Although the development of community care has been national policy in Britain for at least thirty years, it means something quite different in England, Scotland and Wales. This book offers a comparative study both of the central government departments responsible for making and implementing policy for community care, and of ...
This report is derived from a memorandum submitted to the Griffiths review of community care. It endorses the Audit Commission's diagnosis of the problems besetting community care while expressing reservations over its proposed solutions. The report recommends the adoption of a set of measures designed to build upon what is ...
This workshop was arranged to bring together those who were at the leading edge of developing quality assurance in community care for people with learning difficulties, those with mental health problems, people with physical disabilities and frail elderly people. Three main issues were examined: the definition of quality assurance in ...
At the invitation of the King's Fund College a group of 34 senior managers from the NHS, social services and the voluntary sector met for three days in May and June 1987 to review current organisational frameworks and processes for delivering community care. This statement summarises the outcome of these ...
The NIMROD service is recognised as being to the forefront of the move towards community care. This book uses a case-study approach to illustrate the experiences of seven people with learning difficulties who use this service. The case studies are analysed in terms of a number of interwoven concepts: presence ...
This document explores the issues involved in providing effective community -based services for people with learning difficulties and challenging behaviours, and provides some suggestions for practical action. The values set out in An Ordinary Life are taken as a starting point and this document discusses how effective community services might ...
This conference looked at the work of the community Care Centre, a small community-based GP hospital in inner London. The Centre offers valuable lessons for all health professionals about patient autonomy and participation, collaborative work between professions, GP and community involvement, and imagination in environmental design. The report is not ...