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"From the inside looking out": how to tackle monitoring
- Authors:
- ABBOTT K., JAMES J., HOWELL H.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 18(1), 1990, pp.15-18.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Describes the development of a method of monitoring the quality of residential services to people with mental handicap.
A guide to the good care of people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- KENT COUNTY COUNCIL. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Kent County Council. Social Sevices Department
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 31p.,illus.
- Place of publication:
- Maidstone
Sets out standards for the care of people with learning disabilities living in residential care. The central message of the guide is that people are individuals with individual needs.
Promoting an ordinary life: a checklist for assessing residential care for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- HOYES Lesley
- Publisher:
- University of Bristol. School for Advanced Urban Studies
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 53p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Focuses on the relationship between the public sector and the independent sector. Contains guidelines for Registration Authorities and Care Managers, and four assessment checklists: suitability of property, fitness of proprietor/manager, care management, and internal features of property.
The place of special villages and residential communities: the provision of care for people with severe, profound and multiple disabilities
- Editor:
- SEGAL Stanley S.
- Publisher:
- AB Academic Publishers
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 121p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Bicester
Set of papers from a symposium on alternatives to institutional care for people with learning difficulties. Includes papers on the place of special villages in the context of current and developing provision; the evolution from a mental handicap hospital into a village; the situation in the Netherlands; the closure of Darenth Park Mental Handicap Hospital and its effect on residents; and special villages and community care. Also outlines specific village projects.
Quality of life: perspectives and policies
- Editors:
- BALDWIN Sally, GODFREY Christine, PROPPER Carol
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 266p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Covers conceptual frameworks of quality of life, methodology - including Quality Adjusted Life Years -, empirical perspectives with various client groups, and policy issues.