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A sharper focus
— inspection of services for adults who are visually impaired or blind | | Author(s) | Gerald O'Hagan, Derek Brown |
| Corporate Author | Social Care Group, Social Services Inspectorate - SSI, Department of Health - DoH |
| Publisher | Department of Health, London, 1998 |
| Pages | 78 pp (CI(98)8) |
| Source | DH Stores, PO Box 410, Wetherby LS23 7LN. (Other formats on request from: Business Support Unit, Social Care Group, Department of Health, 133-135 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG.) |
| Keywords | Blindness ; Partial sight ; Services ; Social Services Departments ; Social workers ; Inspection. |
| Annotation | This is the first inspection report on services for adults with visual impairments since the 1988 publication, "A wider vision". Eight social service departments (SSDs) were inspected in 1997, in which fieldwork concentrated on services for adults aged 18 to 64. Services for those over retirement age were also examined; additional information came from an SSI inspection of services for older people. Considerable contrast was found between four SSDs performing well, and four, less well: how adequately visually impaired people's social care needs are met is very dependent on where they live. The main issues examined were: assessment targeted at sight loss needs; wider social care needs; specialist services; identifying ethnic minority needs; certification and registration; information and communication with other agencies; needs of adolescents; care management arrangements (including staff training); and commissioning strategy. A checklist is provided to help SSDs evaluate their services for visually impaired people. This report is also available in braille, on audio cassette tape, on disc and in large print. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980908238 B |
| Classmark | BS: BSP: I: PF: QR: 3U |
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