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Policy into practice: growing older with a learning disability
- Author:
- THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 21(3), 2003, pp.71-78.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Identifies the major support needs for older people with learning difficulties. Goes on to discuss the impact of two recent policy documents in England: the 'National Service Framework for Older People' and 'Valuing people: a new strategy for learning disability in the 21st Century' on the lives of older people with learning difficulties.
Misplaced and forgotten: people with learning disabilities in residential homes for older people
- Author:
- THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 5(1), February 2002, pp.19-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
A significant number of people with learning disabilities live in nursing and residential homes for older people. Based on research undertaken by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities, this article describes why they entered these services and their lives once there. It raises serious concerns about their quality of life and challenges learning disability services to meet better the needs of people with learning disabilities as they age.
Well, we’ve all got to get old haven’t we?:reflections of older people with intellectual disabilities
- Author:
- THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 37(3/4), 2002, pp.7-23.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The findings of a qualitative study of the perceptions and experiences of a select group of aging older people with intellectual disabilities are reported. The study data were drawn from the collective responses of 242 questionnaires completed by a group of older people with intellectual disabilities (ID) and their carers in the United Kingdom. The study was designed to provide qualitative insight into the lives of a select group of older adults from the vantage point of their perceptions and memories. Results suggest that the physical changes associated with aging do not appear to be a major concern for older people with ID. What is more of concern are other changes, only some of which are related to aging (such as, changes in the services and family circumstances).
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.
Growing older with learning disabilities: the GOLD programme
- Author:
- THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 7(2), April 2002, pp.19-26.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Provides an overview of the GOLD programme at the Foundation for people with Learning Disabilities. It describes the work of the 23 funded projects in a context of wider research concerning ageing and learning disabilities. Particular attention is given to those people living with older family carers and those living in residential services for older people. The picture is of services that offer little confidence for the future, as people with learning disabilities grow older.