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Helping the children face an uncertain future
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.1.00, 2000, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Children with a degenerative condition have needs that change as their illness progresses, and their families need a lot of support. The author talks to the workers at a project that aims to help.
Enabling employment
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Guide, 13, May 2002, pp.39-40.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at what local authorities are doing to employ and support workers with disabilities and what able-bodied and disabled workers can both do to support each other.
Sight and sound
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.8.99, 1999, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a project in Westminster which is helping people with autism by putting communication at the centre of individually-tailored programmes. At the core of communication is the development of visual and audio skills.
Difficult transitions
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.7.99, 1999, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at a project in the London boroughs of Lewisham and Southwark which are trying to help young disabled people navigate their way through adult services.
Occupation forces
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.1.98, 1998, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how more effective use of the skills and experience of occupational therapists could keep elderly people out of hospital and help them retain their independence at home.
All aboard the children's express
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.4.99, 1999, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Takes a look at a new pack that uses tools to allow disabled children with learning difficulties to communicate and have a say in the way services designed to help them are delivered.
For better, for worse
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.1.98, 1999, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Social worker Jennifer Dixon faced a difficult situation when she tried to help a couple who were dependent on one another, but needed outside help which they were not keen to accept. Reports on the risk factor.
State of independence
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.4.96, 1996, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Direct payments give disabled people the power to buy the care they need. But some now owe massive sums to the Inland Revenue because no one told them how to be good employers, writes the author.
Environmental care
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.9.95, 1995, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Very often little consideration is given to the special needs of disabled children, their siblings and disabled parents when it comes to gaining video evidence from them. Most video suites are housed in police stations and very few have wheelchair access to the building, lifts or toilets. Describes a collaborative project between Nottingham SSD and Nottingham Community Health Trust which has enabled children to give evidence in a specially designed environment.