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Disability, dependency and palliative care 1995 - 2005
— workshop held at the Royal College of Physicians, London, January 1995 | | Corporate Author | Continuing Care at Home - CONCAH; Research for Ageing Trust |
| Publisher | CONCAH, Exeter, 1995 |
| Pages | 20 pp |
| Source | CONCAH, 54 Glasshouse Lane, Countess Wear, Exeter, Devon EX2 7BU. |
| Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Terminal care ; Informal care ; Services ; Health services. |
| Annotation | This workshop identified five key problems relating to informal care of disabled people: communication and provision of information; inability of service purchasers and providers to judge users' needs; inter-professional barriers leading to failure in collaboration; confusion about provision of palliative care for non-malignant conditions; and no clear central strategy for caring for the disabled. Recommendations made called for: higher political priority for a national strategy for people with disability; more `user-friendly' one-stop shops for information; education of purchaser and provider agencies on services needed; improved education for all health and social service professionals on needs of the disabled and their domestic carers; registers of people with disabilities; promotion of action to prevent disabilities occurring or getting worse; and support for initiatives to improve inter-professional co-operation in primary care, community health services and social services. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980210221 B |
| Classmark | BN: LV: P6: I: L |
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