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Adaptation policies especially for children: key factors for effective outcomes
- Author:
- HEYWOOD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 11(1), February 2003, pp.22-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Looks at the findings of research supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation into the effectiveness of adaptations for disabled children. Highlights the importance of good adaptations, and the problems of poor adaptations that do not allow for children's growth or development. Looks at the implications for policy and practice, and offers a checklist to help with planning.
Housing and home in later life
- Authors:
- HEYWOOD Frances, OLDMAN Christine, MEANS Robert
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 185p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
At the heart of all policies of supporting people to live and thrive into old age lies the concept of home. Yet there is a vacuum where policies concerning housing issues should be, and such policies as exist are profoundly ageist and often based on a medical model of disability. The authors of this volume share a commitment to see the issues of later life and housing re-thought to address more adequately the diverse needs and preferences of a group who constitute around one quarter of the population. The book has three strands; to uncover the theoretical origins of accepted practice; to present a critique of the present policies and to consider new theories, ideas and methodologies for achieving user centred changes.