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Chapman, Melanie; Bannister, Susan; Davies, Julie; Fleming, Simon; Graham, Claire; Mcmaster, Andrea; Seddon, Angela; Wheldon, Anita; Whittell, Bridget – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
This article describes a partnership research project carried out by a research team consisting of people with learning disabilities and people without learning disabilities. The research explored people's understandings of advocacy and identified gaps in advocacy provision for people with learning disabilities and their families. Four focus…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Focus Groups
Ryan, Karen; Guerin, Suzanne; Dodd, Philip; McEvoy, John – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
Research is lacking on the effect of the deaths of fellow service users on people with intellectual disabilities. This qualitative study formed part of a project which aimed to describe the provision of palliative care to people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland and to assess the population's palliative care needs. We report on findings…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Death
Windley, Debbie; Chapman, Melanie – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
This study explores the perceptions of support workers working with adults with learning/intellectual disabilities, training and support needs. Data was collected by focus group (n = 3) and semi-structured interviews (n = 5). Participants saw their key role as maximising quality of life, identified "Trial and error" as the main mode of skill…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Quality of Life, Assertiveness
Young, Anita F.; Chesson, Rosemary A. – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2008
Here we describe the process by which research questions were developed for reducing health risks for people with learning disabilities. A participatory approach was used to give service users and carers a clear voice in "deciding" questions, thereby setting the research agenda. Audio-taped interviews and focus groups were used. Forty people (20…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Focus Groups, Risk