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Enabling disabled people to get to work
- Author:
- HODGE Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.10.98, 1998, p.13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that the New Deal will give disabled people a more equal chance in the job market.
Explaning about bathing safely
- Author:
- SCHOLES Barry
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 9(2), June 2005, pp.8-10.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes the physical hindrances commonly felt by disabled older people when taking a bath and highlights how immobility in these circumstances can affect the person's psychological well-being. It also examines these problems from the prospective of how they impact upon the care worker. The article concludes by recommending how barriers to bathing safely can be overcome by installing emergency resue devices, having brighter illumination and clearing away clutter in the bathroom.
Access to health: final report
- Author:
- HANNAH Pete
- Publisher:
- Health Action Zone Fellowship
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
The people with physical disabilities interviewed generally seemed to see health and well being as central to ideas of independence. Lack of access to ‘wellness services’ was a social barrier. Being prone to “secondary conditions” , those interviewed mainly viewed maximising health and function as of primary importance to their quality of life. There was a strong sense that this was not being addressed by current provision. Information and education, especially for those who have lived with disability all their lives is lacking. Repeat hospitalisations had a profound negative effect on the confidence and sense of independence of those interviewed, often setting back work already achieved by Suggestions such as a community-based healthscreening nurse for people with a physical disability or multi-disciplinary teams, including health workers, should be explored. Further research is needed to explore the benefits of disabled people striving to gain or maintain ‘a life of their own’ but also for the profound cost-saving implications of keeping these people healthy, out of hospital and independent.
An evaluation of a young disabled people's peer mentoring/support project
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Young disabled people face particular barriers in growing up and becoming independent as their experiences of direct and indirect discrimination may lead to a lack of self-confidence and isolation from others of the same age and from the opportunities non-disabled young people enjoy. The Young Disabled People's Peer Mentoring /Peer Support Project developed a range of activities to address these needs over a two-year period, building on previous work. The project was evaluated with the help of both adults and younger disabled people.