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The review of the all-Wales mental handicap strategy: proposals for development from April 1993
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 30p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Policies with values and vision for the 1990's: a paper prepared as a contribution to the Department of Health's policy discussions on residential care for people with a mental handicap
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Paper discussing values and visions in service delivery. Argues for explicit and clear policies. Discusses what the NDT has learnt from country-wide visits about the way values are shaping local services. Outlines some of the NDT's values and beliefs, and offers a vision of what life could be like. Draws conclusions and makes recommendations.
The review of the all Wales strategy: a view from the carers; a report on a postal survey of 650 parents and other family carers
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 73p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
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.
Enabling community integration: the role of public authorities in promoting an ordinary life for people with learning disabilities in the 1990s
- Authors:
- TOWELL David, BEARDSHAW Virginia
- Publisher:
- Kings Fund College
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 142p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aimed at senior managers and members of health and local authorities involved in the NHS and community care reforms to services for people with learning difficulties. Looks at ways in which public authorities can stimulate change in services to achieve better lives for clients.
People first
- Authors:
- TOWELL David, BEARDSHAW Virginia
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.9.91, 1991, pp.23-24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
What does the government's commitment to individualisation in services for people with learning difficulties mean in practice? Draws upon work done by the King's Fund.
Staff training in the management of violence and aggression
- Authors:
- McDONNELL Andrew, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 19(2), June 1991, pp.73-76.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Training is placed in the context of an organisational system; emphasises the need for clear policies and describes the process of specifying a training system.
Adults at risk: procedural guidelines for professionals in relation to people with physical or sensory disability, mental illness, or learning difficulties (mental handicap)
- Author:
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Gloucestershire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 28p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- Gloucester
Describes action to be taken when vulnerable adults, living in the community, are found to be living in circumstances which present an unacceptable level of danger and co-ordinated intervention by caring agencies is necessary.