Reablement Services in Health and Social Care - A guide to practice for students and support workers

This ground-breaking text book introduces the theoretical underpinnings and practical considerations of the growing area reablement. With contributions from a number of professions including occupational therapy, nursing and social work this book encourages and supports collaborative working. It also offers service user, carer and support worker perspectives, in order to offer a rounded introduction to effective reablement practices. develops the knowledge and understanding of students in this field on a wide range of courses - from nursing and occupational therapy to social work, physiotherapy and beyond. It may also appeal to support staff and associated professionals already working in reablement services and associated fields of enquiry.>

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Summary of Chapters and Guidance
Chapter 1- Reablement: Shifting minds
Chapter 2- The centrality of service users in reablement
Chapter 3- Models of reablement service provision
Chapter 4- 'Undoing dependence, promoting autonomy'
Chapter 5- Reablement and support workers [skills]
Chapter 6- Long term conditions: Taking control
Chapter 7- Psychosocial perspectives of reablement
Chapter 8- Technological advances in reablement
Close- Concluding remarks.

About the author

Valerie A. Ebrahimi is Programme Leader for an MEd in Professional Education. Her senior lecturer role extends from a BA in Health and Social Care to pre-registration Nursing and is situated at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Chester, UK. Valerie is a qualified Occupational Therapist.
Hazel M. Chapman is postgraduate tutor in the Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Chester, UK. Her background is in adult nursing, learning disabilities nursing and psychology. Her doctoral thesis was on the experience of people with learning disabilities in healthcare.

Product details

• Authors: Haze Chapman, Hazel Chapman, Chapman Hazel, Valeri Ebrahimi, Valerie Ebrahimi, Valerie Chapman Ebrahimi, Tim Mann
• Assisted by: Haze Chapman (Editor), Hazel Chapman (Editor), Valerie Ebrahimi (Editor), Tim Mann (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.04.2018
• EAN: 9781137372642
• ISBN: 978-1-137-37264-2
• No. of pages: 257
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; B, Rehabilitation, Medicine, Nursing, Social Policy, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Social Service, Geriatric nursing, Health Sciences, Social Work and Community Development, geriatric care, care;nurse;nursing;occupational therapy;social work