Social Care and Neurodisability: Volume 1 Issue 3

Editorial

Andy Mantell, Patti Simonson

Sexuality training for health and social care professionals working with people with an acquired brain injury

Mark Baker, Steve Shears

The purpose of this paper is to outline a work‐based, professional education series of workshops, focusing on issues of sex and sexuality training for health and social care…

Supporting adults with an acquired brain injury in the community ‐ a case for specialist training for support workers

Rachel Redhead

Acquired brain injury (ABI) can happen to anyone at any time. As a result, the person can experience a wide range of difficulties related to a combination of physical, cognitive…

Access to health care for disabled people: a systematic review

Jeremy Gibson, Rory O'Connor

The objective of this paper was to systematically review published studies to determine if disability limits access to health care and to attempt to identify what body functions…

The availability and intelligibility of information for carers of children with a brain injury

Ann Edworthy, Hannah Donne

This paper explores the information available for carers of children with a brain injury. It is based on research for an MPhil degree and involved a questionnaire survey of 120…

Catastrophic injury in families

Frances Pierce

This article explores the practical and emotional difficulties involved in identifying the impact of catastrophic injures. It argues for the importance of not just specialist, but…

Assessing mental capacity

Jane Bennett

This article is based on a presentation that I gave to the Royal Hospital for Neuro‐disability, Putney, London on 28 July 2010. It draws on case law and case studies to explore…

Resource reviews

Forum

Tim Lane