instructional strategies, career development, adult employment, community functioning skills, social life, quality of life, supported living, and post-secondary education.