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From child care to adult care
- Author:
- DOW John
- Journal article citation:
- MCC Building Knowledge for Integrated Care, 10(1), February 2002, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Looks at the division between child care and adult care services. It considers aspects of the legal framework which are different for adults and children and asks what changes could be made to improve co-ordination between agencies. Asks whether there are lessons that can be learnt by adult services from children's services and vice versa.
Case report: behavioural intervention to increase oral food consumption in an adult with multiple disability and gastrostomy tube supplementation
- Authors:
- RANDALL John, MASALSKY Christopher J., LUISELLI James K.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 27(1), March 2002, pp.5-13.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The authors describe effective behavioural intervention with a 24-year-old man who had multiple disability, reduced food consumption, and gastrostomy tube supplementation. Intervention was implemented in a community-based habilitation setting and included the manipulation of social contingencies during meals and gradual fading of gastrostomy tube feedings. Before intervention, the man was fed by care providers, ate a limited food quantity, and was underweight. During intervention, he fed himself independently, had increased oral consumption, and gained weight. At conclusion of the study, gastrostomy tube feedings had been eliminated. All improvements were maintained at 3- and 6-month follow-up assessments.
National minimum standards for care homes for younger adults
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
These National Minimum Standards are issued by the Welsh Assembly Government under section 23 of the Care Standards Act 2000. They apply to all care homes providing accommodation and nursing or personal care for adults aged 18 to 65 years who have physical disabilities, sensory disabilities, learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders, mental health problems, alcohol or substance misuse problems, HIV/AIDS, or dual and/or complex multiple disabilities. The standards cover: choice of home; individual needs and choices; lifestyle; personal and health care support; staffing; conduct and management of the home; concerns, complaints and protection; and environment. The standards are underpinned by a number of crosscutting themes: focus on service users, fitness for purpose, comprehensiveness, positive choice, meeting assessed needs, quality services, and quality workforce. There are supplementary standards for care homes accommodating young people aged 16 and 17 years.
Paying for care handbook: a guide to services, charges and welfare benefits for adults in need of care in the community or in residential or nursing care homes
- Authors:
- TAIT Geoff, et al
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 523p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 3rd. ed.
Guide to services, charges, welfare benefits and other financial help for adults needing care at home or in supported housing; and their carers. Also covers: the duties of social services and health authorities in arranging residential or nursing home care; how welfare benefits are affected by entering or leaving a care home; the social services means test for those needing help with care home costs; and how the different schemes are administered, the collection and enforcement of charges, challenging decisions and enforcing rights, and common problems.