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A right to be heard: report of the Age Concern Wakefield District Talk-Back Project; December 1996 - March 1999
- Author:
- WILLIS Jenny
- Editor:
- TITLEY Jane.
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 30p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a project developed in Wakefield to give frail elderly people a voice in the planning of community care. Participants' views on daily life and community care were surveyed. Report describes the methodology, findings and evaluation of the project.
The dynamics of being disabled
- Author:
- BURCHARDT Tania
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 29(4), October 2000, pp.645-668.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
In recent years, the dynamics of poverty and unemployment have come under increasing scrutiny, but another of the risks with which the welfare state concerns itself - disability - is still largely understood only in a static sense. This article uses longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey to investigate the complexity behind a cross-sectional snapshot. First, a breakdown is given of the working-age population who are disabled at any one time by the "disability trajectories" they follow over a seven-year period. Second, the expected duration of disability for those who become disabled during working life is examined. The results show that only a small proportion of working age people who experience disability are long-term disabled, although at any one time, long-term disabled people make up a high proportion of all disabled people. Over half of those who become limited in activities of daily living as adults have spells lasting less than two years, but few who remain disabled after four years recover. intermittent patterns of disability, particularly due to mental illness are common. Failing to distinguish the different disability trajectories people follow has led to policies which marginalise disabled people and are costly to the state.
Sexual aspects of rehabilitation: the client's perspective
- Authors:
- NORTHCOTT Rebekah, CHARD Gill
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63(9), September 2000, pp.412-418.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Outlines the findings of a small-scale study that explored disabled people's experiences of the sexual aspects of rehabilitation. It focuses on whether this should be the role of the occupational therapist or not. The findings from this study suggest that any health professional would be appropriate for this responsibility, including occupational therapists, but that they would need specialist training. Health professionals who work with clients with specific sexual needs are likely to require additional training in this sensitive area.
Disability status and perceptions of employability by employers
- Authors:
- BRICOUT John C., BENTLEY Kia J.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Research, 24(2), June 2000, pp.87-95.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The study discussed in this article used a correlational design to examine the discrepancies among employers' employability ratings of hypothetical job applicants with different disability statuses in the USA. Employers were asked to rate the job applicants' suitability for employment in a hypothetical administrative assistant position. Findings show that job applicants without a disability received the highest men employability rating. Job applicants with an acquired brain injury were rated substantially the same as those with schizophrenia. Implications for social work practice and research are discussed.
Enduring economic exclusion: disabled people, income and work
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Consecutive governments have implemented policies designed to promote employment opportunities for disabled people and direct more resources to those in greatest need. But what impact have these policies had over the last twenty years? Uses nationally representative surveys to examine the past and present position of disabled people of working age in the income distribution and the labour market. Presents the findings.
Stop press!: how the press portrays disabled people
- Authors:
- COOKE Caroline, DAONE Liz, MORRIS Gwilym
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Television and the newspapers also have a strong influence on the way we think, so it is important to be aware of the language used in press reports. This often carries subtle messages about the subject that we may not even realise are there. Scope, the charity that works with people who have cerebral palsy, carried out an eight-week study of local and national papers in 1991. It found that there was a clear pattern to disability stories. For example, there were no disabled sports stories in the sports pages of any national newspaper, except for one story about a disabled horse-rider. However, disabled sports people who 'managed to take part in sport 'despite their disability did appear in other sections of the paper. There was very little coverage of the way society treats people with disabilities. And there were very few stories written by or for people with disabilities, despite the fact that there are over 8 million disabled adults in the UK.
Fresh fields: rural social care: research, policy and practice agendas
- Authors:
- CRAIG Gary, MANTHORPE Jill
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 56p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Layerthorpe
This report focuses on the difficulties surrounding the provision of good quality, affordable and appropriate social care for older people and those with disability who live in Britain's sparsely populated areas. It draws on a wide ranging literature review, a reanalysis of data collected on local government reorganisation and on a telephone survey of rural authorities to set out agendas for research, policy and practice for those concerned with the provision of rural social care.
The market potential for smart homes
- Authors:
- PRAGNELL Mark, SPENCE Lorna, MOORE Roger
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 38p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- York
Looks at whether there is a potential mass market for technology to improve home care for elderly and disabled people. Surveys consumers' attitudes and finds that there is a potential market, providing the price is right, although potential manufacturers so far show little interest. Suggests that future technological advances and scale economies from the American market may encourage development in this area.
Freedom of expression: communication aids for disabled children
- Author:
- HOWELLS Sophie
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 171, November 2000, p.16.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Reports on the results of a survey carried out by Scope, the UK's leading disability organisation, on the provision of communication aids for disabled children. Includes a number of specific recommendations for Government.
Promoting inclusive play and leisure opportunities for children with disabilities
- Authors:
- THOMPSON Blanche, TAYLOR Helen, McCONKEY Roy
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 6(2), April 2000, pp.108-123.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Children and teenagers with disabilities are often unable to access mainstream play and leisure activities. Reports on the results of two studies aimed at identifying ways of improving this. The first identified that around one-third of schemes had experience of taking a child with some form of disabling condition. However, the biggest obstacles to inclusion of these children were lack of training, insufficient staff and resources. Study 2 was the evaluation of a model service aimed at helping five mainstream summer schemes to enrol children with severe learning disabilities and complex needs, such as autism and multiple disabilities.