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This evidence suggests that Shared Lives has the potential to play an important role as an option for people with mental ill health – as a form of accommodation, short breaks or day support.

As part of Yorkshire and Humberside’s programme to deliver best practice and outcomes on employment for people with mental health problems and learning disabilities, the NDTi has been commissioned to offer planning support to Local Authorities.

Mental Health Services and Support for Autistic People and People with Learning Disabilities....

Mental Health Services and Support for Autistic People and People with Learning Disabilities

Alice recently emailed us about her son who has Asperger’s. At our request she has written a blog to highlight some of the challenges her son and her family have faced over the years.

A new report commissioned by the NHS East of England highlights 8 important lessons for those trying to implement co-production strategies within the health sector.

The resources within the toolkit are aimed at everyone with a practical interest in making coproduction work in mental health services. It is particularly designed for those at the frontline such as mental health service...

Reasonably Adjusted? published in 2012, describes the reasonable adjustments mental health services were putting in place for people with learning disabilities and people with autism. There were pockets of imaginative and positive practice by local services – but little sharing or copying of good ideas.

Older people, like the rest of the population, experience mental health problems. Yet levels of awareness of these experiences, including the prevalence of different mental health problems in later life, and understanding about them, remain...

This project, funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, looks to ensure the voices of disabled and older people and their families are heard. It facilitated a better understanding of advocacy, co-production in mental health and...