This week on Careknowledge

Report:
Audit Scotland. (2010). Getting it right for children in residential childcare. Examines how effectively councils use their resources for looked after children and improvements which could be made.
Journal Article:
Reece, A. (2010). Leading the change from adult protection to safeguarding adults: more than just semantics. journal of Adult Protection 12 (3), pp. 30-34.  Reece argues that a change in practice and focus is required to improve the life chances of disabled adults.

In Careknowledge this month

This months CareKnowledge brings us a link to a report by the Care Commission: The physical health of young people in residential care: Are services meeting the standards?, Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care, (2010). 
Also available is a report for the Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre: Statham, J. and Chase, E. (2010).  Childhood Wellbeing: a brief overview.
Careknowledge is a very useful source bringing together reports relevant to social work and social care, as well as giving exclusive access to a collection of social work journals including The Mental Health Review Journal, The Journal of Adult Protection  and The Journal of Children's Services.

This weeks highlights on Careknowledge

On Careknowledge this week:
Children's hearings - the new bill
The future of integrated care
Financial integration across health and social care: evidence review
Access new reports in addtion to E-journal titles such as Quality in Aging and Tizard Learning Disability Review via Careknowledge.