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Assisting individuals ageing with learning disability: support worker perspectives
- Authors:
- WARK Stuart, HUSSAIN Rafat, EDWARDS Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 20(4), 2015, pp.213-222.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: While ageing with an intellectual (learning) disability has been subject to increased research in recent years, there remains little knowledge regarding the daily practice issues that disability workers struggle most to support in this cohort. This paper aims to gain feedback directly from staff regarding the problems they experience in daily work, and to evaluate whether any changes to legislation or practice could potentially alleviate identified areas of concern. Design/methodology/approach: A Delphi project was conducted over three rounds with participants from rural areas of New South Wales (NSW). The panel was composed of support workers who assist people ageing with a learning disability. Participants were asked their perceptions of the main practice issues facing them while they provide support. Findings: The panel identified 29 issues that were considered problematic in the provision of support to people ageing with a learning disability. A thematic analysis indicated three main themes of access to services; time constraints; and funding. Research limitations/implications: The participants in this study were all disability workers employed by non-government organisations in rural NSW, and as such, many of the issues identified may be specific to this population cohort and geographic setting. Any generalisation of these results to other locations or populations must be considered within these limitations. Originality/value: Identification of the issues facing disability staff may facilitate government, health care providers and disability organisations to proactively plan to address current and future problem areas. The consequent effect of improving practices can assist individuals to receive better support and lead to a corresponding improvement in their quality of life. The current implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in Australia is an ideal opportunity for cross-sectoral collaboration to change practice to facilitate better support for a highly vulnerable group of the community. (Publisher abstract)
Beset by obstacles: a review of Australian policy development to support ageing in place for people with intellectual disability
- Author:
- BIGBY Christine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 33(1), March 2008, pp.76-86.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Australian government policy regards people with intellectual disability (ID) as citizens with equal rights, which means that they should have access to the same opportunities as the wider community. Ageing in place is central to aged care policy in Australia for the general population. This paper reviews policy to support the provision of similar opportunities to age in place for people with ID, and the reasons for its slow development. Due to lifestyle patterns earlier in the life course, many people with ID experience a mid-life disruption to their accommodation, and may live in a group home as they age or may move prematurely to residential aged care. The absence of mechanisms to adjust disability funding as needs change, and the existence of policy that denies residents in group homes access to community-based aged care, forces disability services to “go it alone” to support ageing in place. Despite a national priority to improve the interface between the disability and aged care sectors, administrative and funding characteristics continue to obstruct the development of implementation strategies to support ageing in place for people with ID, which remain at the stage of an exploration of the issues.
Brown puts children first but will other services have to pay for it?
- Author:
- JERROM Clare
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.7.02, 2002, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Outlines the Chancellors decision to put more money into children's services, and looks at the client groups who may from lack of resources because of it.
A stitch in time
- Authors:
- MILNE Alisoun, MORGAN Dennis
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.7.97, 1997, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
In an effort to direct limited resources to where they are needed, Berkshire social services invested in preventive services. The authors explain how this has helped vulnerable people in the county.
Handling other people's money
- Author:
- MEANS Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 2(4), June 1996, pp.25-28.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Charging elderly people for community care services is bringing increasing complexities and anxieties for care managers. This article describes the findings of a recent survey and gives a guide to the legal and administrative framework of handling other people's money.
Service profile: adult placement scheme
- Author:
- LEICESTERSHIRE. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Leicestershire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 20p.,tables,diags.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
Evaluation of a scheme for elderly, mentally handicapped and other vulnerable adults, providing both short and long term placements. Looks at funding, procedures, characteristics of service users, and views of carers and clients.
Planning for tomorrow: report on the findings of a survey of Learning Disability Partnership Boards about meeting the needs of older family carers
- Author:
- FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is part of the on-going Older Family Carers Initiative, a three-year project led by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities in partnership with organisations working to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities and their families, and the Valuing People Support Team. It is aimed at supporting Partnership Boards to identify, meet the needs and plan for the future of older family carers of people with learning disabilities.
Misplaced and forgotten: people with learning disabilities in residential services for older people
- Authors:
- THOMPSON David, WRIGHT Sarah
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 21p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The reason why people with learning disabilities enter residential homes for older people is largely unrelated to their own ageing. Most people coming from living with family move because of their relative's ageing or death. Others move because of closure of services. The people with learning disabilities in the homes for older people lead very impoverished lives with few opportunities to get out. There are financial incentives for local authorities to use older people's services rather than developing a good quality learning disability provision. Until this addressed, the common practice of misplacing people with learning difficulties and then forgetting them will continue.
The purchaser/provider partnership: developing the mixed economy in Wigan
- Author:
- WALKER Bernard
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care Management and Planning, 4(3), June 1996, pp.87-93.
- Publisher:
- Pavillion
Presents an historical perspective on the approach adopted by Wigan Social Services Department to the development of a mixed economy of care following the NHS and Community Care Act, 1990. It highlights in particular the opportunities provided by the Special Transitional Grant, and how these were taken in the borough. Details are given of service innovations in residential and nursing home care, meals on wheels, services for carers and learning disability services.
Long-term care: future provision and funding; minutes of evidence, Thursday 14 December 1995
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 163p.
- Place of publication:
- London