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MENCAP speech/statement on services for people with learning difficulties: Tuesday 25 June 1991
- Author:
- DORRELL Stephen
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Speech by the Parliamentary Secretary for Health to the MENCAP Week Conference, announcing 4 Department of Health initiatives to help improve the delivery of services to people with learning disabilities.
Settling in the community: a review of residents' progress since coming to Clach View, Maud
- Author:
- SEED Philip
- Publisher:
- University of Dundee. Department of Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 41p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Dundee
Looks at the experiences of 5 adults with learning difficulties, 4 of whom were in residential care, in house in the community.
In pursuit of quality: overcoming forces which work against the building of quality cultures in public service organisations; a handbook of quality actions
- Authors:
- COOTE Alan, JONES Michael
- Publisher:
- Mental Handicap Nurses Association
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 71p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Penarth
Handbook identifying 'blockages' which can work against quality services and suggesting practical ways in which these can be overcome. Part I identifies 13 potential blockages and suggests actions that can be taken. Part 2 contains checklist notes providing ideas for putting quality actions into practice.
Day services in the nineties for people with learning difficulties in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- FLYNN Margaret, THOMAS Derek
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health and Social Services. Social Services Insp
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Supporting self advocacy: a report of two conferences held in June and September 1989 at the King's Fund Centre
- Editor:
- WHITTAKER Andrea
- Publisher:
- Kings Fund
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 60p.,illus.,list of orgs.,biblio
- Place of publication:
- New Romney
Contains contributions by people with learning difficulties and by people working in supportive roles. Provides information and practical ideas.
HIV infection and developmental disabilities: a resource service for providers
- Editors:
- CROCKER Allen C, COHEN Herbert J, KASTNER Theodore A.
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 312p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Set of papers looking at the medical, social, legal, and educational issues involved in providing services to children and adults with developmental disabilities and HIV. Divided into 3 sections: child and family; youths and adults; and policy considerations.
Home to home: a review of family-based respite care in Dyfed
- Authors:
- SWIFT Paul, RANT Gordon, MCGRATH Morag
- Publisher:
- University College of North Wales. Centre for Social Policy Research and Develop
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 166p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Bangor
Review of a project for people with learning difficulties run by Barnardo's in Dyfed.
A fit person to be removed: personal accounts of life in a mental deficiency institution
- Authors:
- POTTS Maggie, FIDO Rebecca
- Publisher:
- Northcote House
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 152p.
- Place of publication:
- Plymouth
17 long term residents speak about their experiences of institutional life and their ways of coping.
The review of the all Wales strategy: a view from the carers; a report on a postal survey of 650 parents and other family carers
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 73p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Service responses to people with learning difficulties and challenging behaviour
- Editor:
- HARRIS John
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 78p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Papers from 3 seminars focusing on service provision for adults with a mental handicap who are mentally ill, who have behaviour problems, or who offend. Examples of service innovation are included.