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Giving a voice: advocacy on behalf of people with dementia and people with cancer
— a study on the effects on service users' lives | | Author(s) | Ziv Amir, Margaret Coffey, Liz Smith |
| Corporate Author | Beth Johnson Foundation - BJF; University of Salford |
| Publisher | Beth Johnson Foundation, Stoke-on-Trent, May 2017 |
| Pages | 30 pp |
| Source | Beth Johnson Foundation, Parkfield House, 64 Princes Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7JL. Email: angela.tunnicliffe@bjf.org.uk |
| Keywords | Advocacy ; Dementia ; Cancer ; Needs [elderly] ; Projects ; Staffordshire ; Wolverhampton. |
| Annotation | The University of Salford carried out this review of advocacy work undertaken by the Beth Johnson Foundation (BJF) in recent years. The focus is on two projects on meeting the different needs of people with dementia (in Stoke and North Staffordshire) and people with cancer (initially in Stoke and North Staffordshire, but then across most of Staffordshire, also Wolverhampton). The project reports variously comment on: recruitment and needs assessment; interventions and activities; immediate outcomes for users; making a difference; improving interactions between clients and support services; peer support; user satisfaction; ideas for improvement; the role of volunteer coordinators; and staff views and recommendations. The report also helps raise awareness of the stereotypes and the ignorance surrounding some health conditions. It also notes how advocacy support service has had a very positive impact on people's lives. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170901001 B |
| Classmark | IQ: EA: CK: IK: 3E: 8ST: 87A |
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