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Planned provision blues
- Author:
- FAULKNER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.10.92, 1992, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Services for people with mental health problems face particular difficulties in the struggle to get community care right. Presents the result of a national survey which was carried out by Research and Development in Psychiatry.
Variation in the provision of community day care for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- MASON Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 3(2), April 1998, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The provision of day care for people with a learning disability represents a major investment in service provision by local authorities. Looks at how service provision varies.
Suffering in silence
- Author:
- BARRON Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 26.10.04, 2004, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Services for women experiencing domestic violence who also have mental health or substance misuse issues or woefully inadequate. Reports on 'Struggle to survive', a survey from the first part of the Women's Aid Mental Health and Domestic Violence project which identifies some of the gaps in existing service provision, and highlights resources needed to improve services in the future. Separate but related postal questionnaires were sent to refuge organisations other domestic violence services and professionals working with women experiencing domestic violence. Interviews and group discussions were also undertaken with service users.
Two sides to everything
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 20.7.04, 2004, pp.27-28.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Reports on a survey carried out in partnership with Mind and funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The survey asked people with physical impairments, who also have mental health support needs, about their experiences of services. Results found a lack of joined up thinking between physical and mental disability services.
Mental health and deafness: an investigation of current residential services and service users throughout the UK
- Authors:
- McCLELLAND Roy, CHISHOLM Daniel, POWELL Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 10(6), December 2001, pp.627-636.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
This study aimed to identify and assess all residential facilities that provide services to deaf people with mental health problems, and to elicit detailed information on the demography, clinical characteristics and service needs of the residents. The survey covered a total of 555 residents living in 44 centres, of whom 372 were deaf adults in the age range 16-65. Twenty facilities and 80% of their residents were assessed in more detail. Residents had high levels of functional impairment, with two-thirds having moderate or severe problems in at least one domain of personal functioning including cleanliness, cooking, shopping, use of transport and budgeting. The domains of social activity and risk of harm to self and others differentiated residents in psychiatric wards from those in staffed hostels.
A Diverse Minds survey-audit of information needs
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Diverse Minds Magazine, 5, March 2000, pp.14-18.
- Publisher:
- MIND
This is the second part of the Diverse Minds survey which looks at the needs of the black and minority ethnic communities. This part of the survey focuses on the services that Mind currently provides, with the aim of identifying possible areas to target resources more effectively.
Doorstep delivery
- Authors:
- MINGHELLA Edana, FORD Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 20.8.98, 1998, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Reports on how a home care service for people with severe mental illness has reduced costs and proved popular with users.
A little more time, two: a consumer survey of the Leeds Mental Health Social Work Services provided to clients of under 65 years
- Authors:
- ATKINS Andy, et al
- Publisher:
- Leeds. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 43p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Results of a consumer survey designed in order to discover whether the social work team in the Mental Health Unit was continuing to provide the kinds of services which users, carers and relatives required.
Health and aging-in-place: implications for community practice
- Author:
- BLACK Kathy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Community Practice, 16(1), 2008, pp.79-95.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philapelphia, USA
Findings from a needs assessment carried out on a naturally occurring retirement community of 114 individuals are presented within the context of the increasing trend towards helping older people remain independently in their own homes. The assessment is based on an holistic perspective that encompasses physical, mental and social well-being, and it uses a specially developed tool to gather self-report measures of eleven chronic health conditions and seven instrumental activities of daily living. Psychological health was measured using the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire, the Geriatric Depression Scale and a Likert scale to cover perceptions of life satisfaction and health. The findings indicate complex and interacting medical and psychosocial problems, and suggest that while all resident can benefit from interventions, these should be targeted at those in greatest need, especially the oldest. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Multiple challenges in services for women experiencing domestic violence
- Author:
- BARRON Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 8(1), February 2005, pp.11-15.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper is based on a survey of service provision for women experiencing domestic violence and who have additional complex mental health or substance abuse needs. Postal questionnaires were sent to domestic violence organisations, community mental health teams, mental health NHS trusts and substance use services. The views of women survivors of domestic violence were also sought. The survey, undertaken by Women's Aid, identifies some shortcomings in existing provision and makes recommendations for future development of services. More refuge provision is needed which can accommodate women with mental health and substance use needs and their children. Mental health professionals and those working in drug and alcohol services also need training in domestic violence to enable them to respond more appropriately to the needs of abused women and work effectively in partnership with refuge organisations.