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How research worked: the messages from the Family Fund Trust research project
- Authors:
- ROBERTS Keri, LAWTON Dot
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 13(4), 2001, pp.61-69.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The messages from the Family Fund Trust research project examined issues of key importance to families with a disabled child. Discusses the importance of involving service users in research and presents key findings and recommendations to arise from the project.
The cost of childhood disability
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This study of the financial costs of bringing up a child with a severe disability brought together groups of parents to establish the minimum essential costs. Parents acted as their own 'budget standards committees', negotiating and agreeing the goods and services that they deemed to be necessary for disabled child to participate as fully as possible in the world around them. Outlines the finding of research conducted at the Centre for Research and Social Policy.
Postcards from home: the experience of disabled children in the school holidays
- Authors:
- SHARMA Neera, DOWLING Rachel
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- Ilford
For the majority of families with disabled children a holiday away from home is not possible. Of the families we interviewed, only three were going away from home for a summer holiday: one to a specially adapted caravan provided by a charity and another to a cottage which the family had used previously and knew was suitable. One family was going away for a week without their disabled son because it was the only way that the family could take a break. This finding means that access to summer playschemes is particularly important for disabled children, because it is often the only chance that the children and young people have to play and to be with their friends as well as providing a break for their parents. However, places in summer playschemes for disabled children are limited as they are costly to provide and need adequate staffing and funding. Summer playschemes require specialist qualified staff if they are to include disabled children: such staff are in short supply. Furthermore, meeting the needs of disabled children requires a higher staff ratio.
Home front
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Search, 31, Winter 1998, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
The parents of severely disabled children may face a constant battle in getting proper aids and adaptations in their homes, but success can make a crucial difference to families' lives. The author visited two families who have met with varying success in getting their needs met.
Balancing the Act: the impact of the Children Act 1989 on family link services for children with disabilities
- Authors:
- MACADAM Margaret, ROBINSON Carol
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 76p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The main aim of the study was to assess the extent to which the Family Placement Regulations have been implemented by family link services, to evaluate the impact regulations have had, and in particular to see whether they improved practice in placing children with disabilities. The study was carried out in two stages. Initially, a postal survey was conducted with all family link services for children in England and Wales. The second stage involved a detailed study of six family link services to see how they were operating under the Children Act. Recommendations are made.
A concept tailor-made for people with complex needs
- Author:
- STANTON Timothy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 9(4), April 1996, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Excellent models for using direct funding to deliver services for people with profound needs already exist in Canada where this idea originated. They were specifically introduced to help the families of individuals who often have learning difficulties combined with severe physical disability and often challenging behaviour. The author describes how the process works and the key elements to make it work effectively in relation to the UK Community Care (Direct Payments) Bill.
Handbook of aging and the social sciences
- Editors:
- BINSTOCK Robert H., GEORGE Linda K., et al
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 552p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- San Diego, CA
Contains sections on: research directions and unresolved issues in ageing and the social sciences; the state of theory in ageing and the social sciences; ageing and human development; economic and social implications of demographic patterns; disability trends; age, ageing and culture; historical perspective on ageing; race, ethnicity and ageing; gender age and the life course; social factors and illness; families and ageing; caregiving and social support; housing; work and retirement; the political economy of ageing; ageing and politics; the financing and health care of older Americans; social protection and services; ageing and the law; and ethics and ageing.