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LGBTQI+ video stories
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Place of publication:
- London
This resource presents five accounts of LGBTQI+ people and their care and support experiences. The stories focus on people with physical disabilities; people with mental health needs; people with learning disabilities; partners in adoption services; and older people and residential care. (Edited publisher abstract)
Supported decision making: experiences, approaches and preferences
- Authors:
- DAVIDSON Gavin, et al
- Publishers:
- Praxis Care, Mencap, Queens University Belfast
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 72
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This report presents the findings from research which explores how people are supported to make their own decisions. The report includes the results of a review of literature on supported decision making, including different approaches; a review of key guidance; and findings from interviews with 41 people with mental health problems and/ or intellectual disabilities carried out by peer researchers. The interviews provided an in-depth understanding of people’s experiences of support for decision making and their ideas on how decision making should be supported in the future. The research was funded by the Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL) programme and was led by Praxis Care in partnership with Mencap NI and Queen’s University Belfast. The findings identified three things that participants felt make decision making harder: the type of decision; the role of other people; and what the outcome might be. Time was also identified as an important factor. In terms of support, people said they would like: practical support including more accessible information; emotional support including someone to talk to; and sometimes the options to choose from. The report makes a number of recommendations for how support for decision making should be provided but also specifically for how these findings might help to inform how the new support principle in the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 should be implemented in practice. (Edited publisher abstract)
Overshadowed: the mental health needs of children and young people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- LAVIS Paula, BURKE Christine, HASTINGS Richard
- Publisher:
- Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 42
- Place of publication:
- London
A report, commissioned by Comic Relief, which shows that the mental health needs of young people with learning disabilities are often overlooked despite the increased risk these young people and their families face. The report is based on the results of a series of focus groups with young people aged 11-25, their parents and school-based professionals. It also draws on searches of the literature to identify the number of young people with both learning disabilities and mental health problems, facilitators and barriers to them and their families accessing support and relevant policy, guidance and practice. The report finds that children and young people with learning disabilities at increased risk of developing mental health problems due to social and emotional factors, such as living in poverty, parental mental ill-health and negative life events, rather than their disability. It also identifies barriers to early intervention to tackle risk factors, poor access to mental health services, a lack of joint working between different agencies and a lack of training and awareness in the mental health workforce. The report makes ten recommendations aimed at national and local agencies to help improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people with learning disabilities. (Edited publisher abstract)