Footnotes

1 Aberdeen, Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, Fife, Glasgow, Moray. (return to main text)

2 The Scottish Office Statistical Bulletin. Social Work Services. Community Care Bulletin. 1997 (provisional). (return to main text)

3 Bruce I, McKennel A and Walker E, Blind and Partially Sighted Adults in Britain: The RNIB Survey, Volume 1, HMSO, 1991. (return to main text)

4 Gregory, Wendy, The Informability Manual, HMSO, 1996. (return to main text)

5 SSI/DoH Think Dual Sensory; Good Practice Guidelines for Older people with Dual Sensory Loss, 1997. (return to main text)

6 See Note 2 ibid. (return to main text)

7 East Ayrshire Council has received the 1997-98 Solace Award for Innovation and Creativity for their sensory impairment team since this contribution was written. (return to main text)

8 SNFWB, Vision for the Future: A Framework for Minimum Standards in Social Work and Rehabilitation Services for People with a Visual Impairment, 1996. (return to main text)

9 Staff in possession of the Diploma in Social Work (DipSW), Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW) or the Certificate in Social Services (CSS). (return to main text)

10 Leventhall, R. A Review of the Literature on Visual Impairment and Disability Among Older People in Britain, Public Health Research Centre, Occasional Paper 1, 1992. (return to main text)

11 RNIB, Lost Vision. Older visually impaired people in the UK, May 1998. (return to main text)

12 See Note 3 ibid. (return to main text)

13 Lomas, Graham (1993) A New Deal: A follow-up study for Blind and partially sighted people: Joint action on resource centres to develop care in the community, RNIB Visual Handicap Group. (return to main text)

14 GDBA, Summary of telephone survey: Rehabilitation services provided by Scottish local authorities and voluntary services. The School of Rehabilitation Studies, GDBA, 1995. (return to main text)

15 GDBA Submission to SWSI, 1997. (return to main text)

16 Scottish Forum of Service Providers to deaf people, The Task in Hand: Standards in specialist social work provision for Deaf, Hearing Impaired and Deafblind People, 1995 (return to main text)

17 SSI/DoH, A Service on the Edge, Inspection of Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People, DoH, 1997. (return to main text)

18 Edinburgh and East of Scotland Deaf Society submission to SWSI, 1997. (return to main text)

19 Some people refer to BSL Stage 1 as basic, Stage 2 as intermediate and Stage 3 as advanced. (return to main text)

20 SASLI, Provision of Communication Support Services for Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing People: A Framework, 1997. (return to main text)

21 From the 27 who responded to our questionnaire. (return to main text)

22 See note 20 ibid. (return to main text)

23 The Panel of Four (BAHOH, BDA, NDCS, RNID), Report of the Commission into Human Aids to Communication, 1992 (return to main text)

24 See note 20 ibid. (return to main text)

25 SWSI/Scottish Consumer Council, Informed Choices: A Guide for Local Authority Social Work Departments on how to provide information for older people and those who care for them about community care services. SWSI, 1997. (return to main text)

26 This is also the view of SSI/DoH in Hear me: See me 1991. An inspection of services from Three Agencies to Disabled People in Gloucestershire; and

27 Deafblind Services Liaison Group, Breaking Through: Developing services for DeafBlind People, 1998. (return to main text)

28 SENSE submission to SWSI, 1997. (return to main text)

29 The name used in the example is a pseudonym. (return to main text)

30 SENSE Scotland Annual Review 1995-96. (return to main text)

31 See Note 29 ibid. (return to main text)

32 Ibid. (return to main text)

33 Deafblind UK (Scottish office), Submission to SWSI, 1997. (return to main text)

34 See note 20 ibid. (return to main text)

35 South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Communication Tactics for the Hearing Impaired, 1994. (return to main text)

36 SOEID Circular 4/96 Children and Young Persons with Special Educational Needs: Assessment and Recording, and SWSG Scotland's Children: The Children (Scotland) Act 1995. Regulations and Guidance, Volume 1, Support and Protection for Children and their Families, 1997. (return to main text)

37 See Note 29 ibid. (return to main text)

38 See Note 36 ibid. (return to main text)

39 Glasgow City Council, Paving the Way 1997. (return to main text)

40 Edinburgh and East of Scotland Deaf Society submission to SWSI, 1997. (return to main text)

41 See note 5 ibid. (return to main text)

42 This annex outlines the relevant legislation under which local authorities provide services and information about their own services and the services of others. It should be read in conjunction with the appropriate Act whenever detailed knowledge is required. (return to main text)