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Building bridges: designing for elderly people
- Author:
- HOGAN Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Access by Design, 67, May 1995, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Accessible Environments
An extract from a paper delivered to a second year post-graduate course on gerontechnology in Oulu, Finland. Discusses the needs of the elderly consumer and the desirability of an inclusive design philosophy in responding to them.
Disembodied voices
- Author:
- TINKER Anthea
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.4.95, 1995, p.30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Suggests that telecommunication technology could be the key to independent living for disabled people in the future.
Community care: a question of rights
- Editors:
- HARDING Tessa, ROBINSON Janice
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work/King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Short paper from a debate on the rights of disabled people to community care services.
The European Union and older people with disability
- Author:
- EUROLINK AGE
- Publisher:
- Eurolink Age
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 19p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Short booklet setting out what the European Union is doing for older, disabled people. Explains how individuals and organisations acting on their behalf can take advantage of opportunities which exist. Includes comprehensive list of organisations.
Rights, entitlements and expectations
- Author:
- HARDING Tessa
- Journal article citation:
- NISW Noticeboard, Autumn 1995, p.5.
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
Describes a project of the Policy Unit of the National Institute for Social Work which pursues the issues of the rights of individuals and the need for coherent legislation in forthcoming weeks.
Comforts of age
- Author:
- DOBSON Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.8.95, 1995, p.9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Elderly disabled people living in London are allegedly getting a raw deal from social services departments. Accusations of poor practice and inadequate services have been levelled against them by Age Concern.
Why wait until sexuality becomes a "problem"?
- Author:
- LOCKLEY Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, January 1995, p.16.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Sets out the key issues on sexuality facing social workers. Looks at different client groups: children and young people; people with learning difficulties; people with physical difficulties and elders.
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
Caring today: a national inspection of local authority support to carers
- Authors:
- OWEN Jenny, CARRINGTON David, McCASKIE Coral
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 51p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Overview of a national inspection of local authority support to carers which took place in 5 local authorities between September 1994 and March 1995. The inspection focused in particular on carers of older people and disabled people.
The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources)(Amendment) Regulations 1995
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London