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Perspectives: NHS is bound to fail
- Author:
- WHELAN Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.8.99, 1999, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that the NHS is bound to fail people with Down's Syndrome because of its scarce resources and the prejudice of the medical profession.
Visibly different: coping with disfigurement
- Editors:
- LANSDOWN Richard, et al
- Publisher:
- Butterworth-Heinemann
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 265p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Practical text exploring the complex and often distressing problems and issues arising from looking 'visibly different'. Includes sections on: congenital disfigurement; acquired disfigurement; perspectives from research and assessment; and coping with visible difference. Includes contributions from people who are visibly different and aims to offer guidance to professionals in a range of disciplines for service provision to this user group.
Aphasia inside out: reflections on communication disability
- Editor:
- PARR Susie
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 164p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Maidenhead
This book brings together a number of different perspectives on aphasia, a communication impairment that can follow a stroke. Contributors include people with personal experience of aphasia, as well as therapists, counsellors, educationalists, linguists and researchers who address issues of living with aphasia in their work. Whatever their perspective, whether personal, theoretical or professional, contributors reflect on and explore aspects of living with aphasia that have little place in conventional academic discourse. Accordingly, the chapters cover a range of issues, for example aphasia and the Internet, time and poetry. The book suggests new ways of thinking about aphasia, offers insights into the nature of the disabling barriers faced, and explores some creative possibilities open to people who live with communication disability.
Improving the health of older Londoners: reviewing the evidence
- Authors:
- HOWSE Kenneth, PROPHET Helen
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 111p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reviews the literature on the scope for improving the health of older people, particularly Londoners, in the context of the policy goals of the prevention of ill-health and disability, and the preservation of independence in later life. Identifies the key issues in developing a relevant strategy, summarises the epidemiology, reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of interventions, and discusses policy options.
Making sense together: practical approaches to supporting children who have multisensory impairments
- Author:
- WYMAN Rosalind
- Publisher:
- Souvenir Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 278p.,illus.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Draws on the authors own experiences of working closely with parents to develop the abilities of children who have multisensory impairments. Working with children ranging from a few months to the teenage years, the author describes a holistic approach that will develop communication, self help skills and confidence in their ability to explore their world in a positive way.
Cognitive disability and direct care costs for elderly people
- Authors:
- KAVANAGH Shane, KNAPP Martin
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 174(6), June 1999, pp.539-546.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Population ageing and the high costs of care support for elderly people have concentrated attention on economic issues. Examines whether there is an association between costs and cognitive disability by comparing service utilisation and direct costs for elderly people with different degrees of cognitive disability, and between people living in households and in communal establishments. Discusses how population ageing is closely associated with higher utilisation of health and social care services, and how new treatment or service arrangements provoke debate about their cost implications. The study aims to provide 'benchmark' information to inform debates about the potential costs of various treatment and service charges.
Randomised controlled trial of effect of intervention by psychogeriatric team on depression in frail elderly people at home
- Authors:
- BANERJEE Sube, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 26.10.96, 1996, pp.1058-1061.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Investigates the efficacy of intervention by a psychogeriatric team in the treatment of depression in elderly disabled people receiving home care from their local authority.
Child care law for health professionals
- Author:
- HENDRICK Judith
- Publisher:
- Radcliffe Medical Press
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 168p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Aimed at health care professionals. Assumes the reader has no prior knowledge of the law or legal terminology. Covers the Children Act 1989 in detail.