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Countdown to community care: arthritis care
- Authors:
- GUTCH Richard, COPE Doreen
- Publisher:
- Arthritis Care
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Assesses the implications of the community care reforms for people with arthritis.
Creating options: the future of community care for people with disabilities
- Author:
- KING'S FUND CENTRE
- Publisher:
- King's Fund Centre
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A brief note which aims to look at the changes in community care proposed by Sir Roy Griffiths and the effect such changes would have on individuals with disabilities.
An achievement to be proud of
- Authors:
- LAWSON V., CHAPLIN A.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.2.88, 1988, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes the arrangements enabling a tetraplegic young man to live in the community.
Disability in the community: proceedings of a symposium held in conjunction with the Disabled living Foundation, 28 September 1984
- Author:
- SOCIETY OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE
- Publisher:
- Society of Community Medicine
- Publication year:
- 1985
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The handicapped in the community
- Authors:
- BUCK Karen, HIBBERD Andrew
- Publisher:
- North Tyneside. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1982
- Pagination:
- 59p.,diags.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Killingworth
Community care in Taiwan: mere talk, no policy
- Authors:
- CHOU Yueh-Ching, KROGER Teppo
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 2(2/3), 2004, pp.139-155.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article explores the policy definitions and the funder roles of central and local governments in community care in Taiwan. The notion of community care has been adopted in Taiwan following the model of Hong Kong but the main question of the article is whether this has resulted in actual service provisions at the community level, forming an alternative to institutional care. The data has been collected from several sources: policy documents, official statistics, surveys, general reports, funding provision reports, and empirical studies. The results show that neither central nor local authorities are seriously involved in caring for elderly people or persons with disabilities in Taiwan's communities. In Taiwan, community care for these groups of people still means, in practice, informal care provided by female family members without any support from public policies. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Sustaining disabled people in the community: does supported housing offer a real choice?
- Author:
- WOOD Heather
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 16(3), September 2004, pp.185-196.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Sustaining people with disabilities in the community has been the thrust of social policy since the 1980s. This has led to the development of a variety of approaches to the provision of supported housing, all with a common goal of offering disabled people greater choice and control over their lives. Considers a small research study exploring the extent to which current service provision offers disabled people greater choice and control over available housing solutions, focused on the views of clients accessing housing services from a specialist charitable trust which had undergone a fundamental shift in housing provision for disabled people, moving away from residential care towards more community-based supported-living schemes. Identifies areas where improvements appear to have been made, but also identifies weaknesses in current types of provision and limitations in the housing choices individuals may have available..
Living with paraplegia: tensions and contradictions
- Authors:
- O'CONNOR Deborah L., YOUNG Jenny M., SAUL Megan Johnston
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 29(3), August 2004, pp.207-218.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In-depth, personal interviews were conducted with 7 individuals with paraplegia who had been living back in the community for less than 2 years. Qualitative analysis suggests the transitional process revolved around their struggle to reposition themselves in a holistic way that reflects the injury while moving beyond it. Four interrelated challenges textured the experience: maintaining an identity beyond the medical, contending with the stigma of difference, addressing the invisible work of day-to-day living, and balancing independence and dependence. Implications for practice are discussed.
Outcomes in social care practice: outcomes in community care practice; number seven
- Editors:
- QURESHI Hazel, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 213p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
The final report of a research project investigating practical ways in which a focus on the results of services could be used to improve social care for older people and disabled people. It describes five practical projects, each investigating a different approach to improving services through a focus on outcomes. Each project was undertaken by a social services department working jointly with SPRU.
How does the fund work
- Author:
- GLASBY Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.3.01, 2001, p.28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Independent Living Fund was intended to help disabled people live at home and has been so popular it has been extended. Explains exactly how it operates.