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Update on the National Disability Information Project
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Caring for people, 8, 1991, p.9.
Summarises the Department of Health's initiative on providing information to disabled people. This includes 12 pilot "federations" of local disability information providers, which will be supported and co-ordinated by a team from the Policy Studies Institute who will also be working with national bodies.
Disability in Europe
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.9.91, 1991, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how Europe is addressing disability and the implications of 1992.
Equipment for disability: a guide to provision
- Authors:
- MANDELSTAM Michael, comp
- Publisher:
- Disabled Living Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 40p.,wall chart.
- Place of publication:
- London
Short practical guide to equipment provision for people with disabilities. Arranged alphabetically and illustrated with charts.
Information for people with disabilities
- Author:
- FLEMING Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 24, Winter 1991, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
Describes recent and future developments in using information technology to provide information directly to people with disabilities and their carers; includes list of participants in the National Disability Information Project.
You're on the waiting list: families waiting for respite care services: fourth interim report
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Carol, STALKER Kirsten
- Publisher:
- Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Many families experience serious problems finding suitable services which can cater for both their child's complex health needs and their own need for significant levels of support. This paper highlights which services families were using and the difficulties of obtaining a coherent and consistent package of support. Regulatory concerns relating to the piece-meal provision of services and use of children's hospices are raised along with recommendations for improving policy and practice.
Adoption outcomes for children with handicaps
- Authors:
- ROSENTHAL James, GROZE Victor, AGUILAR Gloria D.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Welfare Journal, 70(6), November 1991, pp.623-636.
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
Reports on a survey of families who had adopted children with physical and learning disabilities.
PSSRU/CHE survey of private and voluntary residential care and nursing homes
- Authors:
- DARTON Robin, WRIGHT Ken
- Journal article citation:
- PSSRU Bulletin, 8, October 1991, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
Reports on a surveys carried out among private and voluntary homes and local authority residential homes, comparing characteristics of residents, dependency levels, and the relation between resident characteristics and variations in fees charged.
Paying the premium
- Author:
- WITCHER Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.9.91, 1991, p.14.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that the birth of the severe disability premium was a mistake and that the government would do well to start afresh.
Unravelling disability allowances
- Author:
- BURGESS Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.9.91, 1991, p.9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Briefly outlines the Independent Living Fund and considers the implications of its winding up in June 1993.
Right to work?
- Author:
- SCOTT Nicholas
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.9.91, 1991, p.19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Minister for Disabled People writes in defence of the Disability Working Allowance.