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Independent living research

Read about research on independent living

 

Not all of the research is available electronically. For older documents, links take you to sites where paper copies can be ordered.

2007 research

Accessing information about health and social care services Picker Institute Europe, 2007, (links to Picker Institute website)

Better outcomes, lower costs. Implications for health and social care budgets of investment in housing adaptations, improvements and equipment: a review of the evidence Heywood, F, and Turner, L. University of Bristol, 2007

The costs and benefits of independent living Hurstfield, J, Parashar, U and Schofield, K. SQW Ltd, (2007

Communication Support Needs: A Review of the Literature Scottish Executive, 2007 (links to Scottish Government website)

Our lives, our communities: Promoting independence and inclusion for people with learning difficulties Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2007 (links to JRF website)

The impact of the Supporting People programme on adults with learning disabilities Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2007 (links to JRF website)

Research project on advocacy and autism Townson, L, Macauley, S, Harkness, E, Docherty, A, Dias, J, Eardley, M and Chapman, R. Disability and Society, Vol.22, Issue 5, pages 523-536, 2007 (links to Informaworld website)

Our lives, our communities: promoting independence and inclusion for people with learning difficulties Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2007 (links to JRF website)

Well? What do you think? (2006): The Third National Scottish Survey of Public Attitudes to Mental Health, Mental Wellbeing and Mental Health Problems Braunholtz, S, Davidson, S and Myant, K, IpsosMORI and O'Connor, R, University of Stirling, 2007 (links to Scottish Government website)

Lighting homes of people with sight loss: an overview of recent research Occasional Paper 13. Thomas Pocklington Trust, 2007 (links to Pocklington Trust website)

2006 research

Cash and Care. Policy challenges in the Welfare state Glendinning, C and Kemp, P.A. (Eds) The Policy Press, 2006 (links to Policy Press website)

Network 1000. Opinions and circumstances of visually impaired people in Great Britain: report based on over 1000 interviews VISION 2020 UK, University of Birmingham, Big Lottery Fund, 2006 (links to VISION 2020 UK website) 

Access to Communication in English for Deaf People UK Council for Deaf People, 2006, (PDF, 24 Pages, links to RNID website)

Page last reviewed: 11 August 2008

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