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Being, belonging, and becoming: examining rehabilitation service delivery to children with disabilities and their families
- Authors:
- HAYASHI Reiko, FROST Caren J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 4(4), 2005, pp.39-56.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article reports on a study conducted at the rehabilitation unit of a children's hospital in the United States to explore the perspectives of children with disabilities and their guardians on quality-of-life issues. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed to elicit this information. The results revealed that socialisation is the most important quality-of-life issue for children with disabilities. The study also indicated a need for social workers to create a support system for the guardians of those children with disabilities receiving rehabilitation therapies. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Striving for the sacred: personal goals, life meaning, and religion
- Author:
- EMMONS Robert A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Issues, 61(4), December 2005, pp.731-745.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Religion invests human existence with meaning by establishing goals and value systems that potentially pertain to all aspects of a persons' life. A goals approach provides a general unifying framework to capture the dynamic aspect of religion in people's lives. Empirical research on the measurement of spirituality and religion through personal goals is described. To illustrate the application of the goals framework, data from the author's research program on personal goals and quality of life in persons with neuromuscular diseases are described. Framing subjective quality-of-life outcomes in terms of goals can lead to new possibilities for understanding adaptation to physical disabilities and in particular, the understanding of the religious and spiritual dimensions of disability and rehabilitation.
Designs for life
- Author:
- SMITH Verity
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, December 2002, p.15.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Describe the aims of the EQUAL Research Network (the Extending the Quality of Life Research Initiative). The network members work with older and disabled people and their organisations and looks particularly at inclusive environments; inclusive design and rehabilitation.
Care plan seeks a place for Yvonne to 'boogy'
- Authors:
- ATHERTON Althea, BRANDON David
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 5(1), September 1998, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Describes the case of Yvonne whose husband, Paul, was killed in a car crash in which she was severely injured. Known as the 'miracle lady', because she survived the accident, she is now seeking to improve her life. The author describes Yvonne's difficulties, hopes and achievements and sets out recommendations on overcoming problems and enhancing her life.
Wearable devices to support rehabilitation and social care
- Authors:
- DOUGHTY Kevin, APPLEBY Alistair
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Assistive Technologies, 10(1), 2016, pp.51-63.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: This paper provides a review of the use of wearable technologies that focuses on applications that tackle sensory and communication deficits, physical disabilities and alarm and activity monitoring. It is intended to promote the introduction of more wearable approaches to providing assistive technologies because of their benefits in utilisation and aesthetic appeal. Design/methodology/approach: The approach involves a comparison of different types of portable device in order to identify different groups that may be beneficial to different application areas. Recent advances are then considered for each area. Findings: The work demonstrates that the use of wearable AT device is increasing due to improvements in materials, battery power and connected intelligence such as smartphones. They will allow new devices to be introduced that are smaller, lighter and more usable. Originality/value: The paper's value lies in encouraging manufacturers and designers to use wearable approaches to solving some of the problems facing vulnerable people. (Edited publisher abstract)
A qualitative study of the perceptions of individuals with disabilities concerning health and rehabilitation professionals
- Author:
- CRISP Ross
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(2), March 2000, pp.355-367.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This Australian study examines the perceptions of persons with disabilities concerning their interaction with health and rehabilitation professionals.
Report of the task and finish group on care pathways for long term neurological conditions
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government. Task and Finish Group on Care Pathways for Long Term Neurological Conditions
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This report by the Welsh Neuroscience Expert Group Care Pathways sub-group outlines a process for the development of care pathways to support children, young people and adults with long term neurological conditions. The aim of these pathways is to help people with long term neurological conditions manage their condition, maintain independence and achieve the best possible quality of life through an integrated process of education, information sharing, assessment, care planning and service delivery. It is suggested that this would be as delineated in the National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions for England. Areas addressed are: early recognition, diagnosis and treatment; acute care; early specialist rehabilitation; community and longer term rehabilitation; transitions; vocational and educational rehabilitation; equipment and accommodation; personal care and support for the sufferer, their families and carers; palliative care, care within hospital and other health or social care settings; quality assurance, audit and development.
Men, sport, spinal cord injury and narrative time
- Authors:
- SPARKES Andrew C., SMITH Brett
- Journal article citation:
- Qualitative Research, 3(3), December 2003, pp.295-320.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Based on life history data, this article explores how time is experienced by three men who have become disabled through playing sport. Comparisons are made between their experiences of time at the following periods in their lives: (a) pre-spinal cord injury (SCI) when they inhabited able bodied, sporting, disciplined and dominating bodies; (b) immediately following SCI during rehabilitation; and (c) as they live at the moment post-SCI. The ways in which three different narratives operate to shape the post-SCI experiences of time for these men are highlighted, and the implications of this process for their identity (re)construction as disabled men is discussed.