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The needs and quality of life of young persons with disabilities in the Camberwell area of South East London
- Author:
- DOYLE Yvonne
- Publisher:
- The Author
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 120p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research study on the young physically disabled in the Camberwell Health Authority area. Concludes by discussing the implications of the survey results for local services.
The Cambridge handbook of age and ageing
- Editors:
- JOHNSON Malcolm L., (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 744p.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
This is a guide to the current body of knowledge, theory, policy and practice relevant to age researchers and gerontologists around the world. It contains almost 80 original chapters, commissioned and written by the world's leading gerontologists from 16 countries and 5 continents. The broad focus of the book is on the behavioural and social sciences but it also includes important contributions from the biological and medical sciences. It provides comprehensive, accessible and authoritative accounts of all the key topics in the field ranging from theories of ageing, to demography, physical aspects of ageing, mental processes and ageing, nursing and health care for older people, the social context of ageing, cross cultural perspectives, relationships, quality of life, gender, and financial and policy provision.
Quality of life and human difference: genetic testing, health care, and disability
- Editors:
- WASSERMAN David, BICKENBACH Jerome, WACHBROIT Robert, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 273p.
- Place of publication:
- New York
The role of quality assessments in social policy, especially health policy, and ethical and social issues raised by prenatal testing for disability are discussed in this analysis. A theme of the literature has been the role played by controversial assumptions about the quality of life of people with disabilities. This book turns the perspectives of disability scholars to issues that have largely been the province of health methodology, policy and philosophy, while re-directing philosophical policy analysis to problems that have largely been the province of disability scholarship.
A primary care-based needs assessment of people with multiple sclerosis
- Authors:
- MacLURG K., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of General Practice, 55(514), May 2005, pp.378-383.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of General Practitioners
This study aimed to describe a community based sample of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and investigate how disease characteristics, benefits, services accessed and perceived needs relate to a sense of wellbeing. Using a cross-sectional survey participants were recruited from a representative network of 30 GP practices across Northern Ireland. MS patients answered a professional administered questionnaire and agreed to their medical records being examined. Information was collected about their medical condition, sociodemographic characteristics, receipt of benefits and services, perceived needs and sense of wellbeing. Results found that disability was related to employment, receipt of benefits and services. Physiotherapy was a commonly perceived need. Other perceived needs differed between the moderately and severely disabled groups. Scores relating to wellbeing were related to disability and perceived needs.
A qualitative study of the perceptions of individuals with disabilities concerning health and rehabilitation professionals
- Author:
- CRISP Ross
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(2), March 2000, pp.355-367.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This Australian study examines the perceptions of persons with disabilities concerning their interaction with health and rehabilitation professionals.
End of the road for independence?
- Author:
- KESTENBAUM Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.10.99, 1999, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article examines the changing face of care for disabled people and argues that health and local authorities must work together to provide a flexible service which preserves user autonomy.
Health and mortality among elderly populations
- Editors:
- CASELLI Graziella, LOPEZ Alan D.
- Publisher:
- Clarendon Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 376p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Pinpoints the most recent trends internationally in the growing population of older people. Includes papers on: what is old age - variation over time and between cultures; prospects for extended survival - a critical review of the biological evidence; a demographic and medical survey about centenarians in France; comparative mortality trends among older people in developed countries; socio-demographic differentials in mortality at older ages in Finland; social support, life satisfaction and survival at older ages; old age mortality in Japan; trends and differentials in disability free life expectancy; disability and functional status among older people - cross national comparisons; health and survival of older people; future longevity; mortality predictions for Japan; new approaches to formal and informal care; and strategies for the provision of health and social care services for older people.
Report of the task and finish group on care pathways for long term neurological conditions
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government. Task and Finish Group on Care Pathways for Long Term Neurological Conditions
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This report by the Welsh Neuroscience Expert Group Care Pathways sub-group outlines a process for the development of care pathways to support children, young people and adults with long term neurological conditions. The aim of these pathways is to help people with long term neurological conditions manage their condition, maintain independence and achieve the best possible quality of life through an integrated process of education, information sharing, assessment, care planning and service delivery. It is suggested that this would be as delineated in the National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions for England. Areas addressed are: early recognition, diagnosis and treatment; acute care; early specialist rehabilitation; community and longer term rehabilitation; transitions; vocational and educational rehabilitation; equipment and accommodation; personal care and support for the sufferer, their families and carers; palliative care, care within hospital and other health or social care settings; quality assurance, audit and development.
Not even in the queue
- Author:
- WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.8.99, 1999, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As donor organs become more scarce, doctors are increasingly selective with the result that those with Down's syndrome are not chosen for surgery.
Defining and assessing quality of life
- Author:
- MAYERS Christine A.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 58(4), April 1995, pp.146-150.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article is a literature review, undertaken to have a fuller understanding of what is meant by the term 'quality of life' and how it is measured or assessed. The literature review shows that the term is not clearly defined. It is suggested that occupational therapists each have their own definition and may use the term too narrowly: a satisfactory quality of life means something different to all of us, whether we be occupational therapists or client. Suggests that it is more useful to find out what definitions a client gives to their quality of life when discussing the subject rather than trying to measure aspects of it by definitions of professionals.