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Sex and drugs and getting old
- Author:
- STANLEY Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 26.3.92, 1992, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Argues for older women to be included in the debate on mental health services for women.
What kind of care: summary report of a survey of satisfaction with community services for elderly people with mental health problems in Leeds NW and Leeds SE
- Author:
- BULLIVANT Maxine
- Publisher:
- Leeds Community Health Council
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Care management pilots: annual report April 1991-March 1992
- Author:
- HAMPSHIRE. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Hampshire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 200p.
- Place of publication:
- Winchester
Reports from 4 pilot care management projects looking at what has been learnt from them, and comparing the different models used.
National disability information provision: sources and issues
- Authors:
- HINKLEY Philipa, STEELE Jane
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report explaining the work of the project team on national provision of disability information. Also provides details of major organisations providing nationally relevant disability information.
User-involvement: the view from service users
- Authors:
- RAISON Barbara, LUPTON Carol
- Publisher:
- Hampshire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 38p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Winchester
Sets out to identify the experience and views of those service users who had been involved in various aspects of Hampshire SSD's work. Client groups surveyed include older people, users of mental health services, and people with disabilities.
Community care and control: a guide to the legislation
- Author:
- FISHWICK Colin
- Publisher:
- Pepar
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 224p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Focuses on the Children Act 1989, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Criminal Justice Act 1991. Divided into 4 sections: the care and control of children in the community; the care of adults in the community; the care and control of mentally ill people; and the care and control of offenders in the community.
Experiences of community care: case studies of UK practice
- Authors:
- LYNCH Bruce, PERRY Richard
- Publisher:
- Longman
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 318p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Harlow
Illustrates the range of initiatives in community care and provides advice on how to foster, facilitate and encourage work at a local level. Looks at translating ideas into practice, staffing, training, supervision and support, users of community care projects, funding and resources, and inter-agency work.
Mental health: a client support resource pack
- Authors:
- SUTTON Carole, HERBERT Martin
- Publisher:
- NFER Nelson
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 1v.,looseleaf,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Windsor
Resource pack devised to help both those who are experiencing or recovering from mental distress and all those who care for them, including professionals, para professionals and non professionals. Contains sections on: mental illness in context; working with people with a mental illness and their carers; working with people experiencing particular difficulties (including anxiety, phobias, depressive disorders, attempted suicide, schizophrenia, dementia, and problems related to substance abuse); working with special groups (including black people, older people and people with learning disabilities); and support for workers. Also contains appendices on: Mental Health Act 1983; psychotropic drugs; relaxation techniques; and key features of schizophrenia. Includes checklists for helping people with specific difficulties.
Inlogov informs on poverty
- Authors:
- GRAYSON Lesley, HOBSON Margaret, SMITH Barbara, comps
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Institute of Local Government Studies
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 171p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
This issue addresses poverty from the perspective of low incomes, covering both low pay and support through the social security system. The publication is divided into 7 main sections which cover perceptions of poverty; people in poverty; poor work and poor pay; living on a low income; social security benefits; anti-poverty strategies; and finally discusses the developing agenda for poverty in the 1990's.