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Talking about aphasia: living with loss of language after stroke
- Authors:
- PARR Susie, et al
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 157p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Looks at living with aphasia, a language impairment which can result from stroke. Draws on in-depth interviews with fifty aphasic people to explore the experience of aphasia from the dramatic onset of stroke and loss of language to the gradual revelation of its long term consequences.
Service integration and co-ordination: a framework of approaches for the delivery of co-ordinated care to children with disabilities and their families
- Authors:
- KING G., MEYER K.
- Journal article citation:
- Child: Care, Health and Development, 32(4), July 2006, pp.477-492.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article clarifies the nature of 'service integration' and 'service co-ordination' and discusses how these aspects relate to the fundamental goal of providing co-ordinated care for children with disabilities and their families. Based on a review of the service delivery literatures in the fields of health, social services and rehabilitation, a framework is presented that outlines the scope of the co-ordination-related functions and activities encompassed in three common types of approaches to the delivery of co-ordinated care. These are a system/sector-based service integration approach, an agency-based service integration approach and a client/family-based service co-ordination approach. The functions outlined in the framework include aggregate-level planning of services (designed to map out the scope and plan for service provision in a community or geographical area), administrative functions (designed to ensure wise and equitable access to resources) and client-specific service delivery functions (designed to link clients/families to needed services). The framework is a tool that can be used to support policy making and decision making with respect to the design of efforts to provide co-ordinated care. It provides information about commonly used approaches and the essential elements of these approaches, which can be used in making choices about the scope and nature of an approach towards service integration/co-ordination.
Childhood disability and health and social services policy in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- MONTEITH M., et al
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The recent policy and planning developments such as the implementation of the 1995 Children (NI) Order, children’s service planning, and the Health and Well-Being Investment planning have the potential to increase the inclusion of children with disabilities and their families into planning processes and service provision, but as yet none of them have been explicitly dedicated to increasing the quantum of public services available to disabled children. Research to date has shown that the provision of social services to disabled children and their families has been limited, piecemeal and fragmented. The Children (NI) Order brought some re-organisation of these services, alongside some additional funding, but there still remains considerable unmet need.
Max versus max: disability-related services in the U.S. and Germany
- Author:
- ORGASSA Ute C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2(2/3), 2003, pp.87-100.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Compares disability-related services and experiences of the United States of America and Germany. Follows a fictional case example concerning a person with a developmental disability from birth to adulthood and provides examples of possible life choices.
Focusing on cerebral palsy: reviewing and communicating needs for services
- Authors:
- PARKES Jackie, DONNELLY Michael, HILL Nan
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 64p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents an overview of the medical literature published between 1966-1999 on the epidemiology of cerebral palsy. The review includes information about the numbers and needs of people with cerebral palsy, risk factors, and changing trends in the condition. It focuses mainly on children where most is known and provides a medical approach to disability.
The provision of and support for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in Scotland: equipment and services; a report of a working group of the National Paramedical Advisory Committee
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Scottish Office. National Paramedical Advisory Committee
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Scottish Office
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 62p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Augmentative and alternative communication includes not only equipment but also the totality of principles, techniques and technologies which may be provided to people with severe speech impairments. This report looks at provision and support for this user group in a Scottish context.
Improving disability services: the way forward for health and social services
- Authors:
- BEGUM Nasa, FLETCHER Sheila
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 32p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Quick guide to improving services for disabled people. Aimed at senior managers in health and social services who may have overall responsibility for services for disabled adults, yet not have a detailed involvement at an operational level. Issues looked at include: information; access; advocacy; assessment; accommodation; aids and adaptations; day care; independence; health care; and user involvement. Also looks at legislation and guidance.
The power to change: commissioning health and social services with disabled people
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 46p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out guidelines for those commissioning health and social services for people with physical and/or sensory impairments between the ages of 16 and 65.
Unequal opportunities: growing up disabled
- Authors:
- HIRST Michael, BALDWIN Sally
- Publisher:
- HMSO/University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 148p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research report drawing on a nationally representative survey to compare disabled young people's circumstances, life-styles and aspirations with those of non-disabled young people. Reports on the views of the young people surveyed, assesses their social integration, personal autonomy and self-esteem, and looks at the continuity of provision for their health and social care needs.
Focus day: services for people with a physical disability; held on 6 July 1992 at the Holiday Inn, Portsmouth
- Author:
- PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH EAST HAMPSHIRE COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- University of Portsmouth. School of Social and Historical Studies. Social Servic
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 96p.
- Place of publication:
- Portsmouth
A day of workshops which involved users, carers and service providers. Designed as a practical exercise to obtain the views of users about services.