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Person-centred future planning
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publishers:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
A quick guide to help practitioners to support people growing older with learning disabilities when they are planning for the future. The guide covers person-centred planning for now, core principles for planning for the future; creating a future plan; and planning for future housing. The content is based on the NICE guideline on 'Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities.' The quick guide is available as a pdf and as an interactive web resource. (Edited publisher abstract)
Wellbeing for life: reducing the risk of falls
- Author:
- MACINTYRE
- Publisher:
- MacIntyre
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- Milton Keynes
Using bullet points, this short publication provides information on reducing the risk of falls in people with learning disabilities. It covers the areas of: the impact of falls, how to reduce the risk of falls, how dementia can affect a person's perception, supporting people after a fall, and accessing Falls Prevention Clinics. It reports there is good evidence that falls are more common in people with learning disabilities throughout their lives, not only as they age. It is part of the Wellbeing for Life toolkit created for the MacIntyre Dementia project in order to promote understanding about getting older with a learning disability and living well with dementia. (Edited publisher abstract)
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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)
Statistics on community care for adults in Northern Ireland 2017/18
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health. Community Information Branch
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health. Community Information Branch
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 93
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Statistical information on community care services gathered from health and social care (HSC) trusts. It includes details of contacts with HSC trusts, the number of care packages in effect, number of people in receipt of meals on wheels services, residential and nursing accommodation and day care registrations. It reports that between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018, 29,228 people in the Elderly Care, Learning Disability and Physical & Sensory Disability were in contact with HSC Trusts in Northern Ireland. (Edited publisher abstract)
Commissioning better oral health for vulnerable older people: an evidence-informed toolkit for local authorities
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 43
- Place of publication:
- London
This toolkit provides an overview of the impact of oral diseases in vulnerable older people and presents the evidence of what works to improve oral health to inform commissioning. It focusses on those groups for which adult social care departments in local authorities commission services, which include: residential and nursing home residents, older people living with dementia, older people living with learning disabilities, and frail older people. It describes the opportunities for commissioning programmes to improve the oral health of vulnerable older people and looks at financial approaches that could maximise the value for the investment. It also provides a summary of recommendations from a supporting evidence review and from relevant NICE guidelines, to help local authorities to maximise oral health outcomes. It is one of a suite of resources to support local authorities to review, develop or commission services to improve the oral health of vulnerable older adults. (Edited publisher abstract)
Evaluation of the Older Carers Project delivered by Every-One (formally known as Lincolnshire Carers and Young Carers Partnership, LCYCP)
- Authors:
- DEVILLE Jane, DAVIES Helen, KANE Ros
- Publisher:
- University of Lincoln
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 48
- Place of publication:
- Lincoln
An evaluation of project providing support for carers over the age of 55 with grown up children with learning disabilities to help them produce contingency and future care plans. The project aimed to ensure older carers were known to Lincolnshire County Councils and also that when the carers could no longer continue in their caring role, sufficient plans were in place to avoid a crisis where their son or daughter may be forced into residential care. The project was funded by Lincolnshire County Council, through the Better Care Fund, and delivered by Lincolnshire Carers and Young Carers Partnership. The evaluation interviewed 12 carers about the support they had received from the Project, the future planning they had undertaken and any benefits of the intervention. The evaluation found the Older Carers Project had been a successful in helping carers set up emergency and future plans. Participants highly valued the support they had received from project support workers, talked positively about the flexibility of the support, the role and knowledge of the project support workers and the delivery of the project by a third sector organisation. Participants also valued having a service aimed at themselves rather than their sons or daughters. In some cases the project had highlighted benefits, services and support that the carers did not know they were entitled to. Overall the preparation of plans enabled carers to feel more positive about the future for themselves and the future care their son or daughter may receive. (Edited publisher abstract)
Statistics on Community Care for Adults in Northern Ireland 2016 - 2017
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health. Community Information Branch
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health. Community Information Branch
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 92
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Statistical information on community care services gathered from health and social care (HSC) trusts. It includes details of contacts with HSC trusts, care packages in effect, meals on wheels services, residential and nursing accommodation and day care registrations. It reports that between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017, 28,653 people in the Elderly Care, Learning Disability and Physical and Sensory Disability POC’s were in contact with HSC Trusts. As at 30 June 2017, there were 5,238 residential places available, a 1 per cent increase from the previous year. Of these 59 per cent were in independent residential homes, while 21 per cent were in statutory residential homes and 20 per cent in dual registered nursing homes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Housing with care and support: a snapshot of the sector and its challenges and opportunities
- Author:
- SKILLS FOR CARE
- Publisher:
- Skills for Care
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Using five in-depth case studies of housing with care and support providers, this paper explores the strategic and operational issues they face, the influence these have on their workforce and what they saw as the future challenges ahead. The five case studies focused on extra care housing for older people and supported living for people with learning disabilities. The services were set up using different delivery models, some splitting the landlord function from the housing support function and some separating the housing from the care function, with some keeping all three together. Issues discussed include: the structure of the service and its effect on learning and development, workforce planning; recruitment and retention; progression and career development; and partnership, integration and changing expectations of commissioners and their influence on the workforce. Common themes identified across the sites included: challenges in recruitment and retention; lone working as a factor in poor staff retention; and an increasing number of people with high levels of need living in extra care housing, placing the model at risk. Common gaps in learning included mental health, substance dependence, anti-social behaviour, challenging behaviour and preventing loneliness. (Edited publisher abstract)
The state of Shared Lives in England: report 2017
- Author:
- SHARED LIVES PLUS
- Publisher:
- Shared Lives Plus
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- Liverpool
This report draws a survey of Shared Lives schemes in England to provide an analysis of services across England for the period 2015/16. The report provides figures on the numbers of people who use Shared Lives services, the type of arrangements they live in (live-in, short break and day support), the regional breakdown of services, the number and characteristics of carers, and staffing levels. The report finds that the Shared Lives sector has grown by 5 per cent over the past year, with approximately 11880 people being supported in Shared Lives arrangements. People with learning disabilities remained the primary users of the service, making up 71 percent of all users. This is despite a small reduction in the number of people with learning disabilities accessing the service in the previous year. The next largest group getting help from Shared Lives were people with mental health problems, who made up 8 per cent of users. Short case studies are included to illustrate the benefits of Shared Lives schemes. It ends with key learning from the past year and identifies some of the key factors and barriers to the successful expansion of Shared Lives. (Edited publisher abstract)
Housing choices discussion paper 3: characteristics of housing and support options: inclusion, rights, choice and control
- Authors:
- HARFLETT Naomi, et al
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- Bath
This paper sets out the different characteristics of housing and support options in terms of the level of choice, control, rights and inclusion they offer to people with care or support needs. Using the housing and support categories identified in the typology in briefing paper 2, the paper uses a table to show what each of the options offer. Characteristics cover: choice over who to live with, choice in relation to nature and level of support, choice over who supports, control over what happens in the home, own front door, security of tenure, rights to full welfare benefits, CQC regulated, community location, sole or shared ownership, and which client groups the housing caters for. The discussion paper aims to stimulate feedback and comments which will be used to inform a final position paper. It focuses specifically on housing and support available for older people, people with learning disabilities and people with mental health problems (Edited publisher abstract)