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Making more space: the unique and vital contribution of the family support worker
- Author:
- MAKING SPACE
- Publisher:
- Making Space
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Report describing a project exploring the role and functioning of 15 family support workers who focus on the needs of carers looking after people with severe mental illness.
The mental health of carers
- Author:
- KING Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 4(3), August 1995, pp.25-35.
The consequences of caring can leave carers with physical and mental health problems. In addition, their personal relationships are often damaged. Describes a report produced by the Mental Health Focus Group in Suffolk which is aimed at agencies and groups with an interest in the well-being of carers.
Intensive home care treatment teams: users' and carers' experiences of the service and the outcomes of care
- Authors:
- GODFREY Mary, TOWNSEND Jean
- Publisher:
- Nuffield Institute for Health Management
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 75p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
1st in a series of research studies on the South Leeds Mental Health Service.
Help I need someone: care management and family carers of people with mental health problems
- Author:
- SIMIC Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 7(2), 1995, pp.23-34.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Looks at carer views of the help they receive, both formal and informal, and their views of help they themselves and the sufferer need. Shows that support from family carers and friends was limited, and that services did not meet their or the sufferers' needs.
Hold the line for carer support
- Author:
- O'DONOVAN Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 3(4), July 1995, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Carers themselves identified the need for a telephone helpline service, and so the South East Wales Dementia Careline was born. Describes the first two years of this highly valued service, and plans for the future.
Respite care: fellowship and harmony
- Author:
- RUSSELL Lynne
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.5.95, 1995, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes the work at Cairdeas House, an Edinburgh house offering respite for people with mental health problems, whether they arise from illness or trauma.
Setting standards for services based on users and carers views
- Author:
- OXFORDSHIRE HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Oxfordshire Health
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Day care: do carers gain?
- Author:
- WALDER Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 3(5), September 1995, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
One of the aims of day care for people with dementia is to relieve stress and enhance the well-being of carers. Reports on a study which aimed to show how far this was being achieved.
Suffer the little children
- Author:
- COHEN Phil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.8.95, 1995, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A new project for young carers in Bradford found that many were looking after mentally ill parents.
Providing support for families
- Author:
- BRADSHAW Tim
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 9.8.95, 1995, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Schizophrenia is a major mental illness and the impact of family relationships on the condition has been widely debated. Shows how mental health nurses are beginning to forge improved relationships with people with schizophrenia and their families by offering information on schizophrenia and concentrating on the clients' and families' strengths.