Established following the Reed Report (1991) recommendations, RedfordLodge is an independent psychiatric hospital offering medium secure provision for mentally ill patients and offenders. For this study social and behavioural data were collected on admission and discharge for the 166 patients admitted over the three years 1995-1998 and 49 discharged patients were reassessed at six-month follow-up. Predictors of length of stay, discharge and success at follow-up were examined in relation to social and demographic factors and engagement in therapy programmes.From discharge to follow-up: a small-scale study of medium secure provision in the independent sector
This paper reports on the effects of different sputtering deposition process parameters (substrate temperature, sputtering pressure and bias voltage) on the electrical, optical, structural and morphological properties of gallium-doped ZnO (ZnO:Ga) of~1 μm thick. These highly transparent and conductive films were deposited on glass surfaces by d.c. pulsed magnetron sputtering from a GZO (ZnO(95.5):Ga 2 O 3 (4.5)) ceramic target in an argon atmosphere. X-ray diffraction experiments show that all films have a hexagonal wurtzite structure with the [001] preferred crystallographic direction, and the morphology of the films (obtained from scanning electron microscope analysis) is sensitive to the process parameters. All ZnO:Ga films have an average transmittance above 80% in the visible region, and the lowest electrical resistivity of 3.03 × 10 −4 Ω•cm was achieved for the sample submitted to the lowest bias voltage (−40 V), which corresponds to a carrier concentration and a carrier mobility of 6.99 × 10 20 cm −3 and 29.49 cm 2 V −1 s −1 , respectively. A high substrate temperature, high sputtering pressure and low negative bias voltage (within the range of studied parameters) proved to be very promising on obtaining optimized ZnO:Ga films, ensuring suitable properties for application as transparent electrodes in photovoltaic cells.
A narrative analysis of poetry written from the words of people given a diagnosis of dementia
AbstractThis study is underpinned by social constructionist epistemology, which points to the socially constructed character of our worlds, in that we co-create and are co-created by (including experience and identity) our social realities.Through narrative analysis of some poems from the words of people given a diagnosis of dementia, this study engaged in the process of meaning-making in relation to Selfconstruct and the wider social world.Some narratives evidenced speakers' lack of agency over their experiences, not because of the 'dementia' but due to treatment and care contexts. Some narratives provided instances in which others positioned speakers into identity constructions contradictory to their life-long Self-constructs. Other narratives demonstrated that, through acknowledging and supporting 'personhood', speakers retained a sense of wellbeing and purpose in their social worlds.It is hoped that focusing on the words of individuals given dementia diagnoses, away from predominant bio-medical discourses, may facilitate professionals' continuous reflection and person-centred practice.
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