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Learning Disability Week 2013: Why Families Matter

• 21 August 2013 • 0 Comments
Learning Disability Week 2013: Why Families Matter

Planning for the future raises difficult questions for families but having a plan in place can help remove feelings of anxiety and uncertainty.

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Something more to say

• 27 June 2013 • 1 Comment
Something more to say

Catherine Jackson, Deputy Editor of Therapy Today journal reacts to the Rt Rev Richard Chartres’ recent comments about the baby-boomer generation “absorbing” a disproportionate share of this country’s welfare spending.

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‘Making it personal’ charter – giving people with learning disabilities the lives they want

• 7 August 2012 • 0 Comments

Last week, Dimensions released their Social Care Charter, ‘Making it personal’, which outlines what people with learning disabilities have said they want in order to live the kind of lives they want.

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Individuals, families and services will be placed under an impossible strain

• 12 July 2012 • 0 Comments

The future costs of social care are set to rise significantly due to an increasingly ageing population, many of whom will experience poor physical and mental health, including dementia.

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We need commissioners who understand the needs of people with learning disabilities

• 5 August 2011 • 0 Comments

The system failings shown up by the latest CQC report are only part of the story: big questions remain about how support is planned and commissioned for people whose behaviour challenges services or have mental health problems in addition to a learning disability.

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