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Phoenixpower -> RE: Illegal to consent to sex? (2/11/2011 2:47:22 AM)
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ORIGINAL: SourandSweet
Having caught up on the last umpteen pages - just one lil cultural point regarding the UK...
Many of you seem feel that Alan lives in residential care. That's not the way I read the articles. In the UK a home 'provided by the council' is otherwise known as a council house/ flat - i.e. long-term, secure, usually pretty good quality, social housing, rather than a home run by the council, which would have implied a council run residential home. Anyone is entitled to apply for council housing (at the moment anyway) but someone with disabilities/ vulnerabilities would get priority.
Hence, it appeared to me that he lives independantly, perhaps with carers being provided at certain times of day, which would be quite usual in the UK. There are very few council run residential homes now; most are private.
Not sure if that alters anyones perspective, but thought I'd mention it anyway!
:-)
In the article above it is stated in that judges article "Prior to the commencement of the proceedings in July 2009 Alan had shared a home with a man whom I shall call "Kieron" in accommodation provided by the local authority. Alan received a care package that included constant supervision within placement and in the community."
With him having that much superivsion it sounds to me a form of residential care, such as supported living accomodation. At my previous employer I worked with 2 guys who lived in a council house and were on his own apart from someone sleeping in at night time (and that is in planning to be withdrawn as they have very good independent living skills) as well as in another place where 6 or 7 people with learning disabilities were living together and lived pretty much on their own after 7pm until 7.30am, so there only came one person in during the day to ensure they attend appointments, help with cooking and help with handling arguments.
So whilst theoretical he could have lived out of residential care settings, nevertheless he has to have a care package with his level of learning disability and therefore the authority has to make sure to safeguard him in regards to being protected from others who might harm him as well as protecting him from his own actions which he does not appear to understand which gets more obvious in that court report.
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