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Wanted caring employees
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.6.00, 2000, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Disabled people can exercise more control over their care by using direct payments. The author talks to users about the difference that direct payments have made in their lives.
Concerns of speech-impaired people and those communicating with them
- Authors:
- EMERSON Joyce, ENDERBY Pam
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 8(3), May 2000, pp.172-179.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study investigated the perception and experiences of people with speech impairments and of the general public when communicating with speech impaired people. The aim was to identify the actual concerns of people and factors that make communication easier or more difficult, to inform treatment programmes and information. Findings emphasize the importance of taking time and being assertive.
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.
Refocusing on the parent: what are the social issues of concern for parents of disabled children
- Author:
- CASE Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(2), March 2000, pp.271-292.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article looks at models of parent's reactions to their children's disability and the satisfaction they feel with professional information before, during and after diagnosis.
Disability, the family and society: listening to mothers
- Author:
- READ Janet
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 149p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Explores caring for a disabled child from the mother's perspective, looking at ways in which mothers find themselves acting as mediators between their children and a world that can be hostile to their interests. Begins with an examination of a study in which mothers from diverse backgrounds detail the ways in which they attempt to represent their children to the world, and the world to their children in both formal and informal interactions. These experiences and perspectives are linked to wider research and theory on motherhood and caring, the life patterns of disabled children and their families, and the discrimination faced by disabled children and adults.
Out-of-school lives: out-of-school services
- Authors:
- PETRIE P., et al
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 223p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Discusses out of school services for school age children and the everyday lives of those that use them. Examines the lives of children with special reference to disabled and black and minority ethnic children, the nature of the services provided generally and for those groups, and the views of children and parents.
Speak for yourself
- Author:
- FORD James
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 38p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Disabled people continue to campaign to get their voices heard and have their views properly represented. People with a communication impairment face an even greater challenge to make themselves understood. This report explains that with the right communication aids disabled people can develop socially and achieve in education and work. In the report disabled people identify good and bad experiences they have had in obtaining and using devices, and recommendations for change are made.
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.
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.
New kinds of care new kinds of relationships: how purchasing services affects relationships in giving and receiving personal assistance
- Authors:
- GLENDINNING Caroline, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 8(3), May 2000, pp.201-211.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Draws on interviews with users of direct payments and focus group discussions with the personal assistants (PAs) who assist them with personal and daily living activities. It discusses the benefits and the drawbacks of directly employing such assistance, from the perspectives of both the purchasers and the providers of these services. The article shows that direct payments can enable disabled people to purchase a much wider range of flexible help, better continuity, greater control and an enhanced quality of life, compared with conventional services.