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No great expectations
- Author:
- DAY Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, May 1994, p.10.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
The Disabled Persons Act 1986 was intended to improve the co-ordination of services and assessment of disabled peoples' needs and to ensure that their carers were more involved in decision making, and had information that would help them make genuine choices and exercise their rights. The author says that the Act has failed in its aims.
Living with motor neurone disease: lives, experiences of services and suggestions for change
- Authors:
- HUGHES Rhidian A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 13(1), January 2005, pp.64-74.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Palliative care involves the complete, holistic care of people with progressive illness and their families. People living with motor neurone disease (MND) require a range of multidisciplinary palliative care services. However, there are significant gaps in understanding of these people's lives, experiences of services and their suggestions for change. This study addressed the questions: What are the lived experiences of people living with MND?; What are people's experiences of services?; and Can improvements to care be identified? A qualitative research design was adopted using semi-structured interviews. The topic guide was developed from existing literature. The study was based in 3 London boroughs. People living with MND and professionals were drawn from a database at King's College Hospital and through 'snowball' sampling. Nine people with MND, 5 carers/family members and 15 professionals took part in interviews, taped, transcribed and checked for accuracy against the original recordings. Themes within the interviews were coded and grouped. Findings are presented within 3 substantive groups: the impact of MND on people's lives (physical impacts including increasing disability; social issues, including restrictions on social activities; and adjustments to people's lives, including coping methods); experiences of services (accessing service entitlements, information sources, professionals' attitudes and approaches, and professionals' knowledge and understanding of MND); and suggestions for service change (better information and communication, including information on service entitlements; improved knowledge among professionals about MND; and some suggestions for service restructuring). This study brings a fresh approach to understanding the impacts of MND and the ways in which services can be improved to meet people's needs. Concludes with methodological considerations, the implications of the findings for practitioners and policy makers, and suggestions for further research.
It'll be all rights
- Author:
- BRODY Simeon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.06.06, 2006, p.46.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author asks how far councils have gone in meeting the forthcoming duty to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people. The article focuses on the progress made in producing and disability equality scheme, and the extent of involving disabled people in drafting these schemes.
Engagement and empowerment, research and relevance: comments on user controlled research
- Authors:
- EVANS Claire, JONES Ray
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 22(2), 2004, pp.5-13.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Based on their shared experiences of engagement in research, from the perspective of a disabled person as a commissioner of research and as a researcher, and a non-disabled person as a researcher and service manager, issues of service user engagement and empowerment in and through research, and how this enriches and makes research more relevant, are explored. Examples are given of how user-led research has had an impact on national local policy and practice.
Involving volunteers with disabilities
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Volunteering, 64, December 2000, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
Presents guidance on involving people with disabilities in volunteering.
Definitions of need: can disabled people and care professionals agree?
- Authors:
- ALLAN J. Sim, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 13(1), February 1998, pp.53-74.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Examines the ideological frames of reference that inform the definitions of need are used by disabled and non-disabled people. Aims to test the degree of congruence of the non-disabled view of need with that of disabled people. Seeks to explore the multidimensional contexts in which individuals operate based upon a deconstruction of the medical/social locus of control model.
Issues in access for disabled people: the case of the Leeds Transport Strategy
- Authors:
- BARRETT E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Policy Studies, 24(4), 2003, pp.227-242.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
While the transport problems of disabled people figure prominently in some transport strategies, the reality of what disabled people experience can be far removed from what most strategies aim to achieve. The main reason for this mismatch is an inappropriate, even erroneous, conceptualisation of disability. This is compounded by an inadequate articulation of the needs of disabled people and their lack of meaningful involvement in the development of transport strategy. This article looks the Leeds Transport Strategy (as currently expressed within the West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan). Analyses the treatment of disabled access issues in the strategy and relates these issues to the results of empirical research. The experiences of a wide range of disabled respondents are considered in parallel with the attitudes and actions of transport providers and policy makers. Concludes that the gap between intentions of policy makers and the real needs of disabled transport users, can be reduced by the involvement of disabled people in the decision-making process.
Fairer charging policies for home care and other non-residential social services: practice guidance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This practice guidance concentrates on four main areas: initial design of policy and consultation; assessment of disability related expenditure; benefits and advice; and good practice standards and performance monitoring.
Modernising the workhorse: getting the best from service users
- Author:
- SNOW Rose
- Journal article citation:
- MCC Building Knowledge for Integrated Care, 10(4), August 2002, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
It is argued that discriminatory attitudes to (ex) service users may threaten modernisation as they limit and shrink the workhorse and prevent committed workers form succeeding. This article summarises the report of the first National Conference of Survivor Workers which gives senior managers the knowledge needed to increase the size and capability of the workhorse.
The role of access groups in facilitating accessible environments for disabled people
- Author:
- IMRIE Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(4), July 1999, pp.463-482.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article considers the contrasting ways in which disabled people seek to overturn socio-attitudinal, political and physical barriers to their mobility and access requirements in the built environment. It documents how disabled people are attempting to influence the form and content of local authority access practices and policies, through the context and contours of access groups. Concludes by discussing how some of the wider structural and agency-level constraints on disabled people's political and policy interventions in access issues might be removed.