Heather Wilkinson, Diana Kerr, Colm Cunningham an Catherine Rae

In Partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

One of the more pressing issues facing UK service providers in the field of learning difficulties is how best to provide support and care to an ageing population across a variety of settings. As increasing numbers of people with learning difficulties live to an older age, they encounter age-related illnesses and conditions such as dementia. These demographic changes create pressure on the planners and providers of learning difficulty services yet, despite these trends, there is still a lack of useful information and evidence on how best to provide services that are need-led, multidisciplinary and supportive.

Home for Good? explores the findings of a study which investigated the current models of practice for supporting people with learning difficulties and dementia. It looked at the key issues relating to people with learning difficulties with dementia living in care home settings and discovered some examples of best practice in care home provision for people with learning difficulties and dementia.

Professionals within the social care sector are required to undertake Continuous Professional Development (CPD) by the General Social Care Council (GSCC). Those who use this resource will be able to gain CPD points.