Housing OT - Occupational Therapy

Published Articles

Date	Publication	Subject
October 2006	Community Care	Book Review - "The First 12 Weeks and Beyond – The Manager’s Guide to Using the Common Induction Standards"
September 2006	Community Care	Partnerships need open communication and an understanding of other agencies’ and service users’ needs, says James Lampert
August 2006	Community Care	Helping team members overcome the stresses of change at work
June 2006	Community Care	A project to develop an online occupational therapy self-assessment in Kent
April 2006	Community Care	How Government performance indicators have helped to improve occupational therapy services for disabled and older people in east Kent
February 2006	Community Care	The challenges of being an occupational therapy student practice educator
June 2005	Community Care	How the NHS and Social Services are working together to reduce the number of older people who have falls
November 2004	Community Care	The common goals facing Occupational Therapists working in hospitals and in the Commmunity
July 2004	Community Care	Working in the Community with people who have Motor Neurone Disease
Spring 2004	COTSSIH newsletter	Report on the 2003, College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section in Housing, Annual Conference
March 2004	London Evening Standard	Careers interview about being an Occupational Therapist
December 2003	Therapy Weekly	Differences and similarities between careers in OT in the NHS and Social Services Parts 1 and 2
September 2003	Community Care	A multidisciplinary panel assesses the case of a disabled man whose wife insists on having him cared for at home, against advice
July 2003	Community Care	A multidisciplinary panel assesses a case involving a man with cerebral palsy whose carers began to show up late......if at all
April 2003	Community Care	Planting the evidence. A woman with multiple sclerosis starts using cannabis to ease her pain. How should her carers react?
August 2002	Community Care	A multi-disciplinary panel looks at the case of a disabled man whose mother needs respite - but can't get it
January 2002	Community Care	Moving and Handling - a disabled person is forced to use a hoist which worsens his quality of life
November 2001	Community Care	The case of a woman whose mother does not want her to move out and live independently
November 1998	OT News	Disabled Facilities Grants: A case study

News and opinions

Date	Publication	Subject
January 2007	Scottish Institute for Excellence in Social Work Education - Learning Technology Info Sheet #4	Sorting the wheat from the chaff - "The Occupational Therapy Blog" is listed under "Related internet links"
March 2004	Therapy Weekly	Give councils tougher targets for OT housing assessments
September 2003	Therapy Weekly	"Bathroom Dangers". Opinion on what might lie behind a series of bathing equipment injuries
September 2003	Therapy Weekly	Opinion on threat of care homes not accepting new residents
June 2003	Therapy Weekly	James Lampert wins NHS South West London Workforce and Development Confederation, Allied Health Professionals, Mentorship Award