National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011 - 2016

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Census did not provide details of causes of emotional / psychological disability). The NDSreported 110,600 people with an emotional, psychological & mental health disability, ofthese 68,100 recorded an illness as causing their disability. Chart 9.a is a breakdown of that68,100.Chart 9.a Persons with an Emotional, Psychological and Mental HealthDisability Reporting an Illness18%2%19%Don’t know or unspecified conditionOtherSchizophrenia8%Addiction to alcohol or drugs3%Bi-polar disorder4%46%DepressionAnxiety disorder including phobia or neurosis9.7 There is also an important gender dimension to the experience of a mental healthdisability. According to the World Health Organisation while gender differences in rates ofoverall mental health problems are negligible, there are high significant gender differencesfor depression and anxiety 70 . In the NDS, 53% of those with a mental health disability werefemale compared to 47% male.Living Arrangements Data9.8 Most people with a mental health disability live independently in the community or inmainstream housing. From Census 2006 we know that most of those reporting“psychological or emotional conditions” are living in owner-occupied accommodation 71 - insome cases the person may own their own home, in others, they may be living with theperson who owns the home, e.g. with parents or other family members.9.9 Approved housing bodies also provide supported accommodation for people with amental health disability. In addition, people with mental health disabilities reside in70Gender disparities in mental health (WHO 2001), www.who.int/mental_health/media/en/242.pdf100
hospitals, HSE community based residences and homeless accommodation. TheDepartment of Health has estimated that there are 2,812 in-patients in psychiatric hospitalsand units. Table 9.1 below shows a breakdown of this number by length of stay and age.In addition there are some 2,800 people in community-based mental health residences.Table 9.1: Age Profile & Length of Stay for In-patients in PsychiatricHospitals & UnitsUnder 1week1-2weeks2-4weeks1-3mths3 mths -1 year1-5years5-10years10-25years25 yrs &overUnder1818-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+ N/A Total3 13 24 69 48 55 42 31 13 1 2992 4 10 50 38 39 32 19 17 0 2112 6 16 47 64 76 42 35 23 0 3111 5 39 69 80 86 86 58 43 0 4670 3 13 40 47 63 52 64 56 0 3380 0 12 45 53 67 82 111 124 0 4940 0 1 13 20 39 48 64 75 0 2600 0 0 2 26 47 65 42 55 1 2380 0 0 0 4 33 55 48 54 0 194Total 8 31 115 335 380 505 504 472 460 2 2,812Source: Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals Census 2010Mental Health Policy9.10 The Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy, A Vision for Change 72published in 2006, provides a framework for action to develop a modern high quality mentalhealth service over a 7 to 10 year period. The report recommends the closure of oldpsychiatric hospitals and the reinvestment of the resources released by these closures inmental health services. Each hospital has a closure plan which will address how serviceswill be provided in the new mental health infrastructure in the community. Closingpsychiatric hospitals and substituting institutional care with care in the community has beenpart of Government policy in Ireland since the 1980s.72A Vision for Change, Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy, Government of Ireland (2006)101
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National Housing Strategy for Peopl
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Index of Tables, Charts andCase Stu
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ForewordThe ‘National Housing Str
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implementation progress reports whi
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needs. Furthermore, the potential f
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centred responses, information prov
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The full set of actions underpinnin
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Strategic Aim 3To support people wi
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Strategic Aim 5To address the speci
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Strategic Aim 6To consider good pra
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Strategic Aim 8To improve the colle
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Chapter 1Introduction1.1 The Nation
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Chapter 2Context and BackgroundIntr
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• To ensure a high level of aware
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the phased closure of admissions to
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• Service users who have been ina
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Chapter 3Vision and Strategic AimsV
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Chart 4.aProportion of the Populati
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Table 4.3: Type of Living Arrangeme
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Chapter 5Housing Services5.1 The ob
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Appendix 1Information required for
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Appendix 8 Individual Assessmentof
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