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Support network on disability: a resource guide to disability groups and organisations
- Author:
- ARAMAYO Manuel
- Publisher:
- Manchester Metropolitan University. Interpersonal and Organisational Development Research Group
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 98p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Directory and resource guide to disability groups and organisations arranged alphabetically by disability.
Place in Europe
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.01.05, 2005, pp.46-47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Phil Madden, Director of service development at the Home Farm Trust, describes the organisations involvement in a one year project 'Families In' funded by the European Commission. The project involved partners from Sweden, Finland, Spain, Belgium and Hungary. He describes the challenges and rewards of the project.
Sheltered employment in five member states of the Council of Europe: Austria, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland
- Authors:
- SAMOY Erik, WATERPLAS Lina
- Publisher:
- Council of Europe
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 67p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Strasbourg
Comparative study looking at the situation of sheltered employment in the twelve Member States of the European Union. The data for each country is grouped under the following headings: institutional context; target population; access to sheltered employment; characteristics of the people in sheltered employment; and a discussion of the topics currently under debate around sheltered employment in each country.
Ageing and health status in adults with intellectual disabilities: results of the European Pomona II study
- Authors:
- HAVEMAN Meindert, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 36(1), March 2011, pp.49-60.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
POMONA II was a European Commission funded public health project collecting information from 14 countries using a set of key health indicators specifically relevant for people with intellectual disabilities. This research focused on age-specific differences relating to environmental and lifestyle factors and the 17 medical conditions measured by the POMONA Checklist of Health Indicators. The article describes how information was collected using the POMONA Health Interview Survey and Evaluation Form from a sample of 1,253 participants in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. It then presents the results of the analysis, with tables showing characteristics of people with intellectual disabilities in the study, frequency of social contacts with relatives or friends according to age, lifestyle risk factors in people with intellectual disabilities according to age, and general and age-specific prevalence rates of health problems. The authors discuss how healthy older adults with intellectual disabilities are with regard to lifestyle factors, and whether there are health disparities between older adults with and without intellectual disabilities. They note that some evidence of health disparities was found for older people with intellectual disabilities, particularly in terms of under diagnosed or inadequately managed preventable health conditions.
New models of care supported by assistive technology
- Author:
- ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Place of publication:
- London
An interactive toolkit detailing results of research into how assistive technology can support the areas of most concern to directors of adult social services, including detailed practice examples. The toolkit explores the extent to which technology has been integral to integration in the context of the following four themes: high cost packages; learning disabilities; prevention and early intervention; and demand management. Programme examples include: Televida teleassistance service (Barcelona, Spain); Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council’s telecare model; Assisted Living Leeds; Gloucestershire County Council’s assistive technology for people with disabilities; and West Sussex County’s telecare services, to enable timely discharge from hospital, avoid hospital admissions, reduce domiciliary care or delay admission to a residential care home and referrals are accepted on this basis. Lessons learnt from the examples include: new services can take time to become part of a social care and health workers ‘unconscious’ toolkit; massive variation from one practitioner to another is a challenge to address; savings estimates can be too optimistic and do not take account of attrition; dedicated capacity for assistive technology when starting from a low baseline; there are pros and cons to charging for people with eligible needs which need to be carefully evaluated from the outset; capture the imagination of stakeholders and professionals, assuaging the fears and anxieties that personal care is being replaced by technology by telling real people stories with positive outcomes; and embrace the passion and commitment about the difference technology can make in empowering people. (Edited publisher abstract)
The employment of people with disabilities in small and medium-sized enterprises
- Author:
- CARPENTER Morgan
- Publisher:
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 149p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Dublin
Comparative study, based on company case studies from six EU member states, of people with disabilities working in small and medium sized companies. Looks at: the legislative framework; employee characteristics; employer and workplace related characteristics; and mediating organisations. Concludes with sections on policy implications and recommendations.