© British Association of Social Workers
Family Placements for People with a Learning Difficulty: A Study using Time Budgets
Robert Drewett is lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of Durham.
David Dagnan is a clinical psychologist with solihull Health Authority. This work was supported by research grants from Durham Country Council Social Services Department and the Northern Regional Health Authority.
Correspondence to Dr R. F. Drewett, Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Science Building, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE.
Summary
The Durham County Council Family Placement Scheme offers long-term care in families for adults with learning difficulties. The activities of the twenty-four clients in family placements were studied using interviews and diaries kept by carers. Although most of the clients were only mildly handicapped three were severely disabled. Most of the carers have either professional or voluntary experience of work with people with learning difficulties. Although four of the placements have broken down, the levels of activity of the clients still in their families were similar to those found in other types of community-based care, and were just as extensive in the more disabled. The previous experience of the carer had no clear relationship with the activity levels of the client.
CiteULike 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
 |
|
  D. Hanrahan The Influence of Media and Respondent Characteristics on the Outcome of a Campaign to Recruit Host Families for Adults with Learning Disability Br. J. Soc. Work, September 1, 2006; 36(6): 979 - 996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|