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Survey of elderly and disabled members of Lancashire's ethnic minority communities; report no.1
- Authors:
- BARROW Steve, MALLATRATT Mary
- Publisher:
- Lancashire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 100p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Preston
Survey carried out to discover how members of the ethnic minority communities viewed existing services and to identify any changes which would be needed to make the service more relevant to cultural and religious needs.
Please ring for service
- Authors:
- THORNTON Patricia, MOUNTAIN Gail
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.6.92, 1992, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes research which shows that new approaches to community alarm systems can be used as a means of helping elderly people to live independently.
Residential accommodation for elderly people and people with physical or visual disabilities: year ended 31.3.91
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 57p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Health expectancy: first workshop of the International Healthy Life Expectancy Network (REVES)
- Editors:
- ROBINE Jean-Marie, BLANCHET Madeleine, DOWD John
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 188p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at various studies devoted to disability-free life expectancy. Part 1 contains papers on: expectation of life without disability measured from OPCS disability surveys; summary of results of calculation of life expectancy free of disability in the Netherlands 1981-85; Health expectancy in Quebec 1987; recent values of disability-free life expectancy in the United States; health expectancy in Canada; data from Switzerland. Part 2 contains papers on the different types of disability-free life expectancy and the methods of calculation. Part 3 examines the interpretation of these calculations and part 4 at the uses of disability-free life expectancy.
Community support services and their users: the first eighteen months
- Author:
- FINE Michael
- Publisher:
- University of New South Wales. Social Policy Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 146p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kensington, NSW
Research report focusing on the development of community care in Australia. Examines the effects of implementation, and includes a field study of 60 predominantly elderly people in a suburban community.
National disability information provision: sources and issues
- Authors:
- HINKLEY Philipa, STEELE Jane
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report explaining the work of the project team on national provision of disability information. Also provides details of major organisations providing nationally relevant disability information.
Personal social services local authority statistics: residential accommodation for elderly and for younger physically handicapped people; all residents in local authority homes year ending 31 March 1986 to year ending 31 March 1991. England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 89p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Care management pilots: annual report April 1991-March 1992
- Author:
- HAMPSHIRE. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Hampshire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 200p.
- Place of publication:
- Winchester
Reports from 4 pilot care management projects looking at what has been learnt from them, and comparing the different models used.
The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Disability and dependency in old age: a demographic and social audit
- Author:
- McGLONE Francis
- Publisher:
- Family Policy Studies Centre
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 44p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Paper exploring disability and dependency in old age. Looks at the social and economic circumstances of disabled older people and assesses the consequences of recent policy changes for their choice of care and support.