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Know the score
- Author:
- MAPP Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.11.94, 1994, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
In order for disabled people to qualify for the new incapacity benefit they will have to score a certain number of points. Asks whether this will leave them worse off.
Key task 1: criteria motives
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.1.93, 1993, p.17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that needs-led assessment should not be a disguise for resource-led assessment rationed by criteria.
A new service in Wiltshire
- Author:
- LOWE Nick
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 23, Autumn 1991, pp.7-10.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
The Skills and Employment Opportunities Project in Wiltshire SSD helps people with disabilities to find training and employment; describes assessment and placement work.
Taking care
- Author:
- WRIGHT Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.5.90, 1990, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Community Care Assessments, intended to "determine the best available way to help the individual", need to focus on ability as well as on disability.
Assessment and case management: implications for the implementation of 'Caring for people'
- Authors:
- BEARDSHAW Virginia, TOWELL David
- Publisher:
- Kings Fund Institute
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 26p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reviews the literature on models of assessment and case management in order to identify key issues which will need to be addressed to implement forthcoming changes in services to people with disabilities.
Observe and decide
- Author:
- MULHALL D.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 2(3), January 1989, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Describes the Functional Performance Record, a checklist for assessing functional skills and needs.
Assessments of activities of daily living: a critical review
- Author:
- EAKIN Pamela
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 52(1), January 1989, pp.11-15.
- Publisher:
- Sage
A review of published assessment scales and check lists for measuring disability.
Using the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills as part of the diagnostic process in an inner-city learning disability service
- Authors:
- MESA Sue, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77(4), 2014, pp.170-173.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Learning disability is characterised by significant impairment of both intellectual function and social and adaptive function, with onset before adulthood, and yet social and adaptive function is often omitted from assessment processes. This practice analysis explores the feasibility of administering the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills to assess adaptive function (alongside the assessment of intellectual function) as part of the diagnostic process for people with a learning disability. After a 2-year period, scores for the two assessments were correlated and a low level of correlation was found. Findings suggested that the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills should continue to be used as part of the diagnostic process alongside assessments of intellectual function, because assessment of intellectual function alone does not predict adaptive function and cannot be relied on for diagnosis of learning disability; doing so would ensure that practice was evidence based. (Edited publisher abstract)
Predicting additional care in young children with neurodevelopmental disability: a systematic review
- Authors:
- MEESTER-DELVER Anke, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 48(2), 2006, pp.143-150.
- Publisher:
- John Wiley and Sons
Children with developmental disabilities have a variety of associated impairments that require lifelong additional care, and assessment of these needs is necessary not only for diagnostic purposes but to inform parents and other care givers and providers about what care is likely to be needed in the future. This review identifies and evaluates seven existing assessment instruments: Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI); Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM); Health Utility Index (HUI-3); Life Habits Assessment (LIFE-H); Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire; Support Intensity Scale (SIS); and Amount of Assistance Questionnaire (AAQ). None have been developed to predict future additional care requirements, and the authors conclude that new instruments should be developed to provide parents and other care providers with the information they need.
Observing for quality : quality in day care services for under fives
- Authors:
- WESTON Clive, MINKES John, ROBINSON Carol
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This monograph is designed to assess quality in day services to disabled children aged under five.