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Outcomes in community care practice number six: outcomes of social care for disabled people and carers
- Authors:
- BAMFORD Claire, QURESHI Hazel, NICHOLAS Elinor, VERNON Ayesha
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 44p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
This report summarises the first phase of a research and development project on the outcomes of social care for younger disabled people (adults aged eighteen to sixty four) and their carers. The aims of the first phase were: to identify the desired outcomes of social care from the perspectives of a range of stakeholders; to explore preferred ways of collecting outcome information in routine practice; and to develop an understanding of the specific local context and identify opportunities for implementing an outcomes framework in the authority.
User-defined outcomes of community care for Asian disabled people
- Author:
- VERNON Ayesha
- Publisher:
- Policy Press,|Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 38p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
A study in the North of England collected the views of 28 Asian disabled people on what would make their lives better) and on what would make community care services better. Asian disabled people and their families lacked confidence and trust in service provision. This contributed to low take-up of services. Low take-up of services did not mean low levels of need. People reported feelings of isolation, forced dependency on family members, frustration at not being able to move about freely at home, anxiety and distress. People felt that service providers lacked cultural knowledge, and that they expected Asian disabled people to 'fit in' with existing provision. Several people felt discriminated against on the grounds of disability and race - sometimes by service providers, sometimes by attitudes within their families and communities.