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Extra money, but who is going to gain?
- Author:
- WINCHESTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.3.01, 2001, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the recent budget. Finds that most vulnerable people have little to cheer about, although families with a working parent have done well.
Community care: getting help in Leeds; a brief guide to some of the different sorts of help you can get from the caring services in Leeds
- Author:
- LEEDS. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Leeds. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Short guide to community care services provided by Leeds City Council.
Anyone at home?: adult residential services; a handbook on visits for councillors
- Author:
- ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN AUTHORITIES
- Publisher:
- Association of Metropolitan Authorities
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Handbook drawing on guidance produced by the Department of Health.
Home life: a code of practice for residential care; report of a working party sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Security and convened by the Centre for Policy on Ageing under the Chairmanship of Kina, Lady Avebury
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR POLICY ON AGEING
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 114p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of the Working Party under the chairmanship of Kina, Lady Avebury.
Stigma and social exclusion in healthcare
- Editors:
- MASON Tom, et al
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 302p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Argues that while those in healthcare might like to think that they work to reduce stigma and the social exclusion of others, there are many strategies by which health professionals actually contribute to increasing these conditions. This book seeks to expose the hidden processes of prejudice and the dogma of ideology that permeate contemporary healthcare. Topics covered include: hearing; sight; sexuality; HIV AIDS; drug use; teenage pregnancy; breast feeding; old age; mental health; stroke.
Social and therapeutic horticulture: evidence and messages from research
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR CHILD AND FAMILY RESEARCH
- Publisher:
- Loughborough University. Centre for Child and Family Research
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Loughborough
Summarises the main findings of a literature review on social and therapeutic horticulture with vulnerable client groups. More than 300 articles were examined in detail from over 1,000 available titles. Client groups studied included those recovering from major illness or injury, people with physical disabilities, people with learning difficulties and mental health problems, older people, offenders and those who misuse drugs or alcohol. Highlights the reported benefits.
Public health, preventive medicine and social services
- Author:
- DAVIES Brian Meredith
- Publisher:
- Edward Arnold
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 431p.,tables,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the structure, function and role of the community health service, placing particular emphasis on the social aspects of health and on disease prevention. Includes chapters on: the structure of health services in the United Kingdom; health audit; the measurement of health; maternity services; preventive child health services; immunisation; prevention of communicable diseases; AIDS; the Governments Health of the nation initiative; the role of the nurse in prevention of ill health; the work of the World Health Organisation; nutrition and environmental health; the structure of social services; care of children in need; child abuse; services for disabled people, older people and people with mental health problems; and alcohol and drug abuse.
Community care: findings from Department of Health funded research 1988-1992
- Editor:
- ROBBINS Diana
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 413p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains 6 chapters: managing and delivering services; elderly people; informal care and carers; mental health; learning disabilities; and physical disabilities and sensory impairment. Also contains a section on HIV/AIDS and substance misuse.
Creating a home from home: a guide to standards
- Author:
- RESIDENTIAL FORUM
- Publisher:
- Residential Forum
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 100p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guide presenting a new approach to setting and judging standards in residential homes in the United Kingdom. Focuses on quality of life of residents as the starting point for more practical issues. Puts the needs, wishes and convenience of users first.
Partners in caring: the fourth annual report of the Chief Inspector Social Services Inspectorate 1994/95
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 102p.
- Place of publication:
- London