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Living on the edge
— enabling older owner occupiers with moderate learning disabilities to live independently | | Author(s) | Lorna Easterbrook |
| Corporate Author | Care & Repair England |
| Publisher | Care & Repair England, Nottingham, 2008 |
| Pages | 41 pp |
| Source | Care & Repair England, The Renewal Trust Business Centre, 3 Hawksworth Street, Nottingham NG3 2EG. tel: 0115 950 6500 www.careandrepair-england.org.uk |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Owner occupied dwellings ; Maintenance ; Adaption. |
| Annotation | Increasing numbers of older people with moderate or mild learning disabilities live independently in homes which they own. However, some face crises that limit their abilities to continue to do so. This report looks at the situation for older owner occupiers who: live in homes needing urgent repairs and/or adaptations; have reached a point of crisis at home; lack some comprehension, or have behavioural difficulties that adversely affect their abilities to manage their everyday lives; are living in complex situations; or are facing the likelihood of crises recurring in the future. Case studies illustrate problems such as self-neglect, while the work of Coventry's Orbit Care & Repair is cited as a model that will meet the expectations of 'Transforming social care' (LAC 2008 1; Department of Health). A separate 4-page pamphlet (same title) outlines the main points of this report; it also refers to Care & Repair England's In Our Homes project and the related resource materials which can be accessed on its website (at www.careandrepair-england.org.uk/learning/index.ht... (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080307001 B |
| Classmark | E4: KEA: 5P6: 5SA |
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