Five Things to Learn from Panorama’s Dementia Exposé
OK, this is a longer blog than usual, but Monday night’s Panorama programme about an elderly lady with dementia being abused and neglected in a care home made me angry
News (Learning Disabilities)
Employment Support for Disabled People
The National Development Team for Inclusion have been granted funding from the National Institute for Health Research‟s School of Social Care Research (SSCR) to carry out a two year study into the cost effectiveness of different models of employment support for disabled people, including those with mental health problems.
Feeling Settled Guide Launched
Feeling Settled is a new guide to changing a residential care home for people with learning disabilities into a supported living service, where people are choosing to stay in the same place.
New Guide Launched to Help Improve Commissioning of Services for People Labelled 'Challenging'
A new guide has been launched today by the National Development team for Inclusion (NDTi) to help commissioners to implement Government policy on how to commission cost- and outcome-effective services for people with learning disabilities described as 'challenging'.
People with Learning Disabilities Still Lack Security, Choice and Control in Housing
Two new reports have been published today by the National Development team for Inclusion (NDTi) to help address the problem of people with learning disabilities not getting equal access to housing or having their housing rights respected.