Looks at empowerment in a community care context, from both a theoretical and practical perspective. Includes chapters on: self-help groups; self-help in Germany; an international perspective on peer support and advocacy; groups in the 3rd age; pensioners' forums; practical projects for empowering people in health and social welfare; the psychiatric system survivor movement; citizen advocacy with people with learning difficulties in Wales; the Self-Help Alliance; and effective support for self-help.
Looks at empowerment in a community care context, from both a theoretical and practical perspective. Includes chapters on: self-help groups; self-help in Germany; an international perspective on peer support and advocacy; groups in the 3rd age; pensioners' forums; practical projects for empowering people in health and social welfare; the psychiatric system survivor movement; citizen advocacy with people with learning difficulties in Wales; the Self-Help Alliance; and effective support for self-help.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mental health problems, older people, self-help, self-help groups, social care provision, survivors, advocacy, carers, community care, empowerment, 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;