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Client and family narratives on schizophrenia
- Authors:
- BARKER Sarah, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 10(2), April 2001, pp.199-212.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the narratives used by clients and family members to explain the process of developing schizophrenia. Addresses the narratives used to explain the development of schizophrenia, how this impacted on the client's sense of self and social relationships over time and how the narratives used by health professionals had contributed to this 'sense making' process. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight clients of a rehabilitation and continuing care service and eight close relatives of these people. The narratives produced a temporal model of the experience of schizophrenia over time. Four stages are described: before the first psychotic episode, the first psychotic episode, first hospital admission, and current experiences. Implications for clinical work and services are discussed. It is suggested that clients and family members need continued support to develop their understanding of a complex process traditionally dismissed as madness.
Delivering personal budgets for adult social care: reflections from Essex
- Author:
- OFFICE FOR PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
- Publisher:
- Office for Public Management
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Essex County Council (ECC) has commissioned a three year study to investigate the impact of personal budgets taken as cash payments by older and disabled people and their families. This paper reflects on some of the issues raised through face-to-face interviews, conducted between November 2009 and January 2010, with 46 older and/or disabled people who were receiving cash payments and/or interviews with their relatives. In addition four interviews were conducted with older service users whose personal budgets were being managed by the council. The majority had only been receiving cash payments for a couple of months at the time of interview. Generally service users reported positive outcomes. The predictors of take-up of self-managed budgets appeared to be the confidence of service users, based on their own sense of rights, their skills and support available from close relatives and wider social networks. For older service users and those with learning disabilities family members often played a central role in making the initial decision about whether to opt for cash payments. Findings suggested that frontline staff may be making implicit assumptions about which service users are capable of managing cash payments which may influence what choices, if any, are offered. A lack of clarity was found about what is meant by ‘choice and control’ leading to open interpretation by individual frontline staff. The importance of ensuring frontline staff are clear about choice and control and confident in explaining the principles underpinning self-directed support is stressed.
Every child is special: placing disabled children for permanence
- Author:
- COUSINS Jennifer
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 71p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This Good Practice Guide tracks the converging processes of planning for a permanent home for disabled children, and recruiting suitable families. It covers: assessing and communicating with children; recruiting and assessing families and making links; planning permanence; profiling and featuring children; and supporting placements. It examines some of the organisational structures that form the context of this work and highlights the changes that are necessary if more disabled children are to have the security of a permanent family. The guide provides an overview of disabled children 'in need' and 'looked after' and describes current models of disability. It acknowledges the problem of definitions and terminology and discusses impairment in terms of language and popular culture. Relevant legal issues are also briefly explained.
User-friendly information for families with disabled children: a guide to good practice
- Authors:
- MITCHELL Wendy, SLOPER Patricia
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 54p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Report of a project which worked with parents of disabled children and practitioners to draw up criteria for good information provision. These criteria were then used by parents to judge current examples of information, in order to define a model of good practice. Begins with a discussion of research on families' information needs and current policy. The standards for information developed by project participants are then explained with reference to issues of presentation, content, delivery and organisation. Individual information sources, verbal, written and audio-visual, were then appraised and examples of good practice highlighted.