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Getting a Foot in the Door the Strategic Significance of Supported Living

Getting a Foot in the Door the Strategic Significance of Supported Living COMMENT AR Y Getting a Foot in the Door: the Strategic Significance of Supported Living Jim Mansell TIZARD CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT CANTERBURY he central criticism Simons makes of residential ment of learning disability services have tackled the Tservices for people with learning disabilities task (sometimes missing the subtlety and complexity post-deinstitutionalisation is surely right. Although of what constitutes a good service in favour of more on balance the new community services, based obvious characteristics) and the environment in largely on the staffed housing model, are better which the work was done (a hurried, people-shuffling, than the institutions they replace, in the main they macho-management climate against a background fall short of current aspirations. Partly this reflects of less and less resources). changes in those aspirations; at the end of the It is clearly important to acknowledge this 1960s, almost any access to ordinary community problem and to try to deal with it. It would be resources — doctors, shops, houses — seemed foolish to pretend that the broad mass of staffed better than what was provided in the institutions. housing is acceptable because of the good intentions Expectations now are higher, and providing good of those who http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Tizard Learning Disability Review Emerald Publishing

Getting a Foot in the Door the Strategic Significance of Supported Living

Mansell, Jim
Tizard Learning Disability Review , Volume 3 (2): 3 – Apr 1, 1998
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COMMENT AR Y Getting a Foot in the Door: the Strategic Significance of Supported Living Jim Mansell TIZARD CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT CANTERBURY he central criticism Simons makes of residential ment of learning disability services have tackled the Tservices for people with learning disabilities task (sometimes missing the subtlety and complexity post-deinstitutionalisation is surely right. Although of what constitutes a good service in favour of more on balance the new community services, based obvious characteristics) and the environment in largely on the staffed housing model, are better which the work was done (a hurried, people-shuffling, than the institutions they replace, in the main they macho-management climate against a background fall short of current aspirations. Partly this reflects of less and less resources). changes in those aspirations; at the end of the It is clearly important to acknowledge this 1960s, almost any access to ordinary community problem and to try to deal with it. It would be resources — doctors, shops, houses — seemed foolish to pretend that the broad mass of staffed better than what was provided in the institutions. housing is acceptable because of the good intentions Expectations now are higher, and providing good of those who

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Tizard Learning Disability Review – Emerald Publishing

Published: Apr 1, 1998

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