Learning disability partnership boards are struggling to identify, meet and plan for the needs of older family carers of people with learning difficulties, writes Amy Taylor.
Research covering over 70 partnership boards, carried out by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities as part of a three-year study involving the government’s Valuing People support team, finds that less than half of partnership boards know how many people with learning difficulties live at home with a family carer aged 70 or over.
The white paper's target is of ensuring all older family carers over 70 have an agreed plan on how to meet future needs.
Rob Greig, support team leader and director of implementation for Valuing People, said the team welcomed the research, but argued that the findings could now be out-of-date following last month’s publication of the partnership boards’ housing strategies.
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