In order to gauge the reactions to the Griffiths proposals on community care, the King's Fund Institute sampled opinion across health and social services in the UK by conducting a survey of health and social services managers and a scan of principal practitioner journals. The review of reaction demonstrates a ...
This briefing paper provides a detailed description of the proposals of the Griffiths Report, Community care; agenda for action, together with a critical assessment of the challenge they pose to all involved in planning, management, delivery and receipt of community care. Griffiths poses a number of major challenges. If progress ...
Early in 1987 five health visitor managers and five district nurse managers came together from across London to explore ways of working together in the 'spirit of Cumberlege'. The focus was caring for elderly people in the community. A record was kept of the process of the workshop with a ...
This book is about helping people with learning difficulties to develop their ties and connections with others and the community. It explores the many different ways in which people meet and develop relationships with others. It makes practical suggestions for people with learning difficulties themselves, families, service workers and other ...
A summary of Griffiths' proposals for community care looking at the basic ideas behind the report, and drawing out what these could mean for people with disabilities. An optimistic view has been adopted, concentrating on what could be possible if the Griffiths recommendations are implemented in a positive way.