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Relaxed route to independence
- Author:
- STRONG Susannah
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 6.3.92, 1992, pp.13-14.
Describes care philosophy and practice at Dolphin Court, a residential home for disabled people which aims to foster their independence.
Choosing to live independently: a study of attitudes of people with disabilities living in residential accommodation to independent living
- Author:
- BENNION Carola
- Publisher:
- Spastics Society
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 96p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
No home from home
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.7.93, 1993, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Disabled young people often have difficulty in creating an independent life away from their parents and residential care can seem to be their only option. Shows how the experience can often be bitter and demeaning; and a difficult situation to move away from, even when residential establishments support people's wishes to live independently. Concludes that a better understanding of what it is like in residential care is needed particularly in the light of government plans to consign people to such care if their personal assistance costs are more than five hundred pounds a week.
This far and no further: towards ending the abuse of disabled children
- Authors:
- WESTCOTT Helen, CROSS Merry
- Publisher:
- Venture Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 171p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Challenges existing preconceptions about the vulnerability of disabled children and considers what can be changed to decrease the risk of their abuse. Includes sections on: the social setting; disability, abuse and child protection; dependency and independence; institutional abuse of disabled children; communication issues; the professional response; and moving towards change.
Independent lives?: community care and disabled people
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 199p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Draws on in-depth interviews with disabled people to explore the experience of receiving help with daily living activities. Covers: the development of community care policies and their application to disabled people; the ideas of the independent living movement; the debate on informal care; the experience of residential care, of being dependent on a partner or relatives for assistance and the experience of statutory services. Calls for policy-makers and professionals to recognise the civil and human rights of disabled people.
Missing pieces: a chronicle of living with a disability
- Author:
- ZOLA Irving Kenneth
- Publisher:
- Temple University Press
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 246p.
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, PA
The author started out in the role of a social scientist on a seven-day excursion to acquaint himself with an extraordinary experiment in living, Het Dorp, one of the few places in the world designed to promote "the optimum happiness" of those with severe physical disabilities. Neither a medial center nor a nursing home, Het Dorp is a village in the western-most part of the Netherlands. What began as a sociological attempt to describe this unusual setting became, through the author's growing awareness, what can only be called a socio-autobiography. Resuming his prior dependence on a wheelchair, the author experienced his own transformation from someone who is "normal" and "valid" to someone who is "invalid." The routine of Het Dorp became his: he lived in an architecturally modified home, visited the workshops, and shared meals, social events, conversation, and perceptions with the remarkably diverse residents. The author confronts some rarely discussed issues, the self-image of a person with a chronic disability, how one fills one's time, how one deals with authority and dependence, and love and sex.
Respite care for disabled children: micro and macro reflections
- Author:
- COCKS Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(3), May 2000, pp.507-519.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Examines the proposal that by exploring at a micro level the control exercised over children it is possible to identify the wider societal mechanisms for maintaining power at a macro level. The focus of the paper is on the provision of respite care for disabled children in settings away from home. Drawing on principles within childhood sociology and referencing recent research within disability studies consideration is given to issues of 'power and control' in relation to disabled children and how that reflects the structure of adult society. Concludes with discussion of the concept of citizenship as a model for change.
Making God wait: an alternative to residential care
- Author:
- BAILEY Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 1(2), May 1998, pp.21-24.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Frail older people have often had to choose between residential care and staying in their own homes with community care services. The development of very sheltered housing in Wolverhampton has shown that there is a better way to meet the needs of frail and disabled older people.
Facilitators and barriers to autonomy: a systematic literature review for older adults with physical impairments, living in residential care facilities
- Authors:
- van LOON Jolande, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, early cite 30 October 2019,
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Autonomy is important in every stage of life. However, little is known about how autonomy is enhanced for older adults living in residential care facilities (RCFs). This leads to the research question: which facilitators and barriers to autonomy of older adults with physical impairments due to ageing and chronic health conditions living in RCFs are known? The results will be organised according to the framework of person-centred practice, because this is related to autonomy enhancement. To answer the research question, a systematic literature search and review was performed in the electronic databases CINAHL, PsycINFO, PubMed, Social Services Abstracts and Sociological Abstracts. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were derived from the research question. Selected articles were analysed and assessed on quality using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Facilitators and barriers for autonomy were found and arranged in four themes: characteristics of residents, prerequisites of professional care-givers, care processes between resident and care-giver, and environment of care. The established facilitators and barriers are relational and dynamic. For a better understanding of the facilitators and barriers to autonomy for older adults with physical impairments living in RCFs, a description is based on the 35 included articles. Autonomy is a capacity to influence the environment and make decisions irrespective of having executional autonomy, to live the kind of life someone desires to live in the face of diminishing social, physical and/or cognitive resources and dependency, and it develops in relationships. The results provide an actual overview and lead to a better understanding of barriers and facilitators for the autonomy of older adults with physical impairments in RCFs. For both residents and care-givers, results offer possibilities to sustain and reinforce autonomy. Scientifically, the study creates new knowledge on factors that influence autonomy, which can be used to enhance autonomy. (Edited publisher abstract)
Better care higher standards: summary report of the inter-agency workshop 5 April 2000
- Publisher:
- Suffolk County Council
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- Ipswich
Aims to provide standards for long term care in Suffolk covering issues such as provision of information, assessment and care planning, housing, independence, health care, benefits and complaints procedures.