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'They're taking the place of my hands': perspectives of people using personal care
- Authors:
- MEYER Michelle, DONELLY Michelle, WEERAKOON Patricia
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 22(6), October 2007, pp.595-608.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study investigated the experience of personal support provided by paid service providers. People who were using formal personal care services (participants) were engaged in in-depth interviews about their experiences. The results of a thematic analysis of transcript data are reported. Findings indicate that the participants wanted their personal autonomy facilitated when they received assistance. This was achieved when the carer replaced the participant's 'hands' and followed the choices and preferences of the participant when providing assistance. A number of barriers prevented participants from achieving self-determination. This included the carer's attitudes and aversions to tasks, formal training and rules and regulations set down by the personal care service providers.
Living with paraplegia: tensions and contradictions
- Authors:
- O'CONNOR Deborah L., YOUNG Jenny M., SAUL Megan Johnston
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 29(3), August 2004, pp.207-218.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In-depth, personal interviews were conducted with 7 individuals with paraplegia who had been living back in the community for less than 2 years. Qualitative analysis suggests the transitional process revolved around their struggle to reposition themselves in a holistic way that reflects the injury while moving beyond it. Four interrelated challenges textured the experience: maintaining an identity beyond the medical, contending with the stigma of difference, addressing the invisible work of day-to-day living, and balancing independence and dependence. Implications for practice are discussed.
Breaking news
- Author:
- HESLOP Pauline
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.11.03, 2003, p.36.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a study of how short-break services can prioritise children's views and give their families respite from caring.
Take your seats
- Author:
- LAWTON Smith
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, June 2003, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Looks at the election of the UK's first ever disabled people's parliament, an initiative led by the British Council of Disabled People. The aim is for the parliament to be a collective national voice feeding into national issues.
Working with disabled people in consultation and research
- Authors:
- BARNES Di, KENDALL Marilyn
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 19(1), 2001, pp.17-24.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
When a consultation exercise is designed with disabled people, the result will be influenced by all the participants' experience of consultation and their knowledge and understanding of research. The exercise will also be a product of particular place and time. These influences are explored in a case study carried out by the authors in partnerships with disabled people; they adopted a pluralistic and flexible approach to consultation, which gave information as well as sought it, and included a commitment to developing community skills with an eye on succession.
The meaning of disability
- Author:
- VARO-WATSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, April 2001, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
The author, a disabled service user, discusses definitions given to disability, and explains why care managers need to provide a positive baseline for disabled service users.
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.
The Northern Ireland Disability Council annual report for 1998-1999 laid by the Department of Health and Social Services before the Assembly ...
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND DISABILITY COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Contains information on: the role and functions of the Northern Ireland Disability Council; the changing environment; monitoring the law; public consultations; and issues raised.
The disability audit: RADAR's survey of disability organisations' views on Labour's first 18 months in Government
- Author:
- ROYAL ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Disability, benefits and employment: a report of research carried out by the Policy Studies Institute on behalf of the Department of Health; an evaluation of Disability Working Allowance
- Authors:
- ROWLINGSON Karen, BERTHOUD Richard
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 243p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report presenting the findings of research carried out as part of the Department of Social Security's evaluation of Disability Working Allowance (DWA), a cash benefit designed to help disabled people to work. The research used large scale surveys and qualitative interviews to analyse how far DWA is meeting its objectives. The role of DWA is explored against the background of the overall system of disability and incapacity benefits, and the wider labour marked experiences of disabled people.