TY - JOUR
T1 - Community learning disability teams: Perceived effectiveness, multidisciplinary working and service user satisfaction
AU - Slevin, Eamonn
AU - McConkey, Roy
AU - Truesdale-Kennedy, Maria
AU - Barr, Owen
AU - Taggart, Laurence
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The locus of care for people with learning disabilities has shifted from institutional/residential care to community care, with Community Learning Disability Teams (CLDTs) providing support for people with learning disabilities, and their family caregivers, in the community. A survey of the perceived effectiveness of 145 CLDT members, 27 family caregivers and 21 people with a learning disability was undertaken. Findings suggest high levels of perceived effectiveness with the services provided by the CLDTs, but caregivers gave the lowest satisfaction ratings. Although overall effectiveness was rated highly there is no room for complacency.There was limited evidence to support the view that multidisciplinary CLDTs are more effective than unidisciplinary teams. Further research is required in this area and ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of CLDTs is suggested.
AB - The locus of care for people with learning disabilities has shifted from institutional/residential care to community care, with Community Learning Disability Teams (CLDTs) providing support for people with learning disabilities, and their family caregivers, in the community. A survey of the perceived effectiveness of 145 CLDT members, 27 family caregivers and 21 people with a learning disability was undertaken. Findings suggest high levels of perceived effectiveness with the services provided by the CLDTs, but caregivers gave the lowest satisfaction ratings. Although overall effectiveness was rated highly there is no room for complacency.There was limited evidence to support the view that multidisciplinary CLDTs are more effective than unidisciplinary teams. Further research is required in this area and ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of CLDTs is suggested.
KW - Community learning disability teams
KW - effectiveness
KW - multidisciplinary
KW - service user satisfaction
U2 - 10.1177/1744629507085271
DO - 10.1177/1744629507085271
M3 - Article
VL - 11
SP - 329
EP - 342
JO - Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
JF - Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
SN - 1744-6295
IS - 4
ER -