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Home and dry
- Author:
- MAITLAND Nan
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.2.93, 1993, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author, co-winner of last year's Isabel Schwartz Travel Fellowship, is pioneering homesharing for disabled people in the UK. The concept of homesharing which is well-established in America and Canada involves the house-holder providing accommodation in exchange for help and someone in the house at night. Describes the author's visits to the American National Shared Housing Resource Centre (NSHRC) and the Share and Care project in Canada where she studied their techniques and looks at the homesharing that has been achieved in the UK so far.
CareFully: a guide for home care assistants
- Author:
- BELL Lesley
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 160p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Practical guide to the responsibilities of home care assistants in promoting independence and thus enabling people to live in their own homes. Includes chapters on: basic skills of home care assistants; health of older people; eating and nutrition; health and safety; mobility and disability; incontinence; sexuality and older people; financial matters; and terminal illness and death.