What does excellent care and support for older people with learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges others look like? How do you know when you see it? How can it be replicated across different settings? And who needs to be involved in delivering it?This free course, Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families, stems from research that explored how to improve the care and support for older people with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge others, and their families.This course is for anyone working with older people with learning disabilities, including those whose behaviour may challenge others. It is for registered professionals and non-registered health and social care workers.The course has been developed from the findings of Growing Older – Planning Ahead, an independent research project funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (NIHR129491).Interested in taking your learning further? You might find it helpful to explore the Open University’s Health and Social Care courses and qualifications.
Overview
Syllabus
- Session1Session 1: Growing older and behaviours that challenge others
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 What are ‘behaviours that challenge others’?
- 2 Getting older with a learning disability
- 3 The Quilt of Excellence
- 4 Summary of Session 1
- Glossary
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Session2Session 2: Living at home, planning ahead
- Introduction
- 1 Introducing Becky
- 2 Supporting Becky to live well
- 3 Planning ahead for older age
- 4 Summary of Session 2
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Session3Session 3: Shared Lives
- Introduction
- 1 Introducing Geoff
- 2 Living well in Shared Lives
- 3 Planning ahead
- 4 Summary of Session 3
- Glossary
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Session4Session 4: Supported living
- Introduction
- 1 Introducing Robin
- 2 First impressions are lasting
- 3 Searching for treasure
- 4 Summary of Session 4
- Acknowledgements
- Session5Session 5: Care homes
- Introduction
- 1 Introducing Susie
- 2 Supporting Susie to live well
- 3 Planning ahead for older age
- 4 Summary of Session 5
- Glossary
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Session6Session 6: Bringing the learning together
- Introduction
- 1 Person-centred approaches
- 2 Working together
- 3 Revisiting the Quilt of Excellence
- 4 Summary of Session 6
- 5 Summary of the course
- Where next?
- Acknowledgements
