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Residential provision for people with learning disabilities: summary report
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. Hester Adrian Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 19p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Summary of a review, commissioned by the Department of Health, of residential provision for people with learning difficulties. The review aims to: produce a summary of existing research relating to the cost, quality and differing forms of residential provision in the UK; to utilise the 1991 Census to describe current provision; to begin to map out, through consultation and visits, the defining characteristics and differing approaches to residential provision; and to generate a list of recommendations concerning the conduct of future research into the subject.
Residential care debate
- Author:
- McMILLAN Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 14.8.96, 1996, pp.62-63.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
A recently released report commissioned by the Department of Health has confirmed that people with learning disabilities are more likely to thrive in smaller homes in the community than in larger hospitals. The author looks at the reopened debate over the value of village communities.
Standard setting
- Authors:
- WARNER Norman, CLOUGH Dick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.6.96, 1996, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors argue a unified system of standards in residential homes is the only way to ensure quality and consistency, but ask what is the benchmark against which they are measured.
A sheltered start
- Author:
- CAMPBELL Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Caring Times, March 1996, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reports on the newly opened home, Mali Jenkins in the West Midlands, which is the first specialist residential unit in the UK for people with Parkinson's disease.
Special grant report no. 17
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Letter accompanying the Local Government Finance (England) Special Grant Report no. 17 which was laid before the House of Commons on 18th March 1996. The circular expires on 1st April 1997.
Moving into a care home: things you need to know
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 34p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Clearly laid out leaflet, aimed at older people, on the practicalities of moving into residential care.
Inspection of South Africa Lodge voluntary children's home, Portsmouth: October 1996
- Authors:
- DEARNLEY J., TUCKWELL M
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. South and Wes
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among adults living in institutions
- Authors:
- MELTZER Howard, et al, GREAT BRITAIN. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 110p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report presenting the findings of a survey of the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among adults living in residential care. Shows variations in prevalence between different types of institution, including hospitals, residential care homes and alternative types of residential accommodation.
Inspection of Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa, 67 Warren Drive: 19-20 November 1996
- Authors:
- DOBLE Jon, MURPHY Diane
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. London West I
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Shaftesbury and Arethusa homes provide residential care for children and young people.
Local government finance (England): special grant report no. 17; report of the Secretary of State for Health under Section 88B of the Local Government Finance Act 1988
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report setting out the allocation and conditions of the community care special transitional grant for 1996/97 and the allocation of capital limits for residential accommodation charges grant.