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Community care in Taiwan: mere talk, no policy
- Authors:
- CHOU Yueh-Ching, KROGER Teppo
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 2(2/3), 2004, pp.139-155.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article explores the policy definitions and the funder roles of central and local governments in community care in Taiwan. The notion of community care has been adopted in Taiwan following the model of Hong Kong but the main question of the article is whether this has resulted in actual service provisions at the community level, forming an alternative to institutional care. The data has been collected from several sources: policy documents, official statistics, surveys, general reports, funding provision reports, and empirical studies. The results show that neither central nor local authorities are seriously involved in caring for elderly people or persons with disabilities in Taiwan's communities. In Taiwan, community care for these groups of people still means, in practice, informal care provided by female family members without any support from public policies. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Sustaining disabled people in the community: does supported housing offer a real choice?
- Author:
- WOOD Heather
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 16(3), September 2004, pp.185-196.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Sustaining people with disabilities in the community has been the thrust of social policy since the 1980s. This has led to the development of a variety of approaches to the provision of supported housing, all with a common goal of offering disabled people greater choice and control over their lives. Considers a small research study exploring the extent to which current service provision offers disabled people greater choice and control over available housing solutions, focused on the views of clients accessing housing services from a specialist charitable trust which had undergone a fundamental shift in housing provision for disabled people, moving away from residential care towards more community-based supported-living schemes. Identifies areas where improvements appear to have been made, but also identifies weaknesses in current types of provision and limitations in the housing choices individuals may have available..
Living with paraplegia: tensions and contradictions
- Authors:
- O'CONNOR Deborah L., YOUNG Jenny M., SAUL Megan Johnston
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 29(3), August 2004, pp.207-218.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In-depth, personal interviews were conducted with 7 individuals with paraplegia who had been living back in the community for less than 2 years. Qualitative analysis suggests the transitional process revolved around their struggle to reposition themselves in a holistic way that reflects the injury while moving beyond it. Four interrelated challenges textured the experience: maintaining an identity beyond the medical, contending with the stigma of difference, addressing the invisible work of day-to-day living, and balancing independence and dependence. Implications for practice are discussed.
A study of 10 states since passage of the National Family Caregiver Support Program: policies, perceptions, and program development
- Authors:
- FEINBERG Lynn Friss, NEWMAN Sandra L.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 44(6), December 2004, pp.760-769.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Describes the preliminary experiences of 10 US states in providing support services to family or informal caregivers of elderly adults and adults with disabilities, focusing on the newly created National Family Caregiver Support Program, state general funds, Medicaid-waiver programs, and other state-funding streams. Case studies were conducted in March-July 2002 through in-person interviews with state officials and stakeholders in Alabama, California, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. States were in the start-up phase of implementing the Program and varied greatly in programme design and integration of caregiver support into their home- and community-based care system. Viewing family caregivers as a client population was a paradigm shift for many state officials. Heavy reliance is currently placed on family and informal caregivers in home- and community-based care, without adequate support services. Family support should be an explicit goal of long-term-care system reform.
Community-based rehabilitation: a rapidly growing growing method for supporting people with disabilities
- Author:
- LIGHTFOOT Elizabeth
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 47(4), October 2004, pp.455-468.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) is a fast-growing model of providing services to people with disabilities. This article introduces the underlying philosophy and structure of the CBR model; the strengths and weaknesses of the model; and its implications for social workers in the field of disability services throughout the world.
They deserve better
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.9.04, 2004, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Draws attention to the difficulties disabled parents often have in obtaining their entitlements under community care legislation. A failure to meet needs relating to impairment and disabling barriers can mean that parents lack the practical support required to carry out parenting tasks. Some parents cannot get help unity their family is in crisis and this can result in their ability to look after their children being questioned.
Home of Your Own programs: models of creative collaboration
- Author:
- QUINN Peggy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Community Practice, 12(1/2), 2004, pp.37-49.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philapelphia, USA
This description of Home of Your Own (HOYO) programs offers strategies for community collaboration that benefit people with disabilities. As more people with disabilities choose to live in the community rather than in institutions and as the population of the U.S. ages, community practitioners need to understand their needs as well as the resources available to assist them. HOYO programmes involve home buyers, financial institutions, realtors and organizations such as Centers for Independent Living, in locating properties, training clients and publicizing the programme. Practitioners and instructors can utilize HOYO programmes to illustrate the positive results of cooperation between federal, state and local agencies. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
"Our homes, not nursing homes" project: lives of people with disabilities in nursing homes
- Authors:
- HAYASHI Reiko, ROUSCULP Tiffany
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 3(2), 2004, pp.57-70.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The voices of non-elderly adults with disabilities who currently-or used to-reside in nursing homes are rarely heard. A grassroots disability advocacy organization conducts participatory action research in the form of a writing workshop in collaboration with a local community-college. Participants with disabilities describe their lives and their experiences in nursing homes with the help of volunteer scribes. The information provided in their accounts will help strengthen community-organizing efforts of the disability advocacy organization. And participants have been empowered by the realization that their life stories are helping others to leave nursing homes and join community settings. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Children and young people requiring home assisted ventilation in the South of England: incidence, receipt of care support and components of the care package
- Authors:
- WHILE Alison E., COCKETT Andrea M., LEWIS Samantha
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 18(3), June 2004, pp.207-217.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The study found an increasing number of ventilator dependent children and young people living at home. Almost three quarters of the sample had a physical disability as a result of or in addition to their primary diagnosis. There was wide variation in the amount of paid care supporting these families which appeared unrelated to the level of ventilatory dependence. Nurses working in community children's teams or hospital outreach teams were the most frequent care organisers and care managers. The majority of the care packages were funded by Health Authorities.