Excellence and Choice in Learning Disability Services

3.0. SOMEWHERE TO LIVE AND A FULLER LIFE3.1 What Equal Lives said about having somewhere to live:Some comments from Equal Lives were-An extended range of housing options should be developed for men and womenwith learning disability.All new housing with support provision for people with a learning disability shouldbe for no more than 5 individuals with a learning disability - preferably less -within the same household.An additional 100 supported living places per annum for the next 15 years (2005– 2020) should be developed to enable people to move from family care withouthaving to be placed in inappropriate settings.3.1.1 What the Trust currently providesThe majority of adults with a learning disability are accommodated and supporteddirectly by their parents and carers in the parental home. The Trust has a rangeof services designed to support parents and carers in their own homes but theTrust also provides a range of accommodation, both directly and through theprivate and voluntary sectors.The Trust currently has the following range of accommodation across Belfast:Accommodation TypePlacesTrust Residential Homes 38Independent residential Homes 197Private Nursing Homes 263Supported housing tenancies (both Trustand independent sector) 1763.1.2 Future Plans for Accommodation Provision.A key objective for the Trust’s service is to support people with learningdisabilities in their own home first and foremost. For the majority this will be theirfamily home, for others this will be their own home, or housing they share withothers.The Trust will provide a range of supported living options. This means thatpeople can be tenants or own their own home and receive the level of supportthat they need. This will range from minimal support to intensive 24 hour supportto enable adults with learning disability to continue to live their lives in thecommunity and to enable those living in hospital or residential or nursing homesto experience community living.8