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Relief care in the Malvern Hills area: a users' perspective
- Author:
- HEREFORD AND WORCESTER. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Hereford and Worcester. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 46p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- Worcester
Survey of service and potential service users, designed to aid decision making for the future organisation of relief care services.
Respite family care and mental handicap in Newcastle: an evaluation of the FACE and STOP schemes
- Authors:
- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CITY COUNCIL. Policy Services Department, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CITY COUNCIL. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Newcastle. Policy Services Department/Newcastle. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 62p. + app., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
A host of opportunities: second NHSN survey of family based short break schemes for children and adults with intellectual and other disabilities in the Republic of Ireland
- Author:
- HANRAHAN Des
- Publisher:
- National Home-sharing and Short Breaks Network
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 70p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Mullingar
The National Home-Sharing and Short Breaks Network is an association which supports the use, promotion and provision of host family based services for Irish citizens with intellectual disability, physical disability and autism. While the majority of respite services are centre based, the family-based model of providing short breaks to people with disabilities involves recruiting approved individuals, couples and families who agree to provide personalised breaks in their own homes as an alternative to traditional residential respite. In this report the terms short breaks with volunteer host families or paid contract families, and home sharing provided by host families are used in place of respite care and residential care respectively. The report describes the methodology for the questionnaire based survey of 30 schemes, run by 12 separate organisations, that provided overnight breaks with host families. It presents information from the survey about the hosts, the guests, and other issues. It concludes with a discussion of the findings, and makes recommendations for policy makers, managers and further research.
Home to home: a review of family-based respite care in Dyfed
- Authors:
- SWIFT Paul, RANT Gordon, MCGRATH Morag
- Publisher:
- University College of North Wales. Centre for Social Policy Research and Develop
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 166p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Bangor
Review of a project for people with learning difficulties run by Barnardo's in Dyfed.
They keep going away: a critical study of short term residential care services for children with learning difficulties
- Author:
- OSWIN Maureen
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 275p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the history of respite care for children with learning difficulties, relates the experience of parents and staff, and gives guidelines on improving standards of care.
Respite care: summaries and suggestions; final report to the Department of Health
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Carol, STALKER Kirsten
- Publisher:
- University of Bristol. Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 30p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Final summary report of a 3 year study into respite care services for children and young people (up to age 20) with a range of disabilities, but particularly severe learning difficulties.
A review of the North Powys family aide service: a community support service for people with learning difficulties and their families
- Author:
- EVANS Gerry
- Publisher:
- Mental Handicap in Wales Applied Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 41p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Reports on research into the use of family aides to support people with mental handicaps and their families in the community.
Respite care for children with handicaps : identifying need-options
- Author:
- CLIFFORD Bruce
- Publisher:
- Gloucestershire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 5p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- Gloucester
Respite care for children with handicaps a literature review
- Author:
- CLIFFORD Bruce
- Publisher:
- Gloucestershire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 17p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Gloucester
They keep going away: a critical study of short-term residential care services for children who are mentally handicapped
- Author:
- OSWIN Maureen
- Publisher:
- King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 276p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London