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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.
Pride and prejudice?
- Author:
- ROBINSON Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 16(4), December 1988, pp.143-146.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Reports on a study to discover why families did not make use of a respite care scheme.
A survey of family based respite care services
- Authors:
- ORLIK Christopher, ROBINSON Carol, RUSSELL Oliver
- Publishers:
- National Association for Family Based Respite Care, University of Bristol. Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 41p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Report bringing together information on 265 schemes which offer short term respite care to people with learning difficulties or physical disabilities.
Carers of people with learning disabilities, and their experience of the 1995 Carers Act
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Carol, WILLIAMS Val
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 32(2), March 2002, pp.169-183.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This paper seeks to highlight the impact of the Carers (Recognition and Services) Act of 1995 on carers of people with learning disabilities. It draws on research conducted in the south west between 1997 and 1999, which examined the views and experiences of carers who had an assessment of their needs, together with those of the person they care for and the professional conducting the assessment. It concludes that the Carers Act is not widely used, or understood, by this group of carers. Recommendations for improving practice include changes to the current terminology, new triggers for a carer's needs assessment, and a greater input from other agencies, especially health services. Although the current paper focuses on the views and experiences of carers, an exploration of the Carers Act, and its effect on potential conflicts of interest with the person with learning disabilities, is available elsewhere.
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.
Making the break from 'respite care': a keynote review
- Author:
- ROBINSON Carol
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 22(2), 1994, pp.42-45.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Seeks to describe the development of respite services in the UK from their beginnings as relief care for carers to the emerging view of services as offering a potentially positive experience for disabled people.
Someone to turn to
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Carol, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.5.91, 1991, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes the pattern of respite care schemes in the U.K. and highlights the resource implications for users and respite carers.
Befriending: more than just finding friends?
- Authors:
- HESLOP Pauline, ROBINSON Carol
- Publisher:
- Shared Care Network
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 108p..bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
There is a growing trend for the development of befriending services and increased government recognition that the provision of short break services (of which befriending is one of the range of services) is essential in supporting families of disabled people. Despite this there is a paucity of research evidence about the effectiveness of such services. It is these three factors which have prompted this research, which focuses on the views and experiences of 15 workers at seven befriending schemes for children and/or adults with learning difficulties in England; 34 people with learning difficulties using the schemes; 42 befrienders attached to them; and 46 parent carers of children/young people linked to any of the seven schemes.