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Shining a light
- Author:
- PLATT Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.6.97, 1997, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Many practitioners working with people with learning difficulties may not realise their clients could also have a hearing or sight impairment. Reviews a new practice guide.
Mental health care training priorities in general practice
- Authors:
- KERWICK Shaun, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of General Practice, 47(417), April 1997, pp.225-227.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of General Practitioners
Mental health problems constitute a large part of GP's work, for which they may have received little training beyond their undergraduate education. They continue to find themselves criticized in the literature over inadequate recognition and management of these problems. While there is concern about the effectiveness of continuing medical education (CME), educational needs assessment can improve the outcome of CME programmes. The study assesses GP's perceived educational needs regarding mental health problems.
Waiting games
- Author:
- NOBLE Laura
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.10.97, 1997, p.9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how one woman's experience of fighting for her autistic son's rights illustrates some of the pitfalls in the government's approach to special education needs.
The OK health check: a health assessment checklist for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- MATTHEWS D., HEGARTY John
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 25(4), 1997, pp.138-143.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article describes how a checklist assessment of health needs for people with learning disabilities was developed using a 'Delphi' group approach. Describes how the health assessment checklist was tested for validity and inter-rater reliability with qualified and unqualified carers in different settings. The findings demonstrate that it is an effective means of identifying health needs for this client group, and is an appropriate tool for use by staff of all grades.
Direct payments are not a mystery
- Author:
- COLLINS Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 4(1), September 1997, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Discusses how some authorities are regarding the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act as if it is introducing a totally alien concept. The author calls on local authorities to make use of the experience gained and to give people with learning difficulties the assistance they need in making their views and wishes known over direct payments.
'Still hurting after all these years ...'
- Author:
- MAUGHAN Joan
- Journal article citation:
- Soundtrack, 9, February 1997, p.9.
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
The sexual abuse of children and adults with learning disabilities has remained largely hidden. The author discusses some of the reasons for this and recalls the devastating impact of childhood abuse on one young woman.
Services for older people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 47p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of an SSI project designed to obtain information about the extent to which SSDs were taking account of the increasingly complex needs of older people with learning difficulties.
Services for older people with learning disability: report of an SSI project
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Letter accompanying the SSI project report 'Services for older people with learning disabilities'.
Children and young people with disabilities in Northern Ireland: part 1; an overview of needs and services; a summary
- Authors:
- MONTEITH Maria, MCCRYSTAL Patrick, IWANIEC Dorota
- Publisher:
- Queen's University Belfast. Centre for Child Care Research
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Summary of a research report looking at the needs of and provision of services to disabled children and young people in Northern Ireland.
Crisis approaching: the situation facing Sheffield's elderly carers of people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- MAGRILL Dalia, et al
- Publisher:
- The Sharing Caring Project
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 35p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
Report from a project set up to identify the needs of people approaching the age of seventy and above who still care for a person with learning difficulties. The report outlines the findings of questionnaires completed with sixty carers and the outcomes of six local focus groups of older carers. Aims to present readers with an overall picture of the experiences, needs and concerns of elderly carers in Sheffield.