This study helps to fill some of the gaps in our information about the costs of the alternative patterns of residential support and about their effectiveness in providing choices for the users. Three contrasting styles of residential provision are evaluated - a local service based on ordinary housing; a long-stay ...
The conference reported here was jointly sponsored by the King's Fund Centre and the D.H.S.S. to further explore established themes around the move of children from mental handicap hospitals. The specific aims were: to share experiences between those involved in moving children and young people out of hospital: to explore ...
Participants at this workshop included student nurses, Directors of Nurse Education and people with disabilities. The purpose of the discussion was to focus on the nursing process model of nursing care and how it responds to the needs of people with disabilities in general hospitals. The discussion was limited to ...
This workshop was arranged to bring together those who were at the leading edge of developing quality assurance in community care for people with learning difficulties, those with mental health problems, people with physical disabilities and frail elderly people. Three main issues were examined: the definition of quality assurance in ...
The NIMROD service is recognised as being to the forefront of the move towards community care. This book uses a case-study approach to illustrate the experiences of seven people with learning difficulties who use this service. The case studies are analysed in terms of a number of interwoven concepts: presence ...
This document explores the issues involved in providing effective community -based services for people with learning difficulties and challenging behaviours, and provides some suggestions for practical action. The values set out in An Ordinary Life are taken as a starting point and this document discusses how effective community services might ...