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Disability benefits
- Author:
- GREEN Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(6), February 1998, p.203.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
People with disabilities living independently in the community can claim a range of benefits to meet their special care needs. Looks at some of the benefits currently under review in the government's welfare reform programme.
Home at last: how two young women with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities achieved their own home
- Authors:
- FITTON Pat, O'BRIEN Carol, WILLSON Jean
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 205p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Follows attempts to help two young women with disabilities achieve a home of their own, with 24 hour support. Two of the authors are their parents. Contains practical information for parents, social workers, and carers, on planning and financing, setting up a home support scheme, and making it work successfully. Gives an insight into the practical realities of new patterns of living in the community for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.
Life in the community: case studies of organizations supporting people with disabilities
- Editors:
- TAYLOR Steven J., BOGDAN Robert, RACINO Julie Ann
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 298p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Report of a study of innovative community integration efforts around the USA.
The provision of support services: for young adults with physical and mental handicaps
- Authors:
- THOMAS Andrew P., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 16(3), September 1988, pp.92-96.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
The existing deficiencies could be remedied by multi-disciplinary teams for adults with handicaps.
Avoiding institutional outcomes for older adults living with disability: the use of community-based aged care supports
- Authors:
- ELLISON Caroline, WHITE Amy, CHAPMAN Libby
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 36(3), September 2011, pp.175-183.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Most people, regardless of ability or impairment, want to remain independent and living in their own home as they age. This study aimed to establish if accessing community-based aged care supports was perceived as assisting individuals ageing with a disability to remain living in their own homes and to avoid more institutional models of service. Sixty individuals aged 50 years and over with an intellectual, physical or neurological disability were interviewed to determine their perceptions in relation to ageing and the supports needed to remain living in the community. In addition, 26 staff and 6 family members were interviewed. The findings indicated that the participants receiving community-based aged care supports reported benefits including opportunities to develop relationships, maintain daily living skills, and participate in community activities. However, due to a lack of confidence in the availability of access to mainstream community-based aged care services, many participants felt vulnerable or unsure about their future and ability to remain living in their own home. Several participants commented that this meant that an undesired early relocation into residential aged care or congregate disability services appeared inevitable.
Developing service user involvement in the South Korean disability services: lessons from the experience of community care policy and practice in UK
- Authors:
- KIM Deug Yong, ROSS Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 16(2), March 2008, pp.188-196.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper considers the scope for the integration of service user involvement within services for people with disabilities in South Korea at a time of rapid development in social policy and practice. Using the UK experience of introducing community care and a mixed economy of service provision over the last 14 years, this paper considers the barriers to service user involvement inherent in the South Korean context and concludes that in a society where there is a shortage of services and a provider-orientated delivery system where most services are delivered by voluntary organisations, more public services are needed and a ‘democratic’ rather than a consumerist approach to user involvement is required. Some elements of the UK system could inform the development of a systematic approach to user involvement in South Korea, notably the right to assessment within a care management structure, the setting of quality care standards and inspection processes and a complaints procedure.
Independent living arrangements for younger disabled people: Brighton and Hove; 20 September - 1st October 1999
- Authors:
- OWENS Christine, BOOTH Lois, DIEPPE Matthew
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. South Inspect
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Becoming a personal assistant: what you need to know
- Authors:
- RUCKER Lyn, NIELD Gary, TRAVIS Luke
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Practical guide for people thinking about becoming a personal assistant. Looks at: what personal assistance services include; who uses personal assistance; and what there services are intended to do for the people who use them. Also outlines what the job entails and the work environment.
Inspection of independent living arrangements for younger disabled people: Stockport MBC; September 1999
- Authors:
- WATSON Alan, WOLSTENCROFT Tom
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. North West In
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 61p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
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Inspection of independent living arrangements for younger disabled people: the City of Westminster; 2-16 November 1999
- Author:
- ROBERTS Edward
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 61p.
- Place of publication:
- London