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"Valuing the individual": policy and practice for older people with a mental infirmity; report of an inspection; April 1995
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office. Social Services Inspectorate for Wales
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office. Social Services Inspectorate for Wales
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 68p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
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.
Residential care homes and nursing homes in Wales: 1994
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 69p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
A voice at planning level
- Author:
- FURNISH Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 3(1), January 1995, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Describes a project on carer participation in services for people with dementia and older people with mental illness in South Glamorgan.
Mental health: a technical document produced by the Health Gain Panel of Review
- Authors:
- FARMER Anne, chair
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office. NHS Directorate. Welsh Health Planning Forum
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 520p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Set of papers compiled by the Health Gain Panel of Review with the aim of improving the provision of services to people with mental health problems in Wales. Includes sections on: the epidemiology of mental illness; promoting mental health; mixed anxiety depressive syndrome; depression; bipolar affective disorders; schizophrenia; dementia; personality disorders; suicide and parasuicide; eating disorders; child and adolescent mental health; older people with mental health problems; homelessness and mental health; and therapies.
Empowerment in community care
- Editor:
- JACK Raymond
- Publisher:
- Chapman and Hall
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 320p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
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.