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Mind the step: an estimation of housing need among wheelchair users in England
- Authors:
- JOSEPH Glen, et al
- Publisher:
- Habinteg Housing Association
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 60p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This research report focuses on the need to provide homes that are fully wheelchair accessible. Using secondary data analysis and a review of existing literature the research provides: estimates of unmet housing need for wheelchair users; figures on the availability of wheelchair standard homes; a method for estimating unmet housing need and an indicative requirement for new wheelchair user homes at local authority level; the context of national policy and arrangements for regional and local strategic planning; identifies particular groups of people requiring wheelchair standard homes; and considers how local authorities and housing providers can make effective
use of existing wheelchair standard homes and increase the supply of accessible properties. The authors conclude with 9 recommendations, including continuing HCA funding at rate of 7,850 new wheelchair standard homes per year and setting up Local Authority Accessible Housing Registers.
Trends in childhood vulnerability: vulnerability technical report 1
- Authors:
- CLARKE Tom, CHOWDRY Haroon, GILHOOLY Rebecca
- Publisher:
- Children's Commissioner for England
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 38
- Place of publication:
- London
The findings from the 2019 Children's Commissioner's Vulnerability Report on the scale of childhood vulnerability in England. The report contains an assessment of how many children may be vulnerable and whether they are receiving support; as well as an analysis of trends and how rates of vulnerability have changed. It reports the findings for the following groups: children in need of protection from immediate harm - those experiencing abuse, neglect, or other forms of victimisation; children with health-related needs - those with a health issue or disability, including both physical and mental health; children in contact with the criminal justice system; and marginalised children - children in poverty or excluded from basic services, such as housing and education. It reports that childhood vulnerabilities around mental health, homelessness and exclusion from school have become more common, while vulnerabilities around experiencing or committing crime have become less common. It estimates that 723,000 children are ‘in the system’ in the sense of receiving a statutory support or intervention from the state. (Edited publisher abstract)
Wheelchair needs for children and young people: a review
- Author:
- COX Diane L.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(5), May 2003, pp.219-223.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Reports on a project commissioned by, the Physical Disability and Sensory Impairment Forum, to investigate local parental concerns relating to the assessment for and provision of mobility equipment. The article reports on the results of the literature review carried out in order to establish current practice in the National Health Service wheelchair service in England, the role of the wheelchair in children's mobility, the wheelchair and seating needs of children and the met and unmet need. A questionnaire was also distributed to children and their parents to gain their views, but due to a poor response rate the results are not presented in the article.
Consumer satisfaction with services for disabled children
- Author:
- MIDDLETON Laura
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interprofessional Care, 12(2), May 1998, pp.223-231.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article uses existing literature and research to discuss deficiencies in the field of total care for disabled children. Discusses what the reasons for this might be, given the explicit mandate in the Children Act for England and Wales to ameliorate the effects of disability. In particular it balances the parental viewpoint with that of the child, and emphasises the professional difficulties in managing that balance. It raises the complication of child abuse, which is still not widely accepted as a problems for disabled children despite overwhelming research evidence.
Estimating children's services spending on vulnerable children: vulnerability technical spend report
- Authors:
- STANFORD Max, LENNON Martin
- Publisher:
- Children's Commissioner for England
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 62
- Place of publication:
- London
This report provides an estimate of how much local areas are spending on services and support for different groups of vulnerable children, based on a sample of nine local authority children’s services departments. It does not provide a nationally representative picture of demand and spend, but aims to get a better understanding of the current cost pressures facing councils. The report covers all types spending within the area of children’s services, broken down by levels of need including ‘universal support’ such as school transport, support for children with special educational needs and child protection and family support. It estimates that all non-statutory support makes up the vast majority (93 percent) of all children supported by children’s services, yet this support makes up 37 percent of spend, calculated at over £66 million per council annually. In contrast, all statutory support (including acute, high and complex needs as well as permanency) supports an average of 7 percent, around 8,600 children annually. It is one of three technical reports produced as part of the 2019 Vulnerability Report. (Edited publisher abstract)