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Personal social services local authority statistics: residential accommodation for elderly and younger physically handicapped people all residents...at 31/3/85, England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Security
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Security
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- np., tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Personal social services local authority statistics: residential accommodation for elderly and for younger physically handicapped people, all residents ...at 31/3/86, England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Security
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Security
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- np., tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Personal social services local authority statistics: residential accommodation for the elderly and for younger physically handicapped people: local authority supported residents, year ending 31 March 1985, England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Security
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Security
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 71p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A life apart: a pilot study of residential institutions for the physically handicapped and the young chronic sick
- Authors:
- MILLER E.J., GWYNNE G.V
- Publisher:
- Tavistock
- Publication year:
- 1974
- Pagination:
- 252p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Factors associated with the amount of public home care received by elderly and intellectually disabled individuals in a large Norwegian municipality
- Authors:
- DOHL Oystein, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 24(3), 2016, pp.297-308.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study reports an analysis of factors associated with home care use in a setting in which long-term care services are provided within a publicly financed welfare system. The study considered two groups of home care recipients: elderly individuals and intellectually disabled individuals. Routinely collected data on users of public home care in the municipality of Trondheim in October 2012, including 2493 people aged 67 years or older and 270 intellectually disabled people, were used. Multivariate regression analysis was used to analyse the relationship between the time spent in direct contact with recipients by public healthcare personnel and perceived individual determinants of home care use (i.e. physical disability, cognitive impairment, diagnoses, age and gender, as well as socioeconomic characteristics). Physical disability and cognitive impairment are routinely registered for long-term care users through a standardised instrument that is used in all Norwegian municipalities. Factor analysis was used to aggregate the individual items into composite variables that were included as need variables. Both physical disability and cognitive impairment were strong predictors of the amount of received care for both elderly and intellectually disabled individuals. The study identified a negative interaction effect between physical disability and cognitive impairment for elderly home care users. For elderly individuals, results also found significant positive associations between weekly hours of home care and having comorbidity, living alone, living in a service flat and having a safety alarm. The reduction in the amount of care for elderly individuals living with a cohabitant was substantially greater for males than for females. For intellectually disabled individuals, receiving services involuntarily due to severe behavioural problems was a strong predictor of the amount of care received. The analysis showed that routinely collected data capture important predictors of home care use and thus facilitate both short-term budgeting and long-term planning of home care services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Evaluation of residential training provision
- Authors:
- GRIFFITHS Rita, DURKIN Stuart, MITCHELL Alison
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 117p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Residential training is an employment programme designed to help long-term unemployed adults with disabilities and serious health conditions who are unable to access suitable local training to move off benefits into sustained employment or self-employment. This evaluation looks at the effectiveness of the programme.
Young, disabled and forgotten: report of the John Grooms inquiry into the needs of young disabled people
- Author:
- CHRISTOPHIDES Rachael
- Publisher:
- John Grooms
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 134p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Young disabled people, often with severe and complex conditions, are being denied a real choice about how and where they live. Lack of government funding, a postcode lottery of services, a chronic lack of data and negative attitudes about "residential care" among some policy-makers and professionals are to blame. More than a third of young disabled adults living in care homes are housed inappropriately, the report shows. According to the best available data, at least 9,000 are living in settings designed for a different client group - often in homes for older people.
Young, disabled and forgotten: report of the John Grooms inquiry into the needs of young disabled people: summary findings and recommendations
- Author:
- CHRISTOPHIDES Rachael
- Publisher:
- John Grooms
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Young disabled people, often with severe and complex conditions, are being denied a real choice about how and where they live. Lack of government funding, a postcode lottery of services, a chronic lack of data and negative attitudes about "residential care" among some policy-makers and professionals are to blame. More than a third of young disabled adults living in care homes are housed inappropriately, the report shows. According to the best available data, at least 9,000 are living in settings designed for a different client group - often in homes for older people.
Disabled children in residential placements
- Author:
- PINNEY Anne
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 68p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report draws together available information about the numbers, circumstances and outcomes of disabled children in residential placements provided by Social Services, Education and Health. There are around 13,300 disabled children in long-term residential placements, mainly in special schools, children's homes and hospitals. The report provides the most comprehensive picture yet of these children, drawing on education, health and social care data.
Should the CSCI review its own standards?
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 19(1), August 2005, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The author summarises key points from research carried out by the Tizard Centre and the University of Kent which confirmed criticisms that have been made of the Care Standards and inspection of them by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI). The studies findings suggest that the assessment of services using the national minimum standards does not yet reflect important user outcomes.