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Perspectives: the effects of exclusion
- Author:
- TAYLOR Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.11.99, 1999, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that segregating people with mental illness should be seen as a last resort as they are better helped by being supported in the community they know.
A neglected power
- Authors:
- HATFIELD Barbara, EVANS Sherrill, SHAW Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.9.99, 1999, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Mental health professionals in England and Wales make only limited use of the guardianship provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983. The authors consider whether the use of these powers in the United States holds any lessons for this country.
Development of a supported living service for people with enduring mental illness
- Author:
- BAYNE Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 2(1), March 1999, pp.24-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes how a network of community based service for people in Fareham and Gosport with enduring mental illness was developed by Southern Focus Trust. The experience of setting up this supported living service has demonstrated how flexibility and open working with clients have been able to meet the changing needs of people with enduring mental illness. The flexibility of the service has meant that residents has been able to remain in their home as their needs change and hospital admission is prevented.
Social role valorization and the English experience
- Author:
- RACE David G
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 196p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Details the theory of Social Role Valorisation developed by Professor Wolf Wolfensberger out of the concept of normalisation. Demonstrates that the theory is directly relevant to individuals and caring services working with vulnerable groups. Shows how it may be used to develop strategies for action that can inform the practice of individuals and organisations seeking to respond to a changing political climate.
Use of community and long-term care by people with dementia in the UK: a review of some issues in service provision and carer and user preferences
- Author:
- MORIARTY J.M.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 3(4), November 1999, pp.311-319.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In the UK, one of the effects of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 has been to highlight the impact of policy changes and changes to service organisation upon the types and levels of service provision. However, much of the existing literature on the use of community and long-term care services by people with dementia is based upon data collected prior to the implementation of the Act. The article identifies some of the methodological issues and highlights the increasing importance that is likely to be attached to incorporating the service preferences of people with dementia and their carers in the future.
Kitchen sync
- Author:
- PATERSON Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 10.11.99, 1999, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
A key aim for mental health nurses is getting clients into work. This article describes a restaurant staffed by people with mental health problems and learning disabilities.
Estates of mind
- Author:
- HIRST Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.11.99, 1999, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Although people with mental health problems are no longer locked up in asylums, as an inquiry by MIND reports, society has many other ways of shutting them out. Asks how these barriers can be scaled.
Outside the asylum
- Authors:
- WRIGHT David, BARTLETT Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 2(12), August 1999, pp.404-405.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article provides an abstract of a new history of mental health and learning disabilities care which traces models of community care back to its Victorian and earlier antecedents.
Out of sight, out of mind
- Author:
- GULLAND Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 1.9.99, 1999, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reports on a new survey from Crisis which reveals that one in three people evicted from their homes has a mental health problem.
The man died
- Author:
- JENKINS Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Prison Service Journal, 124, July 1999, pp.4-6.
- Publisher:
- Her Majesty's Prison Service of England and Wales
Comments on the inquiry into the death of Christopher Edwards, who was killed by Richard Linford in Chelmsford prison.