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Resources to support mental health hospital-to-home discharge planning for autistic people and people with a learning disability – protocol document and housing needs assessment templates.

The protocol will help practitioners such as social workers, occupational therapists, clinicians, C(E)TR leads, and commissioners working in local health and social care systems to identify housing options for autistic people and people with a learning disability, who are inpatients in mental health hospitals.

The aim is to ensure that housing is planned and sourced much earlier within discharge process, to enable people to be discharged in a timely manner into community-based housing settings.

More information and resources can be found on the Homes not hospitals | Housing section of this website, and the Strategic Housing Planning area of FutureNHS (login required).

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Brick by brick: Resources to support mental health hospital-to-home discharge planning for autistic people and people with a learning disability

Brick by brick: Resources to support mental health hospital-to-home discharge planning for autistic people and people with a learning disability

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Summary

Aims and objectives of the brick-by-brick approach, alongside recommended strategic actions to underpin hospital-to-home discharge processes.

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Housing needs assessment form template

Housing needs assessment form template

  • Microsoft Word
  • 53 KB
  • 8 pages

Summary

An individual housing needs assessment form template, to be used or adapted to align with, or strengthen, local requirements and processes.

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Hospital-to-home discharge protocol template

Hospital-to-home discharge protocol template

  • Microsoft Word
  • 49 KB
  • 6 pages

Summary

A hospital-to-home discharge protocol template, to be used or adapted by health systems in local areas, working closely with housing and social care partners.