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What do ATCs offer in Wales? A survey of Welsh day services
- Authors:
- BEYER Stephen, KILSBY Mark, LOWE Kathy
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 7(1), 1994, pp.16-40.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reports the findings of a survey of the organisation and activities offered by all adult training centres in Wales, carried out in 1990.
A survey of dietary problems of adults with learning disabilities in the community
- Authors:
- STEWART Lynette, BEANGE Helen, MACKERRAS Dorothy
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 7(1), 1994, pp.41-50.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reports the results of an Australian survey, which identified a need for specific nutrition education programmes, in concert with proper nutritional assessment and dietary intervention.
Parents' views of different respite care services
- Authors:
- STALKER Kirsten, ROBINSON Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 7(2), 1994, pp.97-117.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
This paper focuses on one part of a three-year study into respite care services to disabled children. Findings from previous research are outlined, an overview and methodology of the study of consumers' views are presented, and results discussed.
The accounts of special education leavers
- Author:
- CHESTON Rik
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 9(1), 1994, pp.59-69.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
There has been comparatively little analysis of the ways in which pupils within special education describe themselves. This paper looks at the linguistic repertoires that leavers from special education in central Scotland drew upon in order to account for their presence in what was seen by those around them as a stigmatising environment. The implications of the findings for those who work with teenagers and others who are forced to account for their presence in stigmatising environments are discussed.
Consulting the children: interviews with children using residential respite care services
- Authors:
- MINKES John, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 9(1), 1994, pp.47-57.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The Children Act 1989 requires that services for children are provided in partnership with parents and that the wishes and feelings of the child and his/her parents are ascertained and given due consideration (s22). As part of a research project assessing the quality of services to children with disabilities under the Children Act, an evaluation of six residential respite care services was carried out. The services were used mainly by children with learning difficulties, some of whom had little or no speech. Staff at the schools attended by the children were asked to interview them, so that their views could be included in the evaluation reports. Interview schedules and aids to communication were devised to try and enable all the children to express their views. This article describes the initial schedules and the changes made in the light of experience during the research. The children's responses are summarised and consideration is given as to how the process of consultation could be improved in future.
The patchwork quilt
- Author:
- LINDSAY Meg
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.5.94, 1994, p.20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Respite care is often made from bits and pieces from services which are meant to be integrated, but not at the top of many agendas. This means that respite care uses borrowed funding and secondhand policies and practices. A survey in Scotland examined four types of respite care: hospital, residential, family-based, and domiciliary for seven main groups: older people, people with dementia, those with mental health problems, and children and adults with learning and physical disabilities, to find out the reality for carers. Also explores the possibilities for improving services for them.
Speaking up, speaking out - involving users in day services
- Author:
- ROSS Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 1 1994, 1994, pp.1-9.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
A reduction in the role of local government as the primary provider of health and social services, including community care throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s has been matched by increasing support for the informal, voluntary and private sectors. The shift of responsibility from public to private has been promoted through a movement towards a mixed economy of care, which advocates increased quality and choice for users, as defined by users. The author's study looks at how three user groups - people with physical disabilities, people with mental health problems, and people with learning difficulties are being encouraged to have a voice in service planning and delivery of services across three local authority areas in the West Midlands.