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Development of services for people with a learning disability or mental illness in Northern Ireland: sixth report prepared pursuant to Section 10 of the Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1989
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health and Social Services
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Occupation forces
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.1.98, 1998, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how more effective use of the skills and experience of occupational therapists could keep elderly people out of hospital and help them retain their independence at home.
Welfare rights: claimants' hospital stays may lead to benefit cuts
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.7.98, 1998, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Many disabled people living in the community require regular short stays in hospital, otherwise they would have to live in residential care. However, a recent change in law is putting their social security benefits at risk.
Living with brain injury: a guide for families and caregivers
- Editors:
- ACORN Sonia, OFFER Penny
- Publisher:
- University of Toronto Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 190p.
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
Practical text aimed at people with brain injury and their friends, families and carers. Includes chapters on: what brain injury is; a survivor's view; the rehabilitation team; hospital and after; case management; long term adjustment following significant brain injury; psychosocial effects; children and young people with brain injuries; couple issues; brain injury and the family system; leisure and recreation; and the family as caregiver.