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Housing, support and community: choices and strategies for adults with disabilities: vol.2
- Editors:
- RACINO Julie Ann, et al
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 394p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Presents current strategies in the United States for supporting disabled people to enable them to live in their own homes. Includes chapters on: approaches to housing and support; choices and decision making; changing roles of support organisations; community housing options and strategies; and the state role in housing and support. Also contains case studies, and chapters by service users, providers, and staff.
Victoria find her roots
- Authors:
- FITTON Pat, WILLSON Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 9(1), July 1995, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The authors describe their experiences of finding a permanent home in the community for their profoundly disabled daughters.
Home for good: making homes fit for community care
- Authors:
- BRADFORD Ian, MARES Penny, WILKINS Nicky
- Publisher:
- Care and Repair
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 1v.,looseleaf.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
Pack which aims to make housing a manageable issue for policy makers, practitioners and trainers, who have responsibilities for the delivery of community care. In 3 sections: policy briefings; practitioner's guide; and trainer's guide.
Into the housing vacuum
- Author:
- GRAGG Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.11.99, 1999, p.28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
For disabled people, obtaining suitable accommodation often involves dealing with both social services and housing departments. Outlines the legal basis for which service is responsible.
Targeting the resources of housing adaptations for people with disabilities
- Author:
- BREWIS Claire
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 60(3), March 1997, pp.123-128.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Community care legislation states that resources are to be targeted to those in greatest need. In line with this, the housing adaptations budget for one local authority in the north-east of England was divided up and allocated according to need instead of, as previously, on a first come, first served basis. This study looked at the timescales involved in receiving housing adaptations and the adaptations that were being carried out under one system and compared it with the more recent system, in order to determine if people in greatest need were being targeted more effectively under the new system and how quickly this was being done. The results showed an improvement in the targeting of the adaptations but an overall increase in the time taken to deliver them.
Independent living: a review
- Author:
- KESTENBAUM Ann
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 63p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Review of findings and experience from research about various aspects of independent living. Looks at issues such as: housing, personal assistance, advocacy, information, employment, and income maintenance. Also addresses the debate around cash payments for personal assistance.
Home comforts: home support for disabled older people
- Author:
- BEATTIE Alistair
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 24p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at the needs of older disabled people in London, the care and support they do or do not receive, and at aids and adaptations available from the London Boroughs.
The effect of community care on housing for disabled people: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Research carried out for the British Council of Organisations of Disabled People worked with researchers in five project areas to examine the effects of the 1990 National Health Service and Community Care Act on housing policy and provision for disabled people.
Disability and dependency in old age: a demographic and social audit
- Author:
- McGLONE Francis
- Publisher:
- Family Policy Studies Centre
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 44p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Paper exploring disability and dependency in old age. Looks at the social and economic circumstances of disabled older people and assesses the consequences of recent policy changes for their choice of care and support.
Social housing and the social services
- Author:
- SPICKER Paul
- Publisher:
- Longman/Institute of Housing
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 149p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Harlow
Examines the relationship between social housing and other social services. Aims to give housing officers and trainee housing officers an insight into the structure and functions of social services and the needs and problems of various client groups, including the elderly, disabled, mentally ill and mentally handicapped.