Practical Stuff: Planning to move

Planning to move can be hard

Things can happen that make moving difficult or can make decision making harder for people with learning disabilities.

Learning Disability England have the Good Lives Framework and have spent a lot of time talking to people with learning disabilities to try and understand what can help someone and their support when planning a move.

Take a look at the video below:

Good Lives have also made some guides that are helpful for those supporting someone with a learning disability during the initial stages of planning a move.

There are lots of steps to moving house

It can be very confusing moving.

Sometimes you get to make choices. Sometimes other people might make decisions for you.

Here are some quick guides to moving. Click on the option that sounds most like the move you are making.

There are lots of choices to make when you move.

There are different types of housing available. For example, supported living, or care homes.

Here is a guide to different types of housing options. This is from Bath so the phone numbers might not work for you.

Making decisions can be really difficult

We know it can be hard to make some decisions.

It can be helpful to talk about your choices with someone who can help you to make decisions.

The link below is for a document you can use to help you decide about moving.

The link below is for a document which you can fill in to let people know how you want to be involved.

The video below shows Joan talking about her experience of moving.

Getting personalised care and support

Making it Real is a framework that is for people supporting someone with moving, whether professionals or carers, as well as the person themselves.

It helps describe what good looks like for when someone is looking to move and is person centred.

Have a look at their website for all their information.

More about moving out of hospital or an Assessment and Treatment Unit.

Moving out of hospital can be very complicated.

The Change website has some really useful information that may be helpful to you when moving.

Click below to go to the Change website where you can download a toolkit and a planner for helping with your move.

The Centre for Welfare have developed a document about supporting people to move. This information may be helpful for anyone supporting you to move.

Click the link below to download the document.

A research project called ‘Why are we stuck in hospital?’ has shared some top tips about helping people to leave hospital. You can find their tips, videos and report on their website

Click the link below to go to their website.

Your family might want to know more

If you live with family, they might want to know more about you moving.

Dimensions website has some helpful information.

Click the link below for information from Dimensions about moving out of Assessment and Treatment Units (ATUs).

The Challenging Behaviour Foundation.

The Challenging Behaviour Foundation have made a complete guide to planning a new move.

It helps people to think about where to live, how to make adaptations, and how to get the right support.

The National Development Team for Inclusion .

The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) have made a guide about supported living.

There is lots of details about supported living models and types of support.

Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities.

Here is a guide for parents. It is quite old (from the year 2000) so some of the information is out of date. But there is still some useful information for families to consider

Mencap.

Mencap website have some answers to questions you might have about housing.

Sense.

Sense have developed a practical toolkit for those who support someone with a learning disability.

This toolkit provides useful information for practical things to think about and consider when thinking of someone’s future and plans to move.