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People with MS in long-term care: good practice guidelines for service providers
- Authors:
- RIDLEY Joanna, SMYTH Ann
- Publisher:
- Multiple Sclerosis Society,|Leonard Cheshire
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide highlights the key principles that should underlie the provision of high quality care provision in residential and nursing care homes. The Guide is aimed at managers and owners of Homes and at current and potential service users, their families and friends. It will also be of interest to purchasing and registration authority staff. People with MS often have complex care needs and it is important that staff are appropriately trained to be able to meet these needs. But the key to providing the highest quality of care is recognising and responding to the needs of people as individuals. So, while this Guide focuses on care provision as it might relate to people with MS, it also emphasises that care services within a Home need to meet the full range of physical, clinical, social, spiritual and emotional needs of each individual.
Service support for children with a chronic illness or physical disability attending mainstreams schools
- Authors:
- LIGHTFOOT Jane, MUKHERJEE Suzanne, SLOPER Patricia
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 183p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Aims to identify needs for NHS support for schools as expressed by children with special health needs, their parents and teachers, and to make recommendations for good practice. Commences with a review of relevant literature. Examines results of focus group discussions, which raised issues relating to school absence, exclusion from school life, support from peers and teachers, and medical care. Finally reports on conclusions arising from workshops with managers and professionals from education and health care.
Finding ways to cope
- Author:
- FURSLAND Eileen
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 19.8.98, 1998, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Nurses supporting patients as they recover from trauma injuries are engaged in emotionally draining work. Looks at support measures that can help them to cope.
Does the NHS deserve a golden celebration
- Authors:
- HIRST Judy, WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.7.98, 1998, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As the NHS celebrates its 50th anniversary, the authors reflect on the service it offers and examines the experiences of vulnerable social groups.
Ageing, social security and affordability
- Editors:
- MARMOR Theodore R., DE JONG Philip R.
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 365p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Collection of papers looking at spending on pensions and medical care for older people and their place in the debate about the desirability and affordability of modern social programmes. Includes chapters on: social assistance in the member states of the European Union; the relationship between social and occupational security; an international comparison of legal indexation of social security benefits; the hidden liabilities of public pension plans in twelve EU countries; pensions in transition in the United States and Japan; transitional effects of a change in the Spanish pension system; financing old age in Singapore; pay as you go versus funded system of financing pensions in Central and Eastern Europe; pension system reform in Latin America; equity, cost containment and efficiency in health care; health care reform; the social and economic consequences of delaying a political decision concerning reform of health care in Poland; the role of government in the provision and financing of long term care for older people; the impact of the evolution of health expectancy in future public health care expenditure; and forecasts of future disabled and institutionalised US populations 195 to 2040.
Investing in rehabilitation
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Janice, TURNOCK Stuart
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Briefing paper summarising the findings of two literature reviews providing evidence of the shortcomings in the current health and social care system and practices and processes that are known to be effective in achieving good outcomes for service users and for organisations that are responsible for financing or providing rehabilitation services for people whose independence has been impaired by illness or injury.
Children's services now and in the future
- Editor:
- UTTING David
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 135p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Considers how services need to be structured and planned to meet the needs of children and families in the new millennium. Includes chapters on: effective central government structures for children; involving children in health care planning and delivery; an agenda for education services and a flexible curriculum; the impact of local government on policies and practice in services for children; preventing antisocial behaviour in young people; the voluntary sector and children's mental health; and children's services plans.
Having a say: disabled children and effective partnership in decision making; section 1; the report
- Author:
- RUSSELL Philippa
- Publisher:
- Council for Disabled Children
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 93p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Builds on issues raised at a seminar held in 1996 looking at giving disabled children a voice in the services they receive. Considers a range of practice examples and policy initiatives, relevant literature and personal experiences of the wider membership of the Council for Disabled Children. Includes chapters on: obtaining a user's perspective on assessment; consulting the children; styles of communication (including play and multimedia); working with disabled children from minority ethnic groups; advocacy, self advocacy and representation; mutual support between disabled children; using quality circles; an educational perspective on listening to disabled children; the children's perspective on partnership with pupils; creating a positive learning environment; issues for health services; the legal framework for determining consent; sharing information; access to information and confidentiality; disabled children living away from home; involving users in research and consultation; and practical approaches to consulting disabled children on service development and review.
Working on the boundaries of community care
- Author:
- ROBINSON Janice
- Journal article citation:
- King's Fund News, 21(3), Autumn 1998, p.2.
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
People with chronic illness and long-term disability need integrated care and support to enable them to live an independent life in the community. The author highlights a programme they are working on.