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Management of the patient with disruptive vocalisation
- Authors:
- SLOANE Philip D., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 37(5), October 1997, pp.675-682.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Discusses how disruptive vocalisation (DV) is a common problem in the management of cognitively and physically impaired older people. This article reports the results of a consensus meeting in the USA convened to provide guidelines for clinicians and recommendations for researchers in this difficult and little-studied behavioural problem.
Finding a voice: self-advocacy theory and practice
- Author:
- ANTOLAK Richard
- Publisher:
- Falkirk. Community Education Unit
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 152p.
- Place of publication:
- Falkirk
Looks at how tutors and participants in a self-advocacy course navigate their way through a maze of experiences, emotions and challenges. Part one examines the different models of self-advocacy and highlights the terminology used by many workers. Also looks critically at motives for working in the area of special needs, and examines why, in a world where everyone is supposedly equal, the fight for disabled people to be treated as such continues to be an uphill struggle. Part two concentrates on practice and methods used to promote self-advocacy. Uses the arts to encourage confidence and self esteem and gives examples of actual activities, highlighting sessions that went wrong and examining the reasons why.
Community care and disabled people's rights: training project
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL WORK
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A training project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation was set up to provide training for disabled people on their rights under community care legislation and to train a smaller group of disabled people to run courses for care mangers.
Ageing matters: pathways for older people with a learning disability: unit three; maintaining good health
- Authors:
- HARRIS John, et al
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Unit three in a series of training materials for staff working with older people with learning difficulties. This unit looks at: health and illness; mental health and people with learning difficulties; working with the primary healthcare team; and support for people with physical and mental health problems. Concludes with a summary of points for practice.