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Video first: ideas for using video for self-advocacy
- Authors:
- MILLER Chris, et al
- Publisher:
- Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
The ideas are for using video for self-advocacy for people with learning difficulties.
Group living for people with dementia
- Authors:
- ANNERSTEDT Lena, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This translation of a Swedish design report is based on lengthy experience of designing small units for people with dementia. The report advocates the adjustment of group living units for people with dementia which depends on an awareness of their needs and the involvement in planning of those with medical competence.
Lessons from a residential special school enquiry: reflections on the Castle Hill report
- Authors:
- BRANNAN C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 2(4), December 1993, pp.271-275.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Provides a synopsis of the Castle Hill school case, and considers the implications for the young people involved, the professionals, and the legal system.
Social and family factors in adolescent psychiatry
- Authors:
- GOWERS Simon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 16(4), December 1993, pp.353-366.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
A retrospective analysis of referrals to the regional adolescent psychiatric service at Prestwich Hospital, Manchester, over two years was conducted, focusing on selected social and family variables, to identify areas of potential unmet need and the relationship between these factors and clinical variables. Social and family disadvantage was well represented in the patients, but few were over the age of 17 and fewer from ethnic minority backgrounds. Associations between social, family factors, diagnostic and treatment variables are presented and their implications discussed.
An intervention that delays institutionalization of Alzheimer's Disease patients: treatment of spouse-caregivers
- Authors:
- MITTELMAN Mary S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 33(6), December 1993, pp.730-740.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on an American study which found that individual and family counselling, support group participation, and ad hoc consultation, had a major impact on the need for institutional placement.
A computerized assessment system for brief, crisis-oriented youth services
- Authors:
- FRANKLIN Cynthia, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 74(10), December 1993, pp.602-616.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Agencies in the USA are moving increasingly to brief models that require social workers to provide rapid assessments of their clients. Recent innovations in computerized assessments have suggested methods to collect data from clients by means of assessment tools. Reports on a computerized assessment system that was developed to collect information in a brief, crisis-oriented youth-services agency. The assessment system is illustrated with a case from the agency.
Reflecting on change: consumers' views of the impact of the All-Wales strategy
- Authors:
- TODD Stuart, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 21(4), December 1993, pp.128-136.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Reports on the views of users of services for people with learning difficulties in Wales living in the community.
Research strategies for consumer empowerment of people with severe mental illness
- Authors:
- RAPP Charles A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 38(6), November 1993, pp.727-735.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
US research concerning the care and treatment of people with severe mental illness has not been consonant with the well-established emphasis on consumer empowerment in social work and the psychiatric rehabilitation field. Provides a set of research strategies that would help bridge the gap, arguing that research should amplify the voice of the consumer by attending to the context of research, the vantage point, the process of formulating research questions, the selection of interventions to be tested, the selection of outcomes and measures, and the dissemination of research results.
Movers and shakers
- Authors:
- FERLIE Ewan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 18.11.93, 1993, pp.24-26.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Examines the roles and relationships of non-executives in the changing role of health authorities and trusts.
Discriminating social workers
- Authors:
- SMYTH Marie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Scope, 137, October 1993, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Describes the issues in social work and social work training which stem from awareness of discrimination.