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The creative use of groups with Alzheimer's patients
- Authors:
- GLADSTEIN Muriel, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work with Groups, 16(4), 1993, pp.109-124.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Describes a project sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health in the USA. The purpose of the work was to demonstrate that group work services could enhance the quality of life of Alzheimer's patients. A chart outlining a prototype for this work is presented, which is applicable to work with patients with dementias other than Alzheimer's. Describes the patients serviced, the staffing of the program and the systems whose philosophy and structures supported the work that was done.
Life history work with a group of people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- ATKINSON Dorothy
- Journal article citation:
- Groupwork, 6(3), 1993, pp.199-210.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Describes and analyses a life history project with a group of older people with learning disabilities.
Dementia: new skills for social workers
- Editors:
- CHAPMAN Alan, MARSHALL Mary
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 168p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the skills needed when working with people with dementia and their carers. Includes chapters on: psychotherapeutic intervention; use of the past; systemic family intervention; groupwork; empowerment; assessment and care management; and new skills for social workers.
Health, welfare and practice: reflecting on roles and relationships
- Editors:
- WALMSLEY Jan, et al
- Publisher:
- Sage/Open University
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 214p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Broad ranging text exploring key issues in the provision and use of caring services. Focuses on the roles and relationships between health and social welfare services. Includes chapters on: caring roles and caring relationships; the health service/social work divide; midwives and doctors on the labour ward; pregnancy and childbirth - a historical perspective; how the poor die (by George Orwell); feminist theory and strategy in social work; anti-racist curriculums in social work training; women clients and women social workers; violence against black women; men - the forgotten carers; older women; acquired hearing loss; new disability services; empowerment and oppression; an account of living on a children's ward; personal and medical memories from Hillsborough; group care; and establishing a feminist model of groupwork in the probation service.