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Progress in bringing mentally handicapped children out of hospital

Author:

King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Shearer, Ann

Publication date:

1984

Abstract:

This paper describes innovatory schemes and progress in bringing children with learning difficulties out of hospital. At the conference, Barnardo's N.W. Division presented information about their professional fostering scheme, followed by Portsmouth and S.E. Hampshire Health Authority's provision of alternative accommodation in the community for mentally handicapped children. A dehospitalisation ...
Bringing mentally handicapped children out of hospital

Author:

King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Shearer, Ann

Publication date:

1981

Abstract:

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 ...