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Day Opportunities

Definition : Day opportunities including centre and non-centre based opportunities that the person is currently engaged in.

Purpose : Identified in “The same as you?” as an important aspect of the lives of people with learning disabilities.

Recording Guidance : This item is about the numbers of adults with learning disabilities who are getting alternative day opportunities outside of day centres in line with the recommendations of “The same as you?”. It will show the numbers of adults with learning disabilities who go to a day centre five days a week compared to the numbers that attend a day centre for part of the week but for the other part of the week they get alternative day opportunities. Alternative day opportunities might include employment, lifelong learning, training, sport or leisure and recreation. This may include episodes where the person drops in to a centre and then goes to a regular day opportunity outside the centre. Whatever predominates should be recorded here (for example, only one hour in a day centre does not count as a full day). Days when people remain at home should not be counted as alternative day opportunities.

Codes : The Scottish Executive, “The same as you?” Annual Survey 2004

Code	Value/Definition
00	Not currently in attendance
01	Attending a day centre 5 days per week
02	Attending a day centre less than 5 days per week with alternative day opportunities A. ½ day per week alternative opportunities B. 1 day per week alternative opportunities C. 2 days per week alternative opportunities D. 3 days per week alternative opportunities E. 4 days per week alternative opportunities F. 5 days per week alternative opportunities
03	Attending a day centre less than 5 days per week with no alternative day opportunities
99	Not known

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