Personal budgets: experiences of a disabled person

This film for disabled people and care workers who support them shows Anne, a disabled person, travelling around London by taxi and bus. She discusses the issues involved in employing personal assistants and her own work to counter misguided cultural perceptions of disabled people and bring about positive change.

Parental mental health and families: think child, think parent and think family

Part of e-Learning courses

This e-learning module explores the impact of parental mental illness on all family members. It also aims to develop your understanding of the ways social inequalities and discrimination can affect families where a parent has a mental health problem. Also looks at child development stages and some common diagnoses, interventions and treatments for mental illness. The modules main sections cover: Stigma, discrimination and inequalities; Parents and mental health; Parenting and mental health; and Understanding child development.

Working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people: people with physical disabilities: Doug's story

Part of LGBTQI+ video stories

In this film for adult social services and social care commissioners and staff, we meet Doug, a gay man with physical disabilities who is in residential accommodation. Doug believes that a cultural shift and change in attitudes in social care is vital to provide relevant care for LGBT people.

Working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people: people with mental health needs: Alison's story

Part of LGBTQI+ video stories

In this film for adult social services and health and social care commissioners and staff, we meet Alison, a lesbian with physical disabilities and mental health needs. We learn that training is key to enable good service provision and for social workers to feel confident in providing support for LGBT individuals.

Black and minority ethnic people with dementia and their access to support and services

This briefing discusses the barriers currently faced by BME people in accessing dementia care services and some of the ways in which services can become better at responding to the needs of BME people in their locality.

Dementia e-learning: what it is and what it isn't

Part of e-Learning courses

One of a series of e-learning modules which aim to provide a general introduction to the dementia and the experience of living with dementia. This module covers: views of dementia in the media; facts and common misconceptions about dementia; common symptoms, clinical terminology and causes of symptoms.  A self-assessment exercise is include to check understanding of key points covered in the module. The resource contains audio. The Dementia e-learning resources were originally released with the title of 'The Open Dementia e-learning programme'.