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Going with the flow: choice, dementia and people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- STALKER Kirsten
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 48p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Report examining some of the issues facing older people with learning difficulties and dementia. Focuses on hearing the voices of users, and exploring the extent and nature of opportunities people have to make choices about their lives.
Preparing for a positive future: meeting the age related needs of older people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- WARD Cally
- Publisher:
- Association for Residential Care
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 211p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Chesterfield
Report from a development project, Positive Futures, looking at people with learning difficulties in the context of an ageing population and at what models of service and best practice should be developed as the needs of people with learning difficulties change as they grow older. Focuses on the challenges and opportunities for commissioners and purchasers, and service providers themselves, emphasising throughout the need to listen to users. Section four contains resources and information.
Has service user participation made a difference to social care services?
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, CARR Sarah
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 31p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper brings together the key themes and findings from the synthesis of six literature reviews on the impact of user participation on change and improvement in social care services. Reviews on older people, children and young people, people with learning difficulties and disabled people were commissioned by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). Reviews on mental health service user participation and on general user/ consumer involvement were commissioned by NHS Service Delivery and Organisation Research and Development Programme. The aim of this work is to give an overview or synthesis of these reviews in order to provide a comprehensive, accessible account of what is currently known about the impact of service user participation on change and improvement in social care services. It will also provide a basis for SCIE Practice guides on service user participation.
A synthesis of the evidence on peer research with potentially vulnerable adults: how this relates to dementia
- Authors:
- DI LORITO Claudio, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 32(1), 2017, pp.58-67.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: This study aims to identify the benefits, the risks and the practical challenges and to develop a model of good practice in peer research with people with dementia. Methods: The review conducted searches on PsycInfo, PubMed and Google Scholar for empirical investigations or discussion papers on peer research. Given the limited literature in the field of dementia, studies with groups who share similar demographics (older people), experience of stigma (mental health service users) and exclusion from research (people with learning disabilities) were included. No restrictions on language and publication date were applied. Analysis: Three themes were identified: the potential benefits, the potential risks and the practical challenges of peer research. The authors the developed a model of good practice. The European Working Group of People with Dementia reviewed the authors' paper and added to the findings. Results: Seven papers were included in the evidence synthesis. Potential benefits of peer research included enriched data and empowering people with dementia. Potential risks included power differentials between researchers and issues of representativeness. The practical issues for good practice included the training of peer researchers, defining involvement and roles, working with cognitive impairment and considering resource implications. The European Working Group of People with Dementia emphasised the importance of equality issues. Conclusion: Involving people with dementia in peer research can generate several benefits, including empowerment and opportunities for inclusion for the peer researchers and the research participants living with dementia, challenging academics' traditional views on research processes and gathering enhanced research data. There remains a need for further research on the impact of peer research in dementia studies. (Edited publisher abstract)
Older people
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, April 2006, pp.59-64.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
The article reports on a selection of research which examines the physical and mental risks in later life as well as the early detection of them.
Discussing the menopause with women with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- McCARTHY Michelle, MILLARD Lorraine
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 31(1), 2003, pp.9-17.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Traditionally, little attention has been paid to the menopause as it affects women with learning disabilities. Consequently, older women with learning disabilities have rarely been adequately prepared for, or supported through, what for most women is a significant 'change of life'. None of the existing literature focuses on the women's perspectives, but rather, looks at menopause from a medical angle, in particular focusing on the timing of onset. The research study described in the present paper is an attempt to gain some insights into the ways in which women with learning disabilities perceive the menopause. The main informants were women with learning disabilities themselves, but also general practitioners, staff in learning disability services and parents who still cared for their middle-aged daughters at home. The research project also involved the non-disabled researchers working alongside two groups of women with learning disabilities, who acted as advisors and consultants to the project.
Understanding care, welfare and community: a reader
- Editors:
- BYTHEWAY Bill, et al
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 374p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Care, welfare and community are three key concepts in contemporary social policy. This reader covers a wide range of topics associated with them and relevant to the delivery of care and support to adults. Groups covered include people with mental health problems, homeless people, older people, people with learning difficulties and people with impairments. The focus throughout is on how policies and practice can be developed appropriately and sensitively through an understanding of current issues.
A natural locally-based networking approach for singleton disabled elderly: implementation and case illustration
- Authors:
- KAM-SHING Yip, SUNG-ON Law
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 32(8), December 2002, pp.1037-1049.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The Good Neighbour Centre of the United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service in Hong Kong has implemented a natural locality-based supportive networking approach for disabled singleton elderly in a public estate (1991-2000). As part of this approach, various psycho-social interventions were developed over nine years to strengthen mutual support among neighbours, able-bodied elderly, outpatients suffering from mental illness and volunteers who were matched and integrated with the disabled singleton elderly person to form a locality-based naturally supporting community. Different stages of developing a natural, supportive community by networking were identified in this project: network assessment, network matching, network formation and network strengthening. The concepts of stable and constant mutual support, mutual development and mutual concern were stressed. Feedback from stakeholders was encouraging and the demonstrated improvement in the functional and psycho-social well-being of disabled singleton elderly and mental health outpatients was impressive and clear.
User friendly
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.4.99, 1999, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how user involvement is changing the face of social care from the outside in.
Eliciting user perspectives on what works
- Authors:
- STALKER Kirsten, GILLIARD Jane, DOWNS Murna G.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(2), February 1999, pp.120-134.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article considers how research with people with learning difficulties has developed a culture for hearing the views of service users. It outlines various methodologies, with considerations of their strengths and weaknesses. Then reviews the research in dementia care which features the subjective experience, and finally draws out lessons and identifies possible ways forward.