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Housing the physically disabled: an anthology and reader of practice and policy
- Author:
- ROSTRON Jack
- Publisher:
- Arena
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 143p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Anthology of research undertaken during the period following the passage of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970. The articles assess the usefulness of existing concepts, policies and procedures developed to meet the special housing needs of disabled people. Compares policies in the UK with those in other developed countries. Looks at the development of a computer based resource allocation model and at the adequacy of the administration of housing and related services and the role of public and private sectors in supplying appropriate housing for disabled people.
An inspector calls: the regulation of private nursing homes and hospitals
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Nursing
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a survey of how health authorities in England and Wales regulate independent nursing homes and hospitals under the Registered Homes Act 1984. Among the conclusions reached was that there should be national standards and protocols for registration.
In Good company? examining the provision of quality services for disabled customers in light of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Author:
- STEWART Jill
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 104p.,biblio.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report investigates how nineteen of the UK's top businesses are preparing to comply with the the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. It also enquires into how companies can win and keep a share of a sector with a vast market potential, by providing quality services to disabled customers. Contents include: towards good practice; good practice recommendations; a suggested strategy for introducing quality services for disabled customers; the way forward for businesses, local groups of disabled people, individual disabled people and local authorities.