Jennifer Barrett, Hilary Caldicott and Trevor De Sain
This article describes a shared ownership scheme developed by Advance Housing and Support so that people who have experienced mental health difficulties could have the choice to…
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This article describes a shared ownership scheme developed by Advance Housing and Support so that people who have experienced mental health difficulties could have the choice to own their own home. Jennifer Barrett, Hilary Caldicott and Trevor Sasar De Sain have all been involved in Own Home ‐ one as the project manager and the other two as shared owners with the scheme ‐ and here describe what it was like from the inside, what worked and what didn't, and the impact of housing on people's experience of social exclusion and the accompanying loss of hope
Housing options for people with severe mental health problems are limited, and often restricted to types of property and areas which most of us would not choose to live in…
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Housing options for people with severe mental health problems are limited, and often restricted to types of property and areas which most of us would not choose to live in. Accommodation of good quality, in a welcoming and secure neighbourhood, can have a very positive effect on mental health service users' sense of well‐being. This article describes an innovation aimed at increasing housing choice for this particularly disadvantaged group, namely the shared ownership programme run by Advance Housing and Support Limited, a registered social landlord working across Central and Southern England with people with either a mental health problem or a learning disability.
This index covers all issues between February 2005 (Volume 9, Issue 1) and November 2008 (Volume 12, Issue 4). Numbers in bold refer to yolume, numbers in brackets refer to issue…
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This index covers all issues between February 2005 (Volume 9, Issue 1) and November 2008 (Volume 12, Issue 4). Numbers in bold refer to yolume, numbers in brackets refer to issue, with subsequent numbers to pages.
The registration and inspection of residential care services for vulnerable adults rests with local government but in 2002 responsibility passes to the new Commission for Care…
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The registration and inspection of residential care services for vulnerable adults rests with local government but in 2002 responsibility passes to the new Commission for Care Standards. This paper looks at how inspection units understand and respond to adult protection issues, considers how they contribute to multi‐agency adult protection and speculates on how the planned changes will impact on policy and practice.
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Sue Childs, Julie McLeod, Elizabeth Lomas and Glenda Cook
This paper aims to explore the issues, the role of research data management (RDM) as a mechanism for implementing open research data and the role and opportunities for records…
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Purpose
This paper aims to explore the issues, the role of research data management (RDM) as a mechanism for implementing open research data and the role and opportunities for records managers. The open data agenda is premised on making as much data as possible open and available. However, in the context of open research data there are methodological, ethical and practical issues with this premise.
Design/methodology/approach
Two collaborative research projects focusing on qualitative health data were conducted. “DATUM for Health” designed and delivered a tailored RDM skills training programme for postgraduate research students in health studies. “DATUM in Action” was an action research project between researchers from information sciences, health, mathematics and computing, looking at planning and implementing RDM.
Findings
Three key issues emerged about what research data is appropriate to make open/accessible for sharing and reuse: re-using qualitative data conflicts with some of the epistemological and methodological principles of qualitative research; there are ethical concerns about making data obtained from human participants open, which are not completely addressed by consent and anonymisation; many research projects are small scale and the costs of preparing and curating data for open access can outweigh its value. In exploring these issues, the authors advocate the need for effective appraisal skills and researcher-focused RDM with records managers playing a useful role.
Research limitations/implications
The findings come from two small-scale qualitative projects in health studies. Further exploration of these issues is required.
Practical implications
Records managers have new crucial opportunities in the open data and RDM contexts, bringing their expertise and experience in managing a wider range of data and information. They can help realise the benefits of multiple perspectives (researcher, data manager, records manager and archivist) on open research data.
Social implications
Researcher-focused RDM offers a mechanism for implementing open research data.
Originality/value
It raises complex issues around open research data not found in the records management literature, highlights the need for researcher-focussed RDM and research data appraisal skills and a not yet fully recognised role for records managers.
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Launched in the spring, No Secrets, the government's latest adult protection guidance is expected to have a major impact on all agencies involved and interested in adult abuse…
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Launched in the spring, No Secrets, the government's latest adult protection guidance is expected to have a major impact on all agencies involved and interested in adult abuse. Here, using a novel approach, Claudine McCreadie, one of the country's leading elder abuse researchers, looks at what No Secrets will involve for those charged with its implementation in local areas, while providing a range of useful insights and hints.