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Making choice a reality
- Author:
- BRANDON David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.6.90, 1990, p.vi.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on CHOICE - a disabled person's organisation in North London which is effectively putting case management into practice.
Care plan seeks a place for Yvonne to 'boogy'
- Authors:
- ATHERTON Althea, BRANDON David
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 5(1), September 1998, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Describes the case of Yvonne whose husband, Paul, was killed in a car crash in which she was severely injured. Known as the 'miracle lady', because she survived the accident, she is now seeking to improve her life. The author describes Yvonne's difficulties, hopes and achievements and sets out recommendations on overcoming problems and enhancing her life.
Getting users' plans to take off
- Authors:
- BRANDON Althea, BRANDON David
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 14.10.93, 1993, pp.12-13.
Care planning is a vital issue in community care. Individual care plans will only work if care managers react in a flexible way to the needs of disabled people.
Care planning: the 'magnets' that draw us together
- Authors:
- BRANDON Althea, BRANDON David
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 1(3), March 1995, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Care planning should be a profound and genuine attempt to individualise services for people with disabilities. It should mean a transfer of power from professionals to services users. Describes what it should involve.
Keeping consumers at the centre of planning
- Authors:
- BRANDON David, HAWKES Annie
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 6(1), September 1999, pp.8-14.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
The authors suggest that assessment and care planning needs a system which can be understood by services users as well as by professionals. They show how the 'four magnets' - control, skills, pain and contact - can be unifying and holistic.