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Waiting to go into a Danish nursing home
- Author:
- KOFOD Jens
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 16(2), April 2006, pp.23-27.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
The number of older people from their own home into a nursing home is likely to increase. This study intends to examine important aspects in the transition process by applying ethnographic methods. Ten older people and their relatives were interviewed and observed. It was found that their relationship toward their home care assistant became increasingly important as they waited to go into the nursing home. Assessments for home care were constrained by municipal authorities and their regulations, and the overall attitude was that the needs of older people were not being appropriately defined and met. This left them barely able to maintain their homes and, as a consequence of this, their identity.
Carers of older relatives in long term care: support needs and services
- Authors:
- MILNE Alisoun, HATZIDIMITRIADOU Eleni, CHRYSSANTHOPOULOU Christina
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 14(3), July 2004, pp.4-9.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Reports on a study which aimed to explore the roles and support needs of carers whose relative is placed in long-term care; identify the range and types of services available; and explore was to support carers more effectively. It draws on evidence from a pilot study conducted in 2002/03 in one area of South East England, and a supplemental literature review.
Voluntary organisations in a strong welfare state: a study of support for relatives of older people in Sweden
- Author:
- DAHLBERG Lena
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 13(4), October 2003, pp.4-8.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Welfare systems are often assumed to set the conditions for voluntary activity. Countries with a strong welfare state are believed to have no or limited voluntary activity. Describes a study which raises the question as to whether an active state can encourage voluntary activity. During the period of 1999-2001 the Swedish state tried to stimulate the development of support for relatives of older people by local authorities and voluntary organisations, and co-operation between these actors. The results of questionnaire surveys in 1999 and 2002 show that activities to support relatives of older people are common amongst voluntary organisations, and that there was an increase in support activities across the period of 1999-2002. In other words, the state and local authorities have the potential to encourage voluntary work. The study also reveals a process of equalisation in the same period of the level of voluntary activity in smaller/rural and larger/urban municipalities.