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Residential accommodation for elderly people and people with physical or visual disabilities: year ended 31.3.92
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 60p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Introducing staff care to residential and other services for adults with physical disabilities and sensory impairments: a project report
- Authors:
- HOPKINS Jeff, WATERMAN Mitch
- Publisher:
- Social Care Centre for Practice and Staff Development
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
The significant touch
- Author:
- TISSIER Gerry
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.5.93, 1993, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Visits a new community care project for people with learning difficulties, sensory impairment and physical disability. The project was initiated by the parents forming a local branch of SENSE in Maidstone, Kent; and they approached HI Kent and Kent SSD to show how the project would benefit social services. Describes how the service was sent up and looks at its aims.
Suitability counts: think capability not disability
- Authors:
- EVANS Sara Morgan, HOWARD Kim, comps
- Publisher:
- Suffolk. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 58p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Ipswich
Training workbook intended to enable non-specialists working in careers advice and education to use and enhance their existing skills in order to work confidently with people with special needs, including disabled people and people with learning difficulties. Contains sections on: when is a disability a handicap; educational terms and establishments; interviewing users with special needs (including glossary of terms); vocational training, YT and training credits; employment and employment services; liaison with and referral to other agencies; and the role of the special needs careers officer.
What about us: sex education for children with disabilities
- Authors:
- CRAFT Ann, STEWART David
- Publisher:
- Home and School Council
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 25p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
An overview of the provision (or non-provision) of sex education for children and young people with disabilities. Looks at where children find out information and suggests ways in which parents and teachers can overcome their reluctance and problems with providing sex education.
Community care monitoring and development: implementing community care for younger people with physical and sensory disabilities; report and findings of the SSI/NHSME special project
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report describing the achievements and progress being made in community care service provision to young people with disabilities in 5 local authorities under the headings: policy issues; joint working across agencies and with users; implementation; and community services, including independent living, information and transitional services.
How to get equipment for disability
- Authors:
- MANDELSTAM Michael, comp
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley/Disabled Living Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 528p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains sections on: daily living equipment; home adaptations; home nursing equipment; medical equipment; wheelchairs; cars; walking aids; footwear; orthotic appliances; prostheses; communication equipment; hearing equipment; equipment for people with visual impairment; environmental controls; incontinence; stoma care; renal dialysis; diabetes; respiratory equipment; dental equipment; residential home equipment provision; equipment for children; equipment for employment; specialist services; charges; social fund; product liability, standards and cleaning; and court cases and ombudsman investigations.
Community care: findings from Department of Health funded research 1988-1992
- Editor:
- ROBBINS Diana
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 413p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains 6 chapters: managing and delivering services; elderly people; informal care and carers; mental health; learning disabilities; and physical disabilities and sensory impairment. Also contains a section on HIV/AIDS and substance misuse.
Health and function in the third age: papers prepared for the Carnegie Inquiry into the Third Age
- Authors:
- EVANS J. Grimley, et al
- Publisher:
- Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 206p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains papers on: human ageing and the differences between young and old; active life expectancy and disability; Ischaemic heart disease; chronic bronchitis; osteoarthritis; osteoporosis; stroke; cancers; depression; dementia; incontinence; risk factors; physical fitness; visual and hearing abilities; and psychological function and ageing.