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Time for freedom? services for older people with learning difficulties
— good practice in the aftermath of long-stay hospital closure | | Author(s) | Jane Fitzgerald |
| Corporate Author | Centre for Policy on Ageing - CPA; Values Into Action - VIA |
| Publisher | Centre for Policy on Ageing - CPA; Values Into Action - VIA, London, 1998 |
| Pages | 64 pp |
| Source | Central Books, 50 Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, Dagenham, RM8 1RX. |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Needs [elderly] ; Services ; Community care ; The Family ; Friends ; Attitude ; Research. |
| Annotation | Current government policy is committed to ensuring that as many people with learning difficulties as possible should be enabled to live in community settings. However, problems exist for both policy and practice in that relatively little is known about the suitability and quality of community services for older people with learning difficulties. Values Into Action (VIA) and the Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA), supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), conducted detailed studies of the experiences of older people with learning difficulties using services in five localities in the United Kingdom (UK) in order to identify and promote good practice examples in service provision. The recommendations in this report focus on the wants, needs and desirable services as perceived by older service users and their social networks, as well as managers and carers. The report is directed at purchasers of services in health and local authorities, and the managers and care staff of statutory and independent providers, as well as organisations for people with learning difficulties. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980304408 B |
| Classmark | E4: IK: I: PA: SJ: SX: DP: 3A |
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