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The Care Standards Act 2000 (Establishments and Agencies) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2006: statutory rule 2006 no. 1493
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
These Regulations, which apply to establishments and agencies in England only, amend certain regulations made under the Care Standards Act 2000 in respect of care homes, nurses agencies, domiciliary care agencies and adult placement schemes.
Shared-life communities for people with a learning disability: a review of evidence
- Author:
- CUMELLA Stuart
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. School of Social Policy
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 13
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
A review of the evidence from research about shared-life communities for people with a learning disability, summarising the results from the small number of academic studies which have attempted to measure the quality of life of people with a learning disability living in such communities. This study shows how shared-life communities facilitate a high quality of life for their residents with a learning disability and in particular: high levels of meaningful employment - residents are able to work full time in a range of unskilled and skilled work essential to the daily life and economy of the community, while also exercising choice over where they are able to work; opportunities for friendship - a shared-life communities provide a large clustering of potential friends with the opportunity to meet in workplace and informal settings, while ease of communication enables friendships to be sustained; and long-term relationships - living in extended families in a long-term social relationship with co-workers/assistants enables both groups to become familiar with each other’s pattern of communication. (Edited publisher abstract)