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Towards a social policy on ageing: report of a consultation held at St. George's House, Windsor Castle, on September 18th-20th, 1992; a document to promote discussion and action
- Editors:
- LIVESLEY Joanne, WALLACE Simon, LIVESLEY Brian
- Publisher:
- Research for Ageing Trust
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 62p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Health expectancy: first workshop of the International Healthy Life Expectancy Network (REVES)
- Editors:
- ROBINE Jean-Marie, BLANCHET Madeleine, DOWD John
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 188p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at various studies devoted to disability-free life expectancy. Part 1 contains papers on: expectation of life without disability measured from OPCS disability surveys; summary of results of calculation of life expectancy free of disability in the Netherlands 1981-85; Health expectancy in Quebec 1987; recent values of disability-free life expectancy in the United States; health expectancy in Canada; data from Switzerland. Part 2 contains papers on the different types of disability-free life expectancy and the methods of calculation. Part 3 examines the interpretation of these calculations and part 4 at the uses of disability-free life expectancy.
Citizenship: from ageism to participation
- Author:
- MIDWINTER Eric
- Publisher:
- Carnegie United Kingdom Trust/Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 42p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Dunfermline
Part of a set of papers looking at the lifestyles of people aged 50-74.
Gerontology for health professionals: a practice guide
- Editors:
- SAFFORD Florence, KRELL George
- Publisher:
- National Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 190p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Annapolis, MD
Provides an interdisciplinary look at the knowledge, skills and attitudes required of gerontological practitioners working in America. Looks at understanding ageing in America; health and illness in later years; incontinence; medication; differential assessment of dementia and depression; case management; working with families; ethical reasoning; death, bereavement and loss; and ethnic issues
Gero-ethics: a new vision of growing old in America
- Author:
- LARUE Gerald A
- Publisher:
- Prometheus/Golden Age Books
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 267p.
- Place of publication:
- Buffalo, NY
Assesses the impact of social values on older people and how older people respond to these values. Demographic change, dependence on others for care, ageism, the future of health care in the United States, empowerment, human rights,dying, death, dementia, isolation and loneliness, quality of life, disabilities and the psychological effects of ageing are looked at in this context.