Foreword. Prologue. Introduction. Author’s Notes. Acknowledgements. Permissions. Members of the National Day Service Project Advisory Committee. Part 1 1. Introducing Adult Day Services 2. The Context 3. The Anatomy of Day Services: The Elderly; The Mentally Handicapped; The Physically Handicapped; The Mentally Ill; The Elderly Confused; The Family; The Offenders; The Mixed Centres Part 2 4. Aims of Staff 5. ‘Meeting Other People, Having Cups of Tea’: Practical Services 6. ‘Bringing People Forward’: Aiming at Training 7. ‘Preventing Institutionalism’: Keeping Users Out of Hospital 8. ‘Back to Life’: Aiming at Clinical Assessment and Treatment 9. ‘A Normal Life’: Aiming at Rehabilitation 10. ‘I’m Just a Nuisance’: Aiming to Relieve Relatives 11. ‘A Useful Life’: Offering Practical Services for Therapeutic Improvement 12. ‘Pushing for Production’: Aiming at Industrial Production 13. ‘We All Help Each Other’: Aiming at Therapeutic Settings 14. ‘Listening to Users’: Aiming at Relationships 15. ‘Life in a Home’: Preparing Users for Institutions Part 3 16. Questions of Satisfaction 17. Room for Improvement 18. Getting it Together Part 4 Appendix I: Method and Procedures. Appendix II: Tables. Glossary. Index.
Biography
Jan Carter
