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Housing, support and community: choices and strategies for adults with disabilities: vol.2
- Editors:
- RACINO Julie Ann, et al
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 394p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Presents current strategies in the United States for supporting disabled people to enable them to live in their own homes. Includes chapters on: approaches to housing and support; choices and decision making; changing roles of support organisations; community housing options and strategies; and the state role in housing and support. Also contains case studies, and chapters by service users, providers, and staff.
The role of housing agency services in helping disabled people
- Authors:
- MACKINTOSH Sheila, LEATHER Philip, McCAFFERTY Paul
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. Department of the Environment
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 113p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research study comparing and contrasting the clients, type of service, and the costs of 3 different kinds of agency which provide housing advice and help with adaptations for disabled people. The 3 types of agency were: Care and Repair and Staying Put projects; the Walbrook Disabled Persons Housing Service; and agencies run by local authorities which provide a more varied service.
Assisted living housing for the elderly: design innovations from the United States and Europe
- Author:
- REGNIER Victor A
- Publisher:
- Van Nostrand Reinhold
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 212p.,diags.,illus.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Focuses on the physical environment of housing for mentally and physically frail older people who need help to maintain their independence. Stresses the relationship between design and the therapeutic milieu. Designs are illustrated with drawings, sketches and photographs that illustrate important features. Contains detailed case studies and evaluations of projects.
If only I'd known that a year ago: a guide for newly disabled people, their families and friends
- Author:
- ROYAL ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 13p.,lists of orgs.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains information sheets on: community care; housing; daily living; mobility; education; employment; community health services; support for carers; social security; personal relationships; and holidays, leisure and sports.
Ageing, independence and the life course
- Editors:
- ARBER Sara, EVANDROU Maria
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 256p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
A sociological study of key factors affecting older people. Includes papers on: the experience of ageing with a disability; money and independence; ageing, gender and the organisation of physical activities; emotional and sexual adjustment in later life; housing; class, caring and the life course; service needs of black and minority ethnic elders; institutional care; and social security and the life course.
Caring for people with disabilities
- Author:
- SKELT Alan
- Publisher:
- Pitman Publishing
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 240p.,illus.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Practical text using exercises, assignments and case studies and aimed at a range of people on courses leading to qualifications in social care who want to work with disabled people.
Funding special needs housing: a guide for housing associations and their partner agencies to the new capital and revenue funding framework
- Author:
- BENNETT Shaun
- Publisher:
- National Federation of Housing Associations
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 80p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides a comprehensive guide for housing associations and their partner voluntary organisations on how to develop special needs housing under the Housing Corporation's new funding framework and how this framework applies to existing special needs schemes developed under the previous system.
Disabling barriers: enabling environments
- Editors:
- SWAIN John, et al
- Publisher:
- Sage/Open University
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 319p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Argues that 'disability' is caused by the way society is organised and that numerous social, structural and economic barriers deny people with disabilities the opportunity of full citizenship and equal opportunities. Critically reviews professional practice and describes alternative models of support which give disabled people control over their own lives.