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Ask the users
- Authors:
- CURRY Paul, CUPPLES Joan
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 15(1), 2001, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Reports on an action research project involving day service users in Luton which showed the way for future vocational development.
Art for people's sake
- Author:
- GREEN Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.6.00, 2000, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The art world often looks like an intimidating place from the outside - all the more so for people whose creativity has never been encouraged. Reports on a project in Bournemouth which overcame these obstacles for a diverse group of service users.
Getting there and back: consultation with users of transport services to Newham Social Services day centres
- Author:
- CRAW Marc
- Publisher:
- Newham. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 25p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
As part of the Best Value consultation process, this survey looks at user and centre manager satisfaction with transport services to and from day centres.
The users committee: empowering users in a day centre
- Author:
- KILLEN Helene
- Journal article citation:
- Social Action, 2(3), 1995, pp.7-8.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Describes a centre based eight week groupwork programme, leading to the formation of a user group and explores some implications for users staff and agency. The day centre is based in a small market town near Belfast and services a group of adults with a variety of disabilities and learning difficulties.
Conflicting interests
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.8.93, 1993, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The closure of NHS facilities means there is now a severe shortage of day care places for adults. Users, carers and professionals alike hold mixed feelings on the services which should be provided.
Review of social welfare centres: summary of key findings and implications for service development; a research study carried out on behalf of Birmingham Community Care Special Action Project
- Authors:
- THOMAS Andrew, WARD Kit, RITCHIE Jane
- Publisher:
- Social and Community Planning Research
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Examines the role of the Birmingham Community Care Special Action Project's Social Welfare Centres in relation to the needs of people with disabilities and to identify the policies and practices necessary to meet those needs.
Cabbage syndrome: the social construction of dependence
- Author:
- BARNES Colin
- Publisher:
- Falmer Press
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 242p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes and evaluates the role of day centres in the lives of people aged 16 to 30 who have a physical disability. Looks at interactions between users and staff, level of user participation and decision-making, and puts forward recommendations for a national policy to clarify the role of day services.
Transport for social services day centres: users' and their families views of the services
- Authors:
- WILKINSON Althea, COONEY Margaret
- Publisher:
- Newham. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Survey of the views of transport users and their families, undertaken as part of the best value consultation process in the London Borough of Newham.
Speaking up, speaking out - involving users in day services
- Author:
- ROSS Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 1 1994, 1994, pp.1-9.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
A reduction in the role of local government as the primary provider of health and social services, including community care throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s has been matched by increasing support for the informal, voluntary and private sectors. The shift of responsibility from public to private has been promoted through a movement towards a mixed economy of care, which advocates increased quality and choice for users, as defined by users. The author's study looks at how three user groups - people with physical disabilities, people with mental health problems, and people with learning difficulties are being encouraged to have a voice in service planning and delivery of services across three local authority areas in the West Midlands.