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A chance to answer
- Author:
- STRONG Susannah
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 27.10.94, 1994, pp.12-13.
Advocacy in relation to vulnerable sections of people in society is a relatively new concept. Looks at the different approaches to advocacy and to some of the fundamental dilemmas of advocacy.
Focal point
- Author:
- THIRU Smythy
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 23.3.94, 1994, pp.62-64.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explains how focused specialist nursing can improve the quality of life of people with learning disabilities who have mental health problems.
Advocacy: the essential link
- Author:
- McKAY Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Care Report Scotland, 18, October 1994, pp.4-5.
Describes the range of roles which can be fulfilled by advocacy.
Psychoanalytical psychotherapy
- Author:
- SINASON Valerie
- Journal article citation:
- Mencap News, 45, June 1994, p.16.
Describes how psychotherapy can help people with learning disabilities who are emotionally disturbed.
Personal social services local authority statistics: residential accommodation for people with mental illness and people with learning disabilities; local authority supported residents at 31 March 1993. England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- n.p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Citizen advocacy in practice
- Authors:
- HOLLY Lesley, WEBB Barbara
- Publisher:
- Tavistock Institute
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 4 booklets in folder.
- Place of publication:
- London
Pack looking at the work of the Advocacy Alliance Scarborough-Rydale-Whitby project. Booklet 1 looks at context and framework; book 2 outlines the scheme; book 3 examines the partnerships at the heart of the alliance; and book 4 looks at lessons and issues arising from the project.
Looking after the financial affairs of people with mental incapacity
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. National Audit Office
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 51p.
- Place of publication:
- London
An evaluation of the work of the Court of Protection and the Public Trust Office, which puts into effect and manages the Court's judicial decisions.
Winning an obstacle race
- Authors:
- DIMMICK Adrian, HIRONS Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 16.2.94, 1994, pp.30-32.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Faced with a deadline for moving the last few patients out of the Cane Hill Hospital but with the community accommodation not quite ready, an empty ward at Dulwich Hospital was chosen as an interim measure. The ten week stay in the temporary accommodation had both positive and negative aspects - stress levels in the residents increased, however, the semi-sheltered environment eased the transition to the move to the community.
The social worker as appropriate adult under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
- Author:
- LITTLECHILD Brian
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 107p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Practical text detailing the role of social workers as outlined in the 1991 Codes of Practice on the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
Editorial: psychiatric services for elderly people: evaluating system performance
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 9(4), 1994, pp.259-272.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Aims to clarify some of the concepts and terminology of health system evaluation; to draw on published literature to exemplify these concepts; and to discuss some of the implications of routinely evaluating a system rather than scientifically evaluating particular interventions or programmes. Concludes by arguing that the evaluation of psychiatric services for elderly persons is best achieved by the construction of relatively simple models from an array of complex knowledge.