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Getting the right break
— inspection of short-term breaks for people with physical disabilities and older people | | Author(s) | David Fruin |
| Corporate Author | Social Services Inspectorate - SSI, Department of Health - DoH |
| Publisher | Department of Health - DoH, London, 2000 |
| Pages | 58 pp |
| Source | DH Publications, PO Box 777, London SE1 6XH. www.doh.gov.uk/scg/socialc.htm |
| Keywords | Boarding out schemes ; Short stay holidays ; Informal care ; Physical disabilities ; Inspection. |
| Annotation | Short-term breaks make an important contribution to maintaining people at home, in supporting carers, and in helping councils to meet the needs of their communities. Despite this, much remains to be done to improve the quality, diversity and volume of short-term breaks, if needs are to be met. Seven representative councils were included in the inspection: Croydon, Essex, Leeds, Portsmouth, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, and Trafford. Inspections examined only those short-term breaks for older people and adults with physical or sensory disabilities or their carers. Users and carers regarded short-term breaks as essential in sustaining their care arrangements, but services received were not always tailored to individual needs. The report lists key questions for planners to consider in improving services. The report gives examples of good practice on: fulfilling users' expectations; responsiveness of services; service delivery; referral, assessment and care management; and developing and managing short-term breaks services. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000703203 B |
| Classmark | KTB: HV:4P: P6: BN: 3U |
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