Transition to Retirement

A Guide to Inclusive Practice

Roger J Stancliffe author Nathan J Wilson author Nicolette Gambin author Professor Christine Bigby author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Sydney University Press

Published:16th Oct '13

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The Transition to Retirement (TTR) program aims to help older people with long-term disability build an active retirement lifestyle.

The Transition to Retirement program describes how people with mental or physical disabilities can transition more easily from their working lives to a successful retirement.

The Transition to Retirement (TTR) program aims to help older people with long-term disability gradually build an active and socially inclusive retirement lifestyle through volunteering and participating in mainstream community groups. Members of these groups are trained to act as mentors and provide support. The three-year TTR research project and subsequent years of TTR service delivery have shown that this approach is feasible and has enduring positive outcomes for people with disability, mentors and community groups.

The TTR manual and video material aim to make these benefits available more widely. They provide implementation details for all components of the TTR program, as well as practical tips and accounts of individual participant’s experiences. DVD stories and video clips illustrate key issues. Planning forms are also included, together with an explanation of the process of teaching a person with long-term disability to use public transport independently.

The TTR program is consistent with Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) which focuses on building community participation and independence, and with the National Disability Strategy’s emphasis on promoting social inclusion in community settings.

‘The book “Transition to Retirement: A Guide to Inclusive Practice” is a world leading exemplar of a project that can address this inequality for older adults with intellectual disabilities ... A strength of this manual is that it has been written alongside staff from a local charity who have implemented the Transition to Retirement project adding sound advice regarding the enablers as well as the barriers to implementing this project in practice ... I would highly recommend this book to educators, researchers, commissioners and service providers and it should be on the bookshelves of everyone concerned with how adults with intellectual disabilities age in order to plan a more active and inclusive retirement.’

-- Laurence Taggart * Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities *

' ... the book is clear and concise, and will be a useful resource for its
primary audience of social care workers who provide employment support
services.'

-- Elizabeth Perkins * Learning Disability Practice *

' ... the manual is set within the Australian context, [but] the
themes and practical suggestions are transferable to other countries and
cultures and, all in all, it is a good guide to have to hand.'

-- Rachel Forrester-Jones * Tizard Learning Disability Revi

ISBN: 9781743323274

Dimensions: 210mm x 148mm x 11mm

Weight: 255g

128 pages