Personal assistance for adults (19-64) with both physical and intellectual impairments

Abstract

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Authors' conclusionsResearch in this field is limited. Personal assistance is expensive and di icult to organise, especially in places that do not already have services in place, but its total cost relative to other services is unknown. When implementing new programmes, recipients could be randomly assigned to di erent forms of assistance (e.g. organised by individual users versus organised through a cooperative). While advocates may support personal assistance for myriad reasons, this review demonstrates that further studies are required to determine which models of assistance are most e ective and e icient for particular people.

Systematic Reviews of the Health or Health care of People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review to Identify Gaps in the Evidence Base

“…; Mayo‐Wilson et al . ,b) potential inclusion of studies in Dutch and German (Courtenay et al . ; Haveman et al .…”

“…); the effectiveness of personal assistance for adults with both physical and intellectual impairments (Mayo‐Wilson et al . ); and the effectiveness of personal assistance for children and adolescents with intellectual impairments (Montgomery et al . ).…”

Systematic Reviews of the Health or Health care of People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review to Identify Gaps in the Evidence Base

“…; Mayo‐Wilson et al . ,b) potential inclusion of studies in Dutch and German (Courtenay et al . ; Haveman et al .…”

“…); the effectiveness of personal assistance for adults with both physical and intellectual impairments (Mayo‐Wilson et al . ); and the effectiveness of personal assistance for children and adolescents with intellectual impairments (Montgomery et al . ).…”

Gaps in the evidence on improving social care outcomes: findings from a meta-review of systematic reviews

“…Two narrative reviews examined the effects on life satisfaction of personal assistance interventions – individualised support for people living in the community, delivered by a paid assistant – for people with physical and intellectual disabilities (Mayo‐Wilson et al . ) and older people (Montgomery et al . ).…”

“…Two narrative reviews identified the same two studies, one RCT and one nRCT on the impact of personal assistance for people with physical and learning disabilities (Mayo‐Wilson et al . ) and for older people living in the community (Montgomery et al . ).…”

“…), and may improve satisfaction among people with physical or learning disabilities (Mayo‐Wilson et al . ) when compared with other forms of care. Further research to corroborate these tentative but promising findings is warranted.…”

Systematic Reviews of the Health or Health care of People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review to Identify Gaps in the Evidence Base

“…; Mayo‐Wilson et al . ,b) potential inclusion of studies in Dutch and German (Courtenay et al . ; Haveman et al .…”

“…); the effectiveness of personal assistance for adults with both physical and intellectual impairments (Mayo‐Wilson et al . ); and the effectiveness of personal assistance for children and adolescents with intellectual impairments (Montgomery et al . ).…”

Gaps in the evidence on improving social care outcomes: findings from a meta-review of systematic reviews

“…Two narrative reviews examined the effects on life satisfaction of personal assistance interventions – individualised support for people living in the community, delivered by a paid assistant – for people with physical and intellectual disabilities (Mayo‐Wilson et al . ) and older people (Montgomery et al . ).…”

“…Two narrative reviews identified the same two studies, one RCT and one nRCT on the impact of personal assistance for people with physical and learning disabilities (Mayo‐Wilson et al . ) and for older people living in the community (Montgomery et al . ).…”

“…), and may improve satisfaction among people with physical or learning disabilities (Mayo‐Wilson et al . ) when compared with other forms of care. Further research to corroborate these tentative but promising findings is warranted.…”

Systematic Reviews of the Health or Health care of People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review to Identify Gaps in the Evidence Base

“…; Mayo‐Wilson et al . ,b) potential inclusion of studies in Dutch and German (Courtenay et al . ; Haveman et al .…”

“…); the effectiveness of personal assistance for adults with both physical and intellectual impairments (Mayo‐Wilson et al . ); and the effectiveness of personal assistance for children and adolescents with intellectual impairments (Montgomery et al . ).…”

Gaps in the evidence on improving social care outcomes: findings from a meta-review of systematic reviews

“…Two narrative reviews examined the effects on life satisfaction of personal assistance interventions – individualised support for people living in the community, delivered by a paid assistant – for people with physical and intellectual disabilities (Mayo‐Wilson et al . ) and older people (Montgomery et al . ).…”

“…Two narrative reviews identified the same two studies, one RCT and one nRCT on the impact of personal assistance for people with physical and learning disabilities (Mayo‐Wilson et al . ) and for older people living in the community (Montgomery et al . ).…”

“…), and may improve satisfaction among people with physical or learning disabilities (Mayo‐Wilson et al . ) when compared with other forms of care. Further research to corroborate these tentative but promising findings is warranted.…”