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Parents' views of community care for children with motor disabilities
Author(s) -
HAYLOCK CLARE L.,
JOHNSON M. ANN,
HARPIN VALERIE A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1993.tb00727.x
Subject(s) - respite care , visitor pattern , psychology , health care , community service , social welfare , motor impairment , medicine , nursing , gerontology , public relations , computer science , political science , economics , physical medicine and rehabilitation , programming language , economic growth , law
Summary In this study we have ascertained the views of 40 parents of 4‐year‐old children with motor disabilities, on the health and education services, social service and the availability of respite care. The children with moderate or severe motor disability who were born in 1985, were identified from the Oxford Regional Register of Early Childhood Impairment. Thirty‐three (83%) completed a questionnaire taken to the home by the health visitor. Although most parents had access to a range of services, lack of information in the early years, fragmentation of services and limited choices were identified as problems. Parents regarded the breadth of care provided by the pre‐school teacher counsellor and the nursery school as very useful, whereas the health service and social services were perceived as less appropriate. This small study suggests that for some families, the objectives of community care as identified in the Griffiths Report (Griffiths 1988) and reiterated in the Children Act (1989) are not yet being met.