Useful Links
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
In its 'Round Up' series of evidence reviews has just published one on 'Housing and Disabled Children' which will be of interest to any of our members dealing with children's adaptations.
It is available through www.jrf.org.uk specifically at http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/housing/2208.asp
Scotland's first housing-style care home is sweeping up awards;
Follow links:
http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3117397&origin=bldghousingnewsletter
http://www.building.co.uk/regen_section.asp?navcode=3338
IAG Accessibility and Participation
WHO World Report on Disability and Rehabilitation (WRDR)
Deadline July 13, 2008 URGENT
WFOT has received a request from the WHO Disability and Rehabilitation Team (DAR) in relation to the writing of the World Report on Disability and Rehabilitation (WRDR).
The report is at first draft stage and should be launched in 2009. They need information and materials listed to strengthen their report, but they also wish to have contributions to fill the gaps that they have already identified in the preliminary report.
Please help! With your expertise in the area of Accessibility and Participation, WFOT would appreciate the help.
Follow link for more details:
WHO World report on Disability and rehabilitation
Community therapists network annual conference
Norfolk Park Heritage Centre, Sheffield, Wednesday, 24th September 2008
This year's annual conference of the Community Therapists Network will take place on Wednesday 24th of September, at Norfolk Park Heritage Centre, Sheffield. This year's conference is focused on two research projects with specific relevance to community therapy teams.
The first, "COOP", was led by Dr Susan Nancarrow of Sheffield Hallam University and examined the impact of different models of staffing on the outcomes of community based services for older people. The outcomes assessed were patient-related (health status and functional status; staff-related (satisfaction, autonomy and role flexibility) and the service-related (costs and length of stay).
The second project, entitled "Enhancing the effectiveness of interprofessional working: costs and outcomes" is led by Professor Pam Enderby. This research builds on findings of the first project with a view to developing a good practice model to support the implementation of interprofessional working in community based therapy teams. Results of an extensive literature review will be presented and delegates will be consulted on the approaches to implementing the work.
Please visit www.communitytherapy.org.uk/annualconference.html where you can now download a full conference programme and the booking form. Please note that members of the CTN receive a 47% discount on this year's conference.
For anyone interested in learning how to put together a business case in community rehabilitation we are rerunning our successful workshop that was oversubscribed earlier this year on the 23rd of September. Details of the workshop are also available from the booking form that you can download from the above link.
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