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Provision of aids and adaptations for hospital patients discharged into their own home

Author:

King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Keeble, Ursula

Publication date:

1984

Abstract:

Under the terms of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, social services departments are required to help with the provision of aids to daily living for disabled persons discharged from hospital, and with adaptations to their homes. The study aims to establish the extent to which social services ...
The development and manufacture of aids for disabled people : report of a day conference held jointly by the King's Fund Centre and the Institute for Consumer Ergonomics on the 25th October, 1978.

Author:

Institute for Consumer Ergonomics (Loughborough University of Technology), Feeney, R. J., Cooper, S., and King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)

Publication date:

1979

Abstract:

This conference arose from investigatory work carried out by the Institute for Consumer Ergonomics on the system of developing and manufacturing aids and equipment for handicapped people in this country. The conference centred on the provision of adequate, suitable and effective aids to reduce the effects of various forms of ...