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Coping with a disintegrating personality
- Author:
- MARLEY J.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 8.12.88, 1988, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Hospital social work and senile dementia.
Deinstitutionalization of the elderly mentally ill: factors affecting discharge to alternative living arrangements
- Authors:
- SOMMERS Ira, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 28(5), October 1988, pp.653-658.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
A survey of elderly people discharged to different settings and predictors of placement.
Reminiscing with elderly patients
- Authors:
- WHEELER C., GROWCOTT M.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 6.10.88, 1988, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Reminiscence therapy in groups in a Belfast hospital.
The Geriatric Mental State Examination as a case-finding instrument in the community
- Authors:
- McWILLIAM C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 152, September 1988, pp.205-208.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Describes a study of the effectiveness and sensitivity of the Geriatric Mental State Examination and its computerised diagnostic system, AGECAT.
Dementia at home
- Author:
- THOMPSON C.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.8.88, 1988, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A project examined enhanced home support given to the elderly mentally infirm in two areas.
Essential knowledge about AIDS dementia
- Authors:
- BUCKINGHAM Stephan L., VAN GORP Wilfred G.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 33(2), March 1988, pp.112-115.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
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Days of old
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS E., FRANCIS S.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Insight, 18.3.88, 1988, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Publishing
While large group day care can be the answer to many elderly mentally infirm people's needs, home-based care can be best for others.
The challenge of Alzheimer's Disease - no longer a silent epidemic
- Author:
- WILCOCK G.K.
- Journal article citation:
- Health Trends, 1(20), February 1988, pp.17-20.
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
Describes clinical and epidemiological aspects, assessment, treatment, support services.
Alzheimer's: what it is, how to cope
- Authors:
- GIDLEY Isobelle, SHEARS Richard
- Publisher:
- Unwin
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 204p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes Alzheimer's in lay persons language. Looks at research into possible causes, and at the burden placed on those with relatives with the disease. Contains a chapters on how to cope with caring for those affected.
Defining dementia
- Authors:
- BADGER Frances, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Health Services Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 28p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Discusses the issues and problems associated with defining dementing illnesses and identifying people who suffer from them.