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When opportunity is the thing to be equalised
- Author:
- MICHAILAKIS Dimitris
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 12(1), February 1997, pp.17-30.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Discusses the goal set out by the United Nations in its Standard Rules on the Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities. The objective 'equalisation of opportunities' means both to render unlawful discrimination against persons with disabilities in every area of society, and to eliminate those very discriminatory conditions in society which render real participation impossible. The two conflicting approaches to handicap, the individual-centred and the person-environment approach, are both visible in the Standard Rules. This article suggests that the individual-centred approach is structurally related with the understanding of equal treatment as a relationship with formal characteristics, no matter what the setting in which it occurs, while the person-environment approach is related with an active social policy emerging from an understanding of equal treatment as a question of substantial right. Concludes that there is thus a conflict inherent in the Standard Rules.
Stronger links: a guide to good practice for children's family based short-term care services
- Editors:
- JONES Vicky, LENEHAN Christine, ROBINSON Carol
- Publisher:
- Shared Care UK
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 141p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Guide to good practice for short term care services for disabled children and their families. The guidance is based on the Children Act 1989 and includes sections on: recruiting carers; access to services; assessing the carers; assessing children and families; preparation; consulting children, parents and carers; matching and linking carers to children and families; reviewing and monitoring placements; reviewing the approval of carers; training and support for carers; quality assurance; and managing good practice. The 2nd edition, dated 2000, is also available.
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.
Accountability of lawyers in serving vulnerable, elderly clients
- Author:
- SCHMIDT Winsor C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 5(3), 1993, pp.39-50.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Assesses the need for greater accountability of lawyers charged with protecting the financial interests and personal welfare of elderly and disabled clients and wards and with representing guardians of elderly and disabled wards. Synthesizes the relevant behavioural research and ethical and professional standards. Greater accountability can be accomplished through standards and training for guardians, better court monitoring of guardians, stronger ethical rules for lawyers representing vulnerable clients, and stronger enforcement of such rules.
Adult placements and person-centred approaches
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Place of publication:
- London
This web-based practice guide is aimed at local authority and health commissioners, practitioners, service users, adult placement scheme staff and carers in England. The guide is based on information from a practice survey that identified emerging and developing practice; a literature review that pulled together the key literature on adult placements; and an analytical report that identified the key messages from these two surveys. It identifies relevant national minimum standards, and highlights findings and case examples from the practice survey, as well as from the literature where available. The Guide contains practice points, including areas of conflict, on-going debate about roles and responsibilities, and the application of person-centred approaches to adult placements. It contains sections on: being person-centred, assessment and referral, matching and introductions, monitoring and review, moving on, adult placement carers, advocacy; and person-centred planning. (Previously published as SCIE Practice Guide no. 4).
National minimum standards for care homes for younger adults
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
These National Minimum Standards are issued by the Welsh Assembly Government under section 23 of the Care Standards Act 2000. They apply to all care homes providing accommodation and nursing or personal care for adults aged 18 to 65 years who have physical disabilities, sensory disabilities, learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders, mental health problems, alcohol or substance misuse problems, HIV/AIDS, or dual and/or complex multiple disabilities. The standards cover: choice of home; individual needs and choices; lifestyle; personal and health care support; staffing; conduct and management of the home; concerns, complaints and protection; and environment. The standards are underpinned by a number of crosscutting themes: focus on service users, fitness for purpose, comprehensiveness, positive choice, meeting assessed needs, quality services, and quality workforce. There are supplementary standards for care homes accommodating young people aged 16 and 17 years.
Disabled people's costs of living: more than you would think
- Authors:
- SMITH Noel, et al
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 113p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This research, conducted by the Centre for Research in Social Policy with the support of Disability Alliance, presents budget standards for groups of disabled people who have different needs arising from physical or sensory impairments. The budget standards represent the amounts disabled people (of working age) require in order to cover the costs of an acceptable and equitable quality of life. They were developed by disabled people themselves, through a series of rigorously conducted focus groups. The budgets were not based on 'wish lists'. Rather, they represent the minimum essential resources necessary to meet disabled people's needs, to enable them to achieve, as far as possible, a 'level playing field' with non-disabled people. The research found that: disabled people experience additional costs in most areas of everyday life, from major expenditure on equipment essential for independence, to ongoing higher expenses for, for example, food, clothing, utilities and recreation.
Developing MS healthcare standards: evidence-based recommendations for service providers
- Authors:
- FREEMAN Jenny, et al
- Publisher:
- Multiple Sclerosis Society,|MS Professional Network
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The physical and psychosocial problems experienced by people with MS are wide ranging, variable and often complex. This presents problems when defining needs and making recommendations for the provision of high quality services. There are a number of recurring themes throughout this document, reflecting those that are present for people with MS throughout the different stages of the condition. These recommendations provide a clear framework, which should inform the work of all those concerned with MS services including Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), as they lead on consulting with the community and working with social services and other agencies to decide the most effective way of delivering services to people with MS. For practical purposes we considered four phases of the condition: diagnostic; minimal impairment; moderate disability; and severe disability.
Disabled people's costs of living
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This research, conducted by the Centre for Research in Social Policy with the support of Disability Alliance, presents budget standards for groups of disabled people who have different needs arising from physical or sensory impairments. The budget standards represent the amounts disabled people (of working age) require in order to cover the costs of an acceptable and equitable quality of life. They were developed by disabled people themselves, through a series of rigorously conducted focus groups. They represent the minimum essential resources necessary to meet disabled people's needs, to enable them to achieve, as far as possible, a 'level playing field' with non-disabled people.
National service framework for children, young people and maternity services: disabled children and young people and those with complex health needs
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This standard relates to children and young people who are disabled and/or those with complex health needs, including children and young people with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders, sensory impairments, physical impairments and emotional/behavioural disorders. Many disabled children have no need for ongoing health interventions; others require ongoing treatment and/or nursing care and help with the everyday activities. Some disabled children will also be children in special circumstances. Children and young people who are disabled or who have complex health needs receive co-ordinated, high-quality child and family-centred services which are based on assessed needs, which promote social inclusion and, where possible, which enable them and their families to live ordinary lives.