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Older sisters
- Author:
- QUINN Maria
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 1.11.90, 1990, pp.19-20.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Pensioners' Link's Older Women's Project is a campaigning organisations which works with older women to bring change to their lives and to society.
Advocacy, consumerism and the older person: papers from a seminar organised by the Centre for Social Gerontology, University of Keele ... 26-28 March 1990
- Editors:
- BERNARD Miriam, GLENDINNING Frank
- Publisher:
- Beth Johnson Foundation/University of Keele. Centre for Social Gerontology
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 73p.
- Place of publication:
- Stoke-on-Trent
Includes papers on: volunteers as advocates and approaches to advocacy, as well as six papers describing examples of good practice.
Power to the people
- Author:
- TISSIER Gerry
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.10.90, 1990, pp.19-20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes two projects on self advocacy and user empowerment researched by the Open Services Project - Essex SSD's access to files project, and Hackney Pensioners' Press.
Empowering families of the chronically ill: a partnership experience in a hospital setting
- Authors:
- MAYER J.B., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 14(4), 1990, pp.73-90.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Describes a model of community care for elderly people in which social workers and members of the family work together as case managers.
Groupwork in residential settings for elderly people
- Author:
- MULLENDER Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Groupwork, 3(3), 1990, pp.286-301.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Suggest a range of possible uses of groups, including discussion and activity group, residents' forums, authority-wide forums, to improve the quality of life for elderly residents.
Consulting consumers in the NHS: a guideline study; services for elderly people with dementia living at home
- Author:
- NATIONAL CONSUMER COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- National Consumers Council
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 68p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research study looking at the use of performance measures for examining the effectiveness of services. Looks at what dementia sufferers and their carers need from services and at what service providers should be trying to achieve. Contains a section on measuring effectiveness by listening to consumers and using their views to set goals. Contains sample questionnaires and checklists.
Black perspectives in social work
- Author:
- AHMAD Bandana
- Publisher:
- Venture Press
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 110p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Training aid written from a black professional perspective. Portrays the conflict between the caring quality of the social work profession and the realities of racism. Illustrated by case studies and examples of good practice. Contains checklists to monitor individual performance. Includes chapters on identification and assessment of needs, and on empowerment.
Culture's miles better
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 22.3.90, 1990, pp.35-36.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Looks at a number of projects initiated by social work departments and voluntary organisations in Scotland - alcohol support, elderly empowerment, respite care, rural day care, conciliation, home care and child care.
Social work practice in health care
- Editors:
- BADAWI Mieke, BIAMONTI Brenda
- Publisher:
- Woodhead-Faulkner
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 212p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Discusses ways of organising social work in a health setting; the nature of health-based social work; building links between the hospital and community; multidisciplinary framework; and working with various client groups, including children, old people and the chronically ill.