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Using unconditionally constructive mediation to resolve family-system disputes related to persons with disabilities
- Author:
- MUNRO J. Dale
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 78(6), November 1997, pp.609-616.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Serious family-system conflicts waste valuable resources, cause personal distress, and disrupt efforts to support people with disabilities. Suggests that mediation offers many advantages over adversarial approaches for resolving complicated family-system disputes; and presents unconditionally constructive mediation as a positive and effective model for resolving complex family-system conflicts and for improving planning, case management and support for people with disabilities. Uses a case example to illustrate how this method of mediation can be applied.
When people with pre-existing disabilities age in place: implications for social work practice
- Authors:
- GILSON Stephen French, NETTING F. Ellen
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 22(4), November 1997, pp.290-298.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Focuses on a population of people with disabilities who are "ageing in place," that is, individuals ageing with pre-existing physical disabilities. A brief overview of people ageing with disabilities and selected background information on the increasing linkages between the ageing and disability communities is provided. Four case examples illustrate the practice implications faced by social workers in partnering with people with pre-existing disabilities and in being sensitive to their desires concerning ageing in place.
DART bared
- Author:
- MATRIX Dot
- Journal article citation:
- Scope, November 1997, pp.15-17.
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Reports on the DART initiative currently operating in Northern Ireland which seeks to address the discrimination and social exclusion faced by people with disabilities.
Direct payments are they all good news?
- Author:
- CLEMENTS Tim
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 10(2), October 1997, pp.8-10.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Offering people more control and choice in their lives is a compelling argument for direct payments. But is it all good news? This article suggests they could result in a re-alignment of power between disabled individuals and their support workers rather than a genuine political empowerment. And the savings envisaged may just be those resulting from a shift of financial and administrative burdens to families.
Management of the patient with disruptive vocalisation
- Authors:
- SLOANE Philip D., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 37(5), October 1997, pp.675-682.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Discusses how disruptive vocalisation (DV) is a common problem in the management of cognitively and physically impaired older people. This article reports the results of a consensus meeting in the USA convened to provide guidelines for clinicians and recommendations for researchers in this difficult and little-studied behavioural problem.
Shared doubts
- Author:
- NOBLE Laura
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.10.97, 1997, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the role of the private sector in the disability benefit system reforms.
Eager for change
- Author:
- PHILPOT Terry
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.9.97, 1997, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on legal measures being proposed in Canada to ensure that its four million disabled people are treated as fellow citizens in the criminal justice system.
Neighbors' perceptions of group homes
- Author:
- COOK James R.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 33(4), August 1997, pp.287-299.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Neighbours often presume that group homes (GHs) have negative effects on their neighbourhoods, but it is unclear how often GHs actually have adverse affects. Reports on a survey of neighbours and "non-neighbours" of group homes for people with disabilities in the USA. Neighbours were asked about their experiences and non-neighbours were asked about their expectations of what it would be like to live near a group home, both positive and negative. The research supports prior findings that expectations of negative effects are much greater than what is actually experienced by neighbours. It also suggests that GH operators might wish to capitalise on the positive expectations that may be overshadowed by the more commonly voiced negative expectations.
Participants or recipients - disabled people's involvement in a European programme
- Authors:
- POWELL Jackie, LOVELOCK Robin
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 27(4), August 1997, pp.565-583.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Drawing on an evaluative study of UK participation in a European disability programme (HELIOS I), this article explores the extent to which, and the ways in which, disabled people were involved in the programme as active participants. The findings draw attention to the different perspectives of the programme's various stakeholders and are discussed in relation to two broader themes. The first of these is the involvement of disabled people themselves in any programme aiming to promote the full participation of disabled people in society. The second is the role and value of formalised networks as a means of promoting information exchange and learning as a prerequisite for promoting change in individuals and change in organisations.
Image problem
- Author:
- CAMPOS Guy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.8.97, 1997, p.7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Channel 5 plans to broadcast a series of programmes next week raising the profile of five voluntary bodies. But the TV company has run into criticism from some groups objecting to disabled people being depicted as needing charity. Reports on the issues.