The conference reported here was jointly sponsored by the King's Fund Centre and the D.H.S.S. to further explore established themes around the move of children from mental handicap hospitals. The specific aims were: to share experiences between those involved in moving children and young people out of hospital: to explore ...
Since 1980 a group of workers organising family-based relief care schemes has met on a regular basis, to look at particular aspects of respite care, and to organise occasional workshops. Although the schemes represented by the group vary widely, features of respite care offered by families have emerged, with workers ...
This meeting was called to bring together various professionals in the field, and to discuss good practice, the gaps and what might be done. The conference identified some of the ways in which improvement might be effected: 1) exchanging information on good and interesting practices which have been developed around ...
The Relief Care Support Group first met in December 1980 when there were a number of workers involved in London relief care schemes. It aims to enable people to get together more formally and spend time sharing and learning from each other. The group was started as a support group ...
This study was commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Security and the King's Fund Centre to provide an independent account of alternatives to hospital care for children with learning difficulties who need long-term residential care. The report draws on examples from health and social services authorities and discusses ...
Helen House, a hospice for children, is a philosophy, not a facility, which aims to enable families to care for their sick child at home in specific ways: by ensuring that extra community support is mobilised; by offering respite care; by telephone contact and home visits. While there is undoubtedly ...
This report offers advice to West Lambeth Health Authority on the future of its child and adolescent psychiatric services. In considering services offered by West Lambeth HA, the advisory team had in mind a particular model or standard service for child and adolescent psychiatry which could be applicable to any ...