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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.
A case of role reversal
- Author:
- KING Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.9.91, 1991, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on an initiative in Bedfordshire in which a resettlement programme for people with learning difficulties has enabled service users to become service providers.
Bridging the gap
- Author:
- HUDSON Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 8.8.91, 1991, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Recent guidance from the Department of Health on services to people with learning disabilities demonstrates a commitment to the principle of an ordinary life, but this is not reflected in the practical details of service guidance.
Step by step autonomy
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 25.7.91, 1991, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
The Kirklees Relocation Project has been analysing the impact of community care policies on mentally handicapped people, and has found a preference among users for environments that maximise their independence.
Support and accommodation for people with a mental handicap
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Circular focusing on the provision of supported accommodation.
Caring for people: community care in the next decade and beyond; mental handicap nursing
- Author:
- CULLEN Chris
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 23p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report and recommendations considering the skills of mental handicap nurses, their relevance in a mixed economy of care, and identifying options for a future role.
Opening doors: educating the community about mental handicap
- Author:
- McCONKEY Roy
- Publisher:
- Scottish Society for the Mentally Handicapped
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 39p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Beginners guide for anyone who wants to help part of their local community become more aware of the abilities and needs of people with learning difficulties. Offers simple suggestions and examples for identifying target groups and advice about getting the right message across to them.
Life in the community: case studies of organizations supporting people with disabilities
- Editors:
- TAYLOR Steven J., BOGDAN Robert, RACINO Julie Ann
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 298p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Report of a study of innovative community integration efforts around the USA.
Community care: services for people with a mental handicap and people with a mental illness; Government response to the eleventh report from the Social Services Committee session 1989-90
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The implementation of the All-Wales Mental Handicap Strategy
- Authors:
- BEYER Stephen, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 4(2), 1991, pp.115-140.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Describes the way the Welsh Office has revised mechanisms for the implementation of the All-Wales Mental Handicap Strategy in its first five years, and the changes in service provision achieved between 1983 and 1988.