Associate Members: Thumbnail Sketches of Disabling Diseases Encountered by Community Staff

Abstract

The articles in this short series for associate members sketch the major features of some long-term diseases commonly encountered by health and social service workers helping people in their own homes. They provide a starting point for understanding the problems of sufferers and their carers in adjusting their lives to these disabling conditions, particularly as they affect family life. Health and social service workers will develop their own sensitivity to life issues raised by these illnesses through further reading and experience.