Looks at what happens to young people with chronic illness or disability as they make the transition from paediatric to adult services. Uses as examples conditions such as cystic fibrosis, epilepsy and diabetes. The need for multidisciplinary involvement is stressed as is the need to base actions on the wishes and the special needs of the young person. Includes guidelines for good practice in the transfer between services.
Looks at what happens to young people with chronic illness or disability as they make the transition from paediatric to adult services. Uses as examples conditions such as cystic fibrosis, epilepsy and diabetes. The need for multidisciplinary involvement is stressed as is the need to base actions on the wishes and the special needs of the young person. Includes guidelines for good practice in the transfer between services.
Subject terms:
long term conditions, multidisciplinary services, physical disabilities, social care provision, service transitions, young people, adults, children, health care, good practice;
Health and Social Work, 26(4), November 2001, pp.269-276.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
This study explores the psychological and social effects of becoming deaf as an adolescent or adult and the adequacy of rehabilitation services offered to such individuals. Qualitative interviews were conducted with a sample of eight deafened adults in the Province of Ontario, Canada. The results indicated that medical interventions were relied on exclusively as rehabilitation services for the deafened adults. None of the study participants were referred to individual, family, or group counseling by their physicians or hearing health services providers, despite the many negative effects of becoming deaf that participants described. Concludes that the rehabilitation systems for adventitious deafness needs the involvement of counselors and social workers to better ensure that the psychosocial needs of clients are addressed.
This study explores the psychological and social effects of becoming deaf as an adolescent or adult and the adequacy of rehabilitation services offered to such individuals. Qualitative interviews were conducted with a sample of eight deafened adults in the Province of Ontario, Canada. The results indicated that medical interventions were relied on exclusively as rehabilitation services for the deafened adults. None of the study participants were referred to individual, family, or group counseling by their physicians or hearing health services providers, despite the many negative effects of becoming deaf that participants described. Concludes that the rehabilitation systems for adventitious deafness needs the involvement of counselors and social workers to better ensure that the psychosocial needs of clients are addressed.
Subject terms:
intervention, needs, physical disabilities, rehabilitation, social work, social care provision, traumas, young people, adults, health care, hearing impairment;
Guidance on continuing care, mainly for older people, but also including all adults aged over eighteen requiring continuing NHS care as a result of illness or accidents. Continuing or long term care describes the care that people need over an extended period of time, as a result of disability, accident or illness to address both physical and mental health needs and may include both health and social services.
Guidance on continuing care, mainly for older people, but also including all adults aged over eighteen requiring continuing NHS care as a result of illness or accidents. Continuing or long term care describes the care that people need over an extended period of time, as a result of disability, accident or illness to address both physical and mental health needs and may include both health and social services.
Subject terms:
joint working, local authorities, long term care, multidisciplinary services, nursing, older people, physical disabilities, physical illness, social care provision, adults, financing, health authorities, health care;
Disability and Society, 12(1), February 1997, pp.3-15.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Summarise the findings of a study of the views and experiences of adults with acquired physical impairments, when involved taking open-ended accounts from respondents in order to elicit their concerns and experiences. The article focuses on two aspects of data from the study: views about health and social services; and those about citizenship. The paper also situates the role and status of personal accounts of disability within the health and social policy context of recent years, which has been characterised by both consumerism and an intensification in the activities of the disability movement.
Summarise the findings of a study of the views and experiences of adults with acquired physical impairments, when involved taking open-ended accounts from respondents in order to elicit their concerns and experiences. The article focuses on two aspects of data from the study: views about health and social services; and those about citizenship. The paper also situates the role and status of personal accounts of disability within the health and social policy context of recent years, which has been characterised by both consumerism and an intensification in the activities of the disability movement.
Subject terms:
physical disabilities, service users, social services, social care provision, surveys, user views, adults, advocacy, citizenship, empowerment, evaluation, health care;
This report focusses on meeting the needs of working-age disabled adults as health and social care services are increasing integrated. It provides an empirical evidence base to demonstrate how whole person care (which is about making the connections between physical health, mental health and social care services) can be used to effectively meet these needs. The report also draws on the findings of a focus group with 12 disabled adults and carers on desired outcomes from the integration of health and social care services. Interviews with social care and voluntary sector professionals, commissioners and local authority policy to see if they are willing to include working-age disabled adults' needs in plans for future integration. The report looks at how working-age disabled adults have different needs and outcomes from older people and identifies the health inequalities they face in day-to-day life. Ten dimensions of health inequality are identified including housing, employment, financial security and quality of life. The report makes seven recommendations to inform the service response, including: taking a long term view of managing long-term conditions, viewing whole person care as a 10-year journey with matched by stable funding; debates on funding gap in social care should give consideration to the needs of working-age disabled adults; shifting resources from case management to community coordinated care to support prevention and providing a single point of contact for health and social care needs; service integration should take place across a much wider range of services to meet the needs of disabled people.
(Edited publisher abstract)
This report focusses on meeting the needs of working-age disabled adults as health and social care services are increasing integrated. It provides an empirical evidence base to demonstrate how whole person care (which is about making the connections between physical health, mental health and social care services) can be used to effectively meet these needs. The report also draws on the findings of a focus group with 12 disabled adults and carers on desired outcomes from the integration of health and social care services. Interviews with social care and voluntary sector professionals, commissioners and local authority policy to see if they are willing to include working-age disabled adults' needs in plans for future integration. The report looks at how working-age disabled adults have different needs and outcomes from older people and identifies the health inequalities they face in day-to-day life. Ten dimensions of health inequality are identified including housing, employment, financial security and quality of life. The report makes seven recommendations to inform the service response, including: taking a long term view of managing long-term conditions, viewing whole person care as a 10-year journey with matched by stable funding; debates on funding gap in social care should give consideration to the needs of working-age disabled adults; shifting resources from case management to community coordinated care to support prevention and providing a single point of contact for health and social care needs; service integration should take place across a much wider range of services to meet the needs of disabled people.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
adults, integrated services, health inequalities, outcomes, social care, health care, financing, integrated care, user views, service development, adult social care, long term conditions, disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health problems, sensory impairments, physical disabilities;
GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
Publisher:
Stationery Office
Publication year:
1997
Pagination:
39p.
Place of publication:
London
Government White Paper on the future of social services.
Government White Paper on the future of social services.
Subject terms:
home care, learning disabilities, joint planning, local authorities, local government, local government policy, mental health problems, multidisciplinary services, older people, physical disabilities, policy, policy formulation, private sector, purchaser-provider split, residential care, social services, social work, social work education, social care provision, tendering, voluntary organisations, voluntary sector, adults, central government, community care, children, health care, government policy;