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A positive choice: independent review of residential care; a guide to the Wagner Report
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL WORK. Information Service
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Independent Review of Residential Care: guide to the evidence
- Author:
- SINCLAIR Elma
- Publisher:
- Review of Residential Care
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 66p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Evidence to the Independent Review of Residential Care
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Social Care Association
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- Surbiton
Beyond Barclay: the future of residential care; papers and summary of a conference held at the National Institute for Social Work on 17th June 1983
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Social Care Association
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 78p.
- Place of publication:
- Surbiton
Residential and nursing home care
- Author:
- CARERS UK
- Publisher:
- Carers UK
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
If the person cared for is unable to live at home or carers are unable to continue caring for them, they may need to think about residential care. There are two types of residential care: residential homes, for people who need help with personal care; and nursing homes, for people who need both personal and nursing care.
Identifying the foci of interest to nurses in Irish intellectual disability services
- Author:
- SHEERIN Fintan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities, 8(2), June 2004, pp.159-174.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Intellectual disability nursing in Ireland is at a crucial juncture, with various forces seeking to relegate it to a postgraduate specialist subject. The specific input of intellectual disability nursing to the broader profession may be lost, and may be subsumed within an illness model unrepresentative of the reality of care. Explores this specific input and to identifies foci for nursing intervention within residential intellectual disability care. This was achieved through a Delphi study; three focus groups held among Irish intellectual disability nurses working in three service settings; and personal interviews held with residential service/nurse managers.
The Care Standards Act 2000 and the employer
- Author:
- GROSE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Caring Times, November 2000, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The Care Standards Act, now in force, will impose obligations on all employers in the care sector. Highlights a number of issues and offers suggestions to help employers prepare for working within the provision of the new Act.
Residential provision for people with learning disabilities: summary report
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. Hester Adrian Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 19p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Summary of a review, commissioned by the Department of Health, of residential provision for people with learning difficulties. The review aims to: produce a summary of existing research relating to the cost, quality and differing forms of residential provision in the UK; to utilise the 1991 Census to describe current provision; to begin to map out, through consultation and visits, the defining characteristics and differing approaches to residential provision; and to generate a list of recommendations concerning the conduct of future research into the subject.
The new commandments
- Author:
- STRONG Susannah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.2.95, 1995, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The home owners' bible, 'Home Life', is to have an updated rival. Looks at the huge task ahead and finds out what professionals want from the new document.
Lionhearted trust...
- Author:
- DOWNEY Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 14.10.93, 1993, p.16.
The Leo Trust is a new project for people with learning disabilities. Based in Brissenden Court, Ashford in Kent the project will be home to 10 people and will serve up to 32 users. Equality for people with learning disabilities is its central value.