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You're on the waiting list: families waiting for respite care services: fourth interim report
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Carol, STALKER Kirsten
- Publisher:
- Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Many families experience serious problems finding suitable services which can cater for both their child's complex health needs and their own need for significant levels of support. This paper highlights which services families were using and the difficulties of obtaining a coherent and consistent package of support. Regulatory concerns relating to the piece-meal provision of services and use of children's hospices are raised along with recommendations for improving policy and practice.
Best of both worlds
- Author:
- BURKE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 13.6.91, 1991, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Describes the use of family respite care, in which rather than the handicapped child of a family being taken to a respite care unit, the whole family moved into the unit to receive 24-hour support.
Shunning the stigma
- Author:
- SMITH Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 4.4.91, 1991, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
The Children Act brings services for disabled children under the wing of laws designed specifically for children. It is the first attempt to deliver non-stigmatised services focused on keeping families together.
A survey of family based respite care services
- Authors:
- ORLIK Christopher, ROBINSON Carol, RUSSELL Oliver
- Publishers:
- National Association for Family Based Respite Care, University of Bristol. Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 41p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Report bringing together information on 265 schemes which offer short term respite care to people with learning difficulties or physical disabilities.
The family fund: and how it helps
- Author:
- BARNES Eleanor
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation/Family Fund
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 62p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Looks at the purpose of the family fund, and how to apply.
A mixed blessing
- Author:
- HUBERT Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.2.91, 1991, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a small scale research project into the problems facing parents of severely disabled adult children living at home.
A bereavement model for working with families of handicapped children
- Authors:
- STEWART June, POLLACK Gloria
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 5(3), 1991, pp.241-253.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes a support project for families following the birth of a handicapped child, including the development and application of Le Poidevin's model of adjustment to loss.
Young disability
- Author:
- CHARLES Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 5(3), 1991, pp.214-225.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Draws together problems experienced by parents of very young disabled children and practice-based ideas for support by social workers.
Fathers of children with special needs: new horizons
- Author:
- MAY James
- Publisher:
- Association for the Care of Children's Health
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 63p.,illus.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bethesda, MD
An introduction to the subject of fathers with children with special needs, with the aim of encouraging further research into the subject and to provide the impetus for new, innovative programmes designed to include fathers as integral to family based service delivery.
Children with special needs: a guide for parents
- Author:
- WOOLFSON Richard
- Publisher:
- Faber and Faber
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 182p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Offers advice and information on coping with the initial diagnosis, brothers and sisters, self-image, expectations and achievements, play, integration, and education. Focuses throughout on children as individuals. Written mainly for parents, but also useful for professionals working with children with special needs.