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From child care to adult care
- Author:
- DOW John
- Journal article citation:
- MCC Building Knowledge for Integrated Care, 10(1), February 2002, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Looks at the division between child care and adult care services. It considers aspects of the legal framework which are different for adults and children and asks what changes could be made to improve co-ordination between agencies. Asks whether there are lessons that can be learnt by adult services from children's services and vice versa.
An evaluation of recovery factors for foster care alumni with physical or psychiatric impairments: predictors of psychological outcomes
- Authors:
- ANCTIL Tina M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 29(8), August 2007, pp.1021-1034.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This study fills a gap in the existing literature by exploring developmentally appropriate services that have the potential to improve psychological outcomes across the lifetime for children and adolescents with physical and/or psychiatric impairments in foster care. With an American national sample of adults (N = 564) who were previously in foster care (i.e., alumni) and diagnosed with a physical or mental impairment, this investigation assessed the long-term psychological effects of risk factors associated with being in foster care. By focusing on the recovery process within the resilience framework, the investigation addressed the impact of risk and protective factors on self-esteem, overall mental health, and the number of psychiatric diagnoses in foster care. Multiple regression results indicate that living with foster parents that were perceived as helpful and receiving mental health services were significant for self-esteem outcomes. Having unstable foster care placements was associated with a greater likelihood of mental health diagnoses persisting into adulthood. Most notably, when evaluating the long-term effect of specific risk factors associated with foster care (e.g., child abuse and neglect and placement experiences), alongside services designed to enhance and develop protective factors, the risk factors' effect was negligible on adult psychological outcomes.
Mencap response to consultation into the proposed Care Services Improvement Partnership
- Author:
- CONGDON David
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Care Services Improvement Partnership was to have been created to support improvement and development across a range of services across health (including prison health) and local government, for children, adults and older people, including those experiencing mental distress, physical disability or learning disability.
Predictors of adult quality of life for foster care alumni with physical and/or psychiatric disabilities
- Authors:
- ANCTIL Tina M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 31(1), October 2007, pp.1087-1100.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This American study used quality of life and resilience as theoretical frameworks for evaluating predictors of outcomes for adults who received foster care services alumni of foster care and were diagnosed with a physical or psychiatric disability while in foster care. First, outcomes for foster care alumni with and without physical and psychiatric disabilities (N = 1,087) were compared according to quality of life variables. Second, using only participants with disabilities (N = 578), stepwise regression analyses were performed to determine whether risk and protective factors were associated with specific outcomes. Alumni with disabilities had significantly lower economic and health outcomes; and reported lower educational attainment, more difficulty paying monthly bills, more psychiatric diagnoses, lower self-esteem, and worse physical health than those without disabilities. For alumni with disabilities, receiving special education services and experiencing sexual abuse while in foster care were significant risk factors for poor self-esteem; conversely, receiving services and resources that prepared foster care alumni for leaving foster care (e.g., protective factors) predicted better outcomes. By expanding the quality of life outcomes analyses to investigate the impact of risk and protective factors on outcomes of foster care alumni with disabilities, this study fills a gap in the literature by assessing outcome differences within the foster-care population. The study found protective factors were associated with more educational attainment and higher self-esteem in adulthood. Conversely, those who received special education services and experienced sexual abuse while in foster care may be at the greatest risk of poor self-esteem and therefore, could benefit from services that enhance self-esteem.
Invisible care
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 15.6.04, 2004, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Reports on a new survey on adult placement schemes carried out by the National Association of Adult Placement Services (NAAPS) and TOPSS England. The survey has highlighted the need for more training and more support for a forgotten and largely invisible workforce.
Social inequalities and the distribution of the common mental disorders
- Editor:
- MELTZER David
- Publisher:
- Psychology Press
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 230p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Social inequalities are established features of the distribution of physical disease in the UK and many other developed countries. In most physical diseases, a clear trend of poorer health is evident with each step down the hierarchy of social position. By contrast, the nature of the links between social position and mental illness in the general population has appeared less clear. This lack of clarity is problematic, as mental disorders are major causes of disability, especially in adults of working age. This book presents in-depth and up-to-date research, looking at the links between social position, ethnicity and mental health.
Better placed - making the right choices
- Author:
- EVANS Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, February 2000, p.6.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Reports on the results of a BASW survey on how social workers access sources for residential placements.
Community care: getting help in Leeds; a brief guide to some of the different sorts of help you can get from the caring services in Leeds
- Author:
- LEEDS. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Leeds. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Short guide to community care services provided by Leeds City Council.
Inter-agency policy and procedures relating to abuse of vulnerable adults
- Author:
- KNOWSLEY. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Knowsley. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- Kirkby
Policy and procedure document applying to all agencies in Knowsley working with vulnerable adults who may be at risk of abuse. Provides a framework for those involved to respond. Intended as a guide to staff to ensure a consistent response so that the various agencies involved work together.
Family placements for adults and children: a double comparison
- Authors:
- HILL Malcolm, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 25(2), April 1995, pp.209-226.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Compares family placements for adults with those for children with special needs. Findings are presented of a postal survey which was carried out in the UK and closely based on a survey undertaken shortly before in the USA and Canada. There were a number of similarities between the programmes for adults and specialist schemes for children, despite their different purposes, origins and contexts. Although outcomes are often good, both types of project have worrying levels of breakdown, whilst a number of adult schemes are precarious in status and resourcing.