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Living with physical and sensory impairment in rural areas : challenges and responses
— Volume 1 : Policy and practice | | Author(s) | John Palmer, Salma Ahmed, Caitriona Carroll |
| Corporate Author | North Harbour Consulting Limited; Housing Corporation |
| Publisher | North Harbour Consulting Limited, Portsmouth, 2005 |
| Pages | 68 pp (Research summary 6 pp) |
| Source | North Harbour Consulting Limited, 20 Newlyn Way, Port Solent, Portsmouth PO6 4TN. Email: northharbour@btconnect.com |
| Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Visual impairment ; Hearing Impairment ; Rural areas ; Housing [elderly] ; Services ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Disabled people living in rural areas face multiple disadvantages arising both from their disability and where they live. This research investigated disabled people's experiences of rural housing, the built environment and access to services in five local authority areas: East Lindsay, Lincolnshire; Penwith, Cornwall; Wear Valley, County Durham; South Lakeland, Cumbria; and Shepway, Kent. The emphasis of the research is on the choices available and how these choices are constrained by disability. The research also investigated the care and support received, and the importance of informal family and community-based networks in helping to provide care and sustain independent living. Also examined in the report are rural transport, access to rural services, and disabled people's use of personal computers and the internet. A CD-ROM is also available containing large print versions of the research summary, main research report, and the technical report and working papers for the five study areas. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-051129212 B |
| Classmark | BN: BR: BV: RL: KE: I: 3F |
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