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Empowerment in action
— the story of the Empowerment Project | | Author(s) | Justina Murray |
| Corporate Author | Age Concern Scotland; Poverty Alliance; Greater Glasgow Health Board |
| Publisher | Age Concern Scotland, Edinburgh, 1997 |
| Pages | 42 pp |
| Source | Publications Unit, Age Concern Scotland, Leonard Small House, 113 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 3DT. |
| Keywords | Patients ; Rights [elderly] ; Participation ; Geriatric units ; Development projects ; Glasgow. |
| Annotation | This report tells the story of the Empowerment Project, funded by Charity Projects to work with patients, relatives and nursing staff in a continuing care ward of a long stay hospital in Glasgow from November 1992 until February 1995. The Project's story is told by exploring both theory and practice, and reflects different aspects of empowerment. The Project's roots, motives, context, culture, and early influences are critically examined. Practical work is discussed in relation to: actors and roles; focus of practice; critical points in development; key issues, themes and tensions; barriers and challenges; and the impact of empowerment. Conceptual tensions are explored by examining language, preconditions of empowerment, aims, form, transferring empowerment, evidence, and dynamics of empowerment. The report's conclusion suggests that the Project's vision was unrealisable within the cultural and organisational constraints of long term institutional care and partnership working, and led to frustration and the feeling of an opportunity lost. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980407236 B |
| Classmark | LF: IKR: TMB: LDB: IGD: 9WC |
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