Social Care and Neurodisability: Volume 5 Issue 2

Long-term maintenance of treatment effects following intervention for families with children who have acquired brain injury

Damith T. Woods, Cathy Catroppa, Celia Godfrey, Vicki A. Anderson

Where no psychosocial or interventional support is provided, children with acquired brain injury (ABI) are at significant risk of serious long-term behavioural and social…

Skills social care workers need to support personalisation

Jo Moriarty, Jill Manthorpe, Michelle Cornes

The purpose of this paper is to consider what implications the government's policy of personalisation has for social care workers in terms of the skills that they need to achieve…

Neuropsychology of memory function: a guide for clinicians

Breda Cullen, Jonathan J. Evans

This paper aims to summarise key models of the neuropsychology of memory function, illustrating how they can be used to inform the assessment and formulation of memory disorders…

Increasing NICE compliance in multiple sclerosis and cognition: a service evaluation

Dawn Reeve, Charlotte Gayson, Talal Stephan

The purpose of this paper is to increase awareness and compliance of The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidance regarding cognitive impairment in…

Clinical psychologists’ implementation of the Mental Capacity Act

Irram Walji, Ian Fletcher, Stephen Weatherhead

– The purpose of this paper is to present an exploration of the experiences of clinical psychologists involved in implementing the Mental Capacity Act (MCA).

Forum

Keith G. Jenkins

Editorial

Declan Mc Nicholl