Aimed at health care professionals involved in the care of homeless people, as well as at other professionals. Examines the difficulties homeless people have in gaining access to health care in Britain and the United States. Includes chapters on: mental health; alcohol abuse; young homeless people; models of health care provision; and raising the profile of health care for homeless people.
Aimed at health care professionals involved in the care of homeless people, as well as at other professionals. Examines the difficulties homeless people have in gaining access to health care in Britain and the United States. Includes chapters on: mental health; alcohol abuse; young homeless people; models of health care provision; and raising the profile of health care for homeless people.
Subject terms:
homeless people, homelessness, mental health, mental health problems, social policy, single homeless people, young people, alcohol misuse, health care;
Explores the reality of how service providers, such as doctors, social workers and community nurses, respond to carers. Looks at which carers get help and why, analysing how age, relationship, class and gender structure the responses of service providers and carers themselves. Also examines the moral, economic and policy issues posed by trying to fully incorporate carers' interests into service provision. Focuses on the views of both carers and service providers.
Explores the reality of how service providers, such as doctors, social workers and community nurses, respond to carers. Looks at which carers get help and why, analysing how age, relationship, class and gender structure the responses of service providers and carers themselves. Also examines the moral, economic and policy issues posed by trying to fully incorporate carers' interests into service provision. Focuses on the views of both carers and service providers.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mental health problems, social care provision, user views, carers, community nurses, general practitioners, health care;
Part of a series of Health of the Nation key area handbooks, which are aimed at helping managers and directors in purchasing authorities (DHAs, FHSAs, purchasing consortia for mental illness, and SSD's) to develop local strategies. Includes chapters on: mental health promotion; sketching the local picture; seeking local views; developing local alliances; identifying and assessing available interventions; identifying research and development needs; agreeing local targets; developing human skills and resources; developing information and resources; establishing purchasing and monitoring arrangements; and evaluating outcomes and disseminating information.
Part of a series of Health of the Nation key area handbooks, which are aimed at helping managers and directors in purchasing authorities (DHAs, FHSAs, purchasing consortia for mental illness, and SSD's) to develop local strategies. Includes chapters on: mental health promotion; sketching the local picture; seeking local views; developing local alliances; identifying and assessing available interventions; identifying research and development needs; agreeing local targets; developing human skills and resources; developing information and resources; establishing purchasing and monitoring arrangements; and evaluating outcomes and disseminating information.
Subject terms:
information management, intervention, joint planning, mental health problems, mental health services, needs, social care provision, health care;
University of Kent. European Institute of Social Services
Publication year:
1993
Pagination:
401p.
Place of publication:
Canterbury
Detailed account of social services in the twelve member states of the European Community. Contains sections on: organisation, responsibility and finance for social services; preventative services; children and families; elderly people; people with disabilities; addictions; illnesses; AIDS/HIV; socially excluded people; young people; services for migrants; names and addresses of major public and private social services agencies.
Detailed account of social services in the twelve member states of the European Community. Contains sections on: organisation, responsibility and finance for social services; preventative services; children and families; elderly people; people with disabilities; addictions; illnesses; AIDS/HIV; socially excluded people; young people; services for migrants; names and addresses of major public and private social services agencies.
Subject terms:
HIV AIDS, immigration, learning disabilities, mental health, mental health problems, older people, physical disabilities, poverty, prevention, private health care, social exclusion, social services, voluntary organisations, young people, addiction, alcohol misuse, black and minority ethnic people, children, drug misuse, families, health care;