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Age Concern's response to the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit consultation on the life chances of disabled people
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 12p,
- Place of publication:
- London
Disabled people are faring less well than non-disabled people across a range of indicators and opportunities. There are particular concerns about the support available to disabled people at key transition points in life, and about outcomes for specific groups of disabled people. Many services are in place, but these can be fragmented and their effectiveness may in some cases be low.
Occupational therapy targeting physical environmental barriers in buildings with public facilities
- Authors:
- IWARSSON Susanne, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67(1), January 2004, pp.29-38.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Evaluates an occupational therapy based intervention aimed at increasing the accessibility to buildings with public facilities in a Swedish town centre, which targeted physical environmental barriers. The intervention was occupational therapy based on the environmental assessments of each facility, given to the facility owners in order to ease the removal of environmental barriers. Another aim was to elucidate the attitudes towards and the practical obstacles to the implementation of accessibility measures among public facility owners. Systematic on-site observations of environmental barriers were administered in five buildings with different facilities, at baseline and at follow-up 18 months later, and were complemented by semi-structured interviews with the facility owners at follow-up. At baseline, environmental barriers were found in all five facilities, such as at entrances, and at follow-up only minor improvements were identified. Two of the facility owners had made use of the occupational therapy advice, but the results also revealed scarce knowledge of or negative attitudes towards accessibility measures. Concludes that active occupational therapy, as described in this study, can influence the situation only to a limited extent.
Reliability of the Service Need Assessment Profile (SNAP): a measure of support for people with disabilities
- Authors:
- GUSCIA Roma, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 30(1), March 2005, pp.24-30.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Measures for estimating costs associated with the provision of disability services in Australia have not previously been available. Because such instruments are scarce worldwide, decisions about funding services have relied more on historical precedent and less on individual need. Recognising the necessity for an objective measure, Gould (1998) developed the Service Need Assessment Profile (SNAP), a scale for estimating the support needs and associated costs for people with disabilities.This study examined the technical properties of SNAP using assessment data from 318 adults (190 males and 128 females), mean age 43 years, with a range of disability types and levels of severity, residing in supported accommodation around metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia. Results suggest that SNAP's reliability varies across different sub-groups and across domains. The study concludes that using SNAP assessments as a method for allocating funds/resources across the disability sector should be approached cautiously, bearing in mind the reported limitations.
Black and minority ethnic disabled people and direct payments: a conference report 21 November 2001
- Authors:
- NATIONAL CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, BREAKING BARRIERS
- Publisher:
- National Centre for Independent Living,|Breaking Barriers
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Since 1997 people who use, or could use social services support have had the option of receiving cash to organise their own support, instead of using "traditional" social services such as community care workers, day centres or drop-ins. Yet there are particular problems of access for minority ethnic disabled people.
Carers
- Author:
- BECKER Saul
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 11, April 2001, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Parents from an ethnic minority caring for a severely disabled child, and family members caring for an older relative with dementia, have a very low profile and so their needs remain largely unmet. Reports on two studies which sought to uncover more information about the individual needs of these two client groups.