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Talking about aphasia: living with loss of language after stroke
- Authors:
- PARR Susie, et al
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 157p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Looks at living with aphasia, a language impairment which can result from stroke. Draws on in-depth interviews with fifty aphasic people to explore the experience of aphasia from the dramatic onset of stroke and loss of language to the gradual revelation of its long term consequences.
Children with disabilities: a review report undertaken on behalf of Essex Social Services Department
- Author:
- HILL RIchard
- Publisher:
- NCH Action for Children
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 48p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Review of services for disabled children and their families in South West Essex.
Personal accounts: involving disabled children in research
- Author:
- BERESFORD Bryony
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office/University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 107p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reviews the methods used to access the views and experiences of disabled children, including those with speech and learning difficulties. The methodological review is placed in the context of the theoretical, moral and policy arguments that have promoted this shift towards child-centred research. The ethical implications of working directly with children are also considered.
Access to assessment: perspectives of practitioners, disabled people and carers
- Authors:
- DAVIS Ann, ELLIS Kathryn, RUMMERY Kirstein
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 82p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
In order to look at how disabled people and carers access local authority assessments for community care services, the authors explore how social workers use the recently introduced forms of assessment procedures, and ask disabled people and carers what they think of the new arrangements.
Listening to disabled youth
- Author:
- ROBINSON Jacky
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 140, October 1997, pp.5-6.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Looks at society's failure to listen to disabled children and young people and the negative impact this can have. Discusses advocacy as a way of ensuring children are heard.
On patient satisfaction in cerebral palsy care
- Authors:
- BAMFORD David, GRIFFITHS Huw, KERNOHAN George
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 27(4), August 1997, pp.605-614.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
To investigate the capacity for all-round service provision in Northern Ireland, this article describes the results of a survey to obtain both quantitative and qualitative data on the degree of social and health care support for families with a child affected by cerebral palsy. Results suggest that, while clinical medical care is generally good, the role of social support in health care management seems poorly defined, fragmented and variable.
Home-based assessment for family carers: a preventative strategy to identify and meet service needs
- Authors:
- NANKERVIS Julie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(2), February 1997, pp.193-201.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Discusses the research findings of a project to identify unmet needs for services among family carers and their frail or disabled relatives in Australia and how facilitates links to services.
Visibly different: coping with disfigurement
- Editors:
- LANSDOWN Richard, et al
- Publisher:
- Butterworth-Heinemann
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 265p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Practical text exploring the complex and often distressing problems and issues arising from looking 'visibly different'. Includes sections on: congenital disfigurement; acquired disfigurement; perspectives from research and assessment; and coping with visible difference. Includes contributions from people who are visibly different and aims to offer guidance to professionals in a range of disciplines for service provision to this user group.
Harnessing the power of users to change policies
- Authors:
- BRYCE Mandy, MATTINGLEY Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 15(2), 1997, pp.34-37.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Describes how involving the families of severely disabled children resulted in policy changes.
Involving physically disabled users in service planning and delivery: Shropshire as a case study based on two national projects
- Author:
- BOTT Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 15(2), 1997, pp.38-42.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Describes a project to involve services users in decisions about planning and delivery of services to disabled people.