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Mental health in older people: in practice
- Authors:
- BURNS Alistair, PURANDORE Nitin, CRAIG Sarah
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Medicine Press
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 61p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
As the percentage of the total population that is ages over 65 years continues to increase, so will the number of cases of dementia, depression and other mental health complaints. These illnesses can be found in people of all ages but are particularly prevalent in the elderly. This book provides information on the diagnosis and management of various mental health disorders, the members of the multidisciplinary team who help those who are suffering, and the legal and ethical issues surrounding this subject. The book also includes many of the psychiatric assessments and rating scales that are used by clinicians as diagnostic tools.
Substitute financial decision-making in England and Wales: a study of the Court of Protection
- Authors:
- SUTO W.M.I, CLARE I.C.H., HOLLAND A.J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 24(1), 2002, pp.37-54.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
In England and Wales, the legal framework for substitute decision-making for adults who lack capacity to make financial decisions is provided by the Court of Protection through Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs)and Receiverships. Little is known about the 'patients'of the Court and the capacity assessments made before implementing substitute decision-making. A sample of records (N = 800) indicated that the typical client is an older woman, living in a residential home, with limited financial resources and dementia. Of concern, formal capacity assessment was minimal: for EPAs, the data were too limited to analyse, whilst, for Receiverships, few (21.5 per cent) referred to relevant skills. Compared with other medical practitioners, psychiatrists were significantly more likely to make complex assessments. Nevertheless, none addressed fully the accepted definition of incapacity. We discuss the implications of our findings in the context of the proposals to reform the current substitute decision making framework.
What their words are telling us: ethical issues in nursing practice
- Authors:
- DAVIDSON Ben, CAMERON Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(6), February 1998, pp.199-202.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Nurses face difficult ethical decisions every day of their working lives. The greatest, perhaps, is to follow a model of care distinct from conventional psychiatry; one which validates the individual's unique experience of reality. The authors explain in the context of working with elderly people.
Aging in a changing society
- Author:
- THORSON James
- Publisher:
- Brunner/Mazel
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 457p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Edition:
- 2nd
The demographic revolution of people living into older age raises important practical and ethical issues and, has led the way for the field of gerontology, the study of aging, to emerge as an area of increasing importance.
State funded continuing care for the elderly mentally ill: a legal and ethical solution?
- Authors:
- SIMMONS P., ORRELL M.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16(10), October 2001, pp.931-934.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Editorial focusing on recent developments and current debate on the provision of state funded long term nursing care for older people.
A multidisciplinary ethics teaching conference on a geropsychiatric service
- Author:
- MORROW-HOWELL Nancy
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 39(1), February 1999, pp.105-108.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article describes an ethics case conference on a multidisciplinary geropsychiatric service in the USA and its unique clinical, training and research benefits. Describes the structure of the conference, the major topics addressed, the perceived advantages and the research implications. Concludes that the care of older patients, the education of students and trainees interested in ageing issues and cutting-edge geriatric research are all advanced by such a conference.
Ethics of 'informed consent' in dementia research: the debate continues
- Authors:
- AGARWAL Manoj R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(9), September 1996, pp.801-806.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The Law Commission has recently proposed a legal test of capacity to consent to treatment. Consent to treatment in phase three trials in Alzheimer's Disease is usually obtained from both the subject and a carer or next of kin. This article examines the relevance of the Law Commission recommendations in accessing informed consent from early dementia sufferers and their carers subjected to a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a potentially therapeutic agent. Asks whether a single 'test' for informed consent, with stringent criteria, is likely to impede future research activity in dementia patients. Also argues that the role and involvement of carers in the decision-making process need to be considered so that subjects are not unnecessarily excluded.
Quality in later life: rights, rhetoric and reality: British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, (30th:Stirling; 2002, 31 August-2 September)
- Editors:
- TESTER S, ARCHIBALD C, ROWLINGS C, TURNER S
- Publisher:
- Department of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 294p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
These conference papers explore the issue of quality in later life, the factors that affect older people's experience and their understanding of what matters to them. Gerontologists have much to contribute both to analysis and the promotion of quality in old age. This contribution continues to develop the means by which older people, including those with significant mental or physical disabilities can make themselves participate in the debates by defining their own experiences and what makes a difference to them.