The experiences of children and young people with complex needs being cared for away from home: a cross-border study by Kirsten Stalker, Charlotte MacDonald, Rena Phillips, John Carpenter

Book reviews: Don't touch! The educational story of a panic. Heather Piper and Ian Stronach. London, Routledge, 2008. 167pp, ISBN 978-0-415-42008-2 by Laura Steckley

Working on a dream by Lizzie Winter, Jacqui McAlpine

Editorial Vol4 no2 by Sandy Cameron

“…For ten years now, I have had the privilege of chairing the management committees of both the Centre for Residential Child Care and then the Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care (SIRCC). …”

Looking after health: a joint working approach to improving the health outcomes of looked after and accommodated children and young people by Anne Grant, John Ennis, Fiona Stuart

Building ADMISSION – A research collaborative to transform understanding of multiple long-term conditions for people admitted to hospital by Miles D Witham, Victoria Bartle, Sue Bellass, Jonathan G Bunn, Duncan Cartner, Heather J Cordell, Rominique Doal, Felicity Evison, Suzy Gallier, Steve Harris, Susan J Hillman, Ray Holding, Peta Leroux, Tom Marshall, Fiona E Matthews, Paolo Missier, Anand Nair, Mo Osman, Ewan R Pearson, Chris Plummer, Sara Pretorius, Sarah J Richardson, Sian M Robinson, Elizabeth Sapey, Thomas Scharf, Rupal Shah, Marzieh Shahmandi, Mervyn Singer, Jana Suklan, James MS Wason, Rachel Cooper, Avan A Sayer

“…Background Multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs; commonly referred to as multimorbidity) are highly prevalent among people admitted to hospital and are therefore of critical importance to hospital-based healthcare systems. …”
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Book Reviews Vol12 no2 by Laura Steckley, Ian Milligan, Robyn Kemp, Kiaras Gharabaghi, Dawn Simpson, Evelyn Vrouwenfelder

With mental health and wellbeing in mind by Allyson McCollam

“…This paper is based on work undertaken on behalf of the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health and it explores key challenges in addressing the mental health needs of children and young people who are looked after away from home. …”

Book review: Forgotten children: addressing the health needs of looked after children and young people. The Residential Care Health Project, Astron, Edinburgh by Judy Furnivall

Applying Normalisation Process Theory to a peer-delivered complex health intervention for people experiencing homelessness and problem substance use by Rebecca Foster, Hannah Carver, Catriona Matheson, Bernie Pauly, Jason Wallace, Graeme MacLennan, John Budd, Tessa Parkes

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'Do you seek to be a specialist therapeutic residential care provider for children and young people who have complex needs?' Some thoughts on the necessary criteria for practice in... by Richard Cross

Hospitalisation rates for epilepsy, asthma and insulin-dependent diabetes in 796 190 school-aged children and young people with and without intellectual disabilities: a record-link... by Angela Henderson, Sally-Ann Cooper, Craig Melville, Michael Fleming, Gillian S Smith, Jill Pell, Deborah Cairns

“…Objectives To investigate hospitalisation rates for the ambulatory care-sensitive conditions of epilepsy, asthma and insulin-dependent diabetes in school-aged children and young people with intellectual disabilities in comparison with their peers.Design Record-linkage cohort study. …”
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Book review: Heather Montgomery and Mary Kellett (Eds.) (2009). Children and young people's worlds. Developing frameworks for integrated practice. Bristol, The Policy Press, 261pp,... by Peter Evans

Who Cares? Scotland: 25 years and still moving forward.... by Deirdre Watson

“…These groups enabled young people to comment on care services and the adults to promote their views to relevant people in the Scottish Office and Regional Councils.…”

Life-space intervention: implications for caregiving by Kiaras Gharabaghi, Carol Stuart

The impact of providing a continuum of care in the throughcare and aftercare process by Caroline Chittleburgh

“…In addition to this, reports and guidelines on best practice have been developed which offer support to practitioners (Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum, 2006; Scottish Commissioner for Children and Young People [SCCYPJ, 2008). …”

Guest Editorial Vol10 no1 by Elizabeth King

Candles and care by Julieann Arthur, Alexander Horne, Murray McKinnon, Jeremy Millar

“…They interviewed Danish young people in two projects for care leavers and visited a range of other projects for young people in care. …”

Book review: Promoting healthy childhood development today. James R. Harris, Jr., Ph.D. Holyoke, MA., Neari Press, 2007. 92pp, ISBN: 1-929657-30-7 by George Hollowell

Guest Editorial Vol5 no2 by Deirdre Watson