Social Care and Neurodisability: Volume 2 Issue 4
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A journal on practice, management, research and lawTable of contents
Personalisation in social care – what does it really mean?
Simon DuffyThis paper seeks to provide an overview of recent reforms to the social care system in England.
Survey of patients' and families' experiences of rare diseases reinforces calls for a rare disease strategy
Stephen Nutt, Lauren LimbThis paper seeks to report the key findings of two studies which were undertaken by Rare Disease UK to: understand patients' and their families' experiences of living with a rare…
Depression, anxiety and employment status after traumatic brain injury
Rudi Coetzer, Emma Carroll, Jean A. RuddleIn addition to physical, behavioural and cognitive impairment, emotional difficulties such as anxiety and depression are also common after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and can…
Independent advocacy, neuro‐disability and spirituality? A history of advocacy with a case study from the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) service
Geoff MorganThis paper aims to show the particular difference Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCA) can make towards specific decisions which some acquired brain injury clients, who…
Blurred vision: direct payments, funding cuts and the law
Austin ThorntonThis paper seeks to focus on legal issues concerning direct payments for social care for adults. Its aim is to consider whether the aspirations for choice, control and innovation…
The Law Commission's final recommendations for a new adult social care statute
Tim Spencer‐LaneThis paper seeks to set out the Law Commission's final recommendations for the reform of adult social care, including the community care assessment process, service provision, and…
ISSN:
2042-0919Online date, start – end:
2010 – 2014Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedEditor:
- Declan Mc Nicholl