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Is day care still at the crossroads?
- Author:
- SEED Philip
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 135p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Updates 'Day care at the crossroads', the wide-ranging evaluation of day services for people with learning difficulties in Scotland. The update takes account of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 and a changed economic and social culture.
Day services for people with learning disabilities
- Editor:
- SEED Philip
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 192p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents longitudinal case studies to illustrate the potential contribution of day services to community care for people with learning difficulties. Examines policy and practice with reference to older service users and older carers, respite, preparation for more independent living, people with profound and multiple disabilities, and people with challenging behaviour. Looks at the advantages of day care and at the challenges of providing day care services in rural areas.