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Mistreatment of older people in the United Kingdom: findings from the first National Prevalence Study
- Authors:
- BIGGS Simon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 20(1), January 2009, pp.1-14.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The National Prevalence Study of Elder Mistreatment took place in 2006 and included 2,111 respondents aged 66 and over from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland who answered a face-to-face questionnaire. Mistreatment by family members, close friends or care workers was reported by 2.6%, with the most common form being neglect (1.1%) followed by financial abuse (0.6%), psychological abuse (0.4%), physical abuse (0.4%) and sexual abuse (0.2%). Women were significantly more likely to have experienced mistreatment than men but there were gender differences according to type of abuse and perpetrator, and divergent patterns for neglect, financial and interpersonal abuse. Further analysis of the data also indicated that the likelihood of mistreatment varied according to socioeconomic position and health status.
Income mobility among the elderly in Sweden during the 1990s
- Authors:
- ZAIDI Asghar, GUSTAFSSON Björn
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 16(2), January 2007, pp.84-93.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Using a large panel dataset, this article investigates the degree of, and explanatory factors for, income mobility amongst the elderly in Sweden during the 1990s. It contributes to literature on welfare indicators for the older population as it supplements the welfare picture of the income adequacy with insights into income certainty during old age. The study uses the administrative register data for Sweden, which provides a reliable record of incomes for a large sample of the elderly. Results for Sweden-born and foreign-born elderly persons are analysed separately and compared with corresponding groups of people of working age. The majority of the results indicate that the income of the older population is more stable than that of the working age population, and upward income mobility is not as usual among the elderly as among other groups. The multivariate regression analyses identify several explanatory factors affecting those elderly who experienced income mobility. Most importantly, the death of a spouse increases the probability of downward income mobility, particularly amongst women. These and other findings of this research point to triggers of income poverty in old age that should be taken into account in policies concerned with the level and indexation of retirement income of future pensioners.
Well connected
- Author:
- McCORMACK Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.06.07, 2007, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author reports on the Disconnected Mind project. The project is building on the Mental Health Survey, and an IQ test taken in 1947 by every child in Scotland born in 1936. For the project, 1,091 of the original participants were traced and agreed to re-sit the tests. The findings are now being complied on the role of diet, exercise, lifestyle and genetics have on our mental abilities as we age.
Being included in your community and getting the support that is right for you: ideas about ways the Local Area Co-ordination approach can support older people
- Author:
- OUTSIDE THE BOX DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT
- Publisher:
- Outside the Box Development Support
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This report includes a summary of the main points raised at two workshop with older people run by Outside the Box in August 2006 to look at how the approach which underpins Local Area Co-ordination could be used to support people. The report also includes ideas about how people can take on this discussion in their areas and draws on examples and experiences from people in Scotland and in other places.
Caregivers of frail elders: updating a national profile
- Authors:
- WOLFF Jennifer L., KASPER Judith D.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 46(3), June 2006, pp.344-=356.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In this American study data are drawn from the 1989 and 1999 National Long-Term Care Survey and Informal Caregiver Survey to develop nationally representative profiles of disabled older adults and their primary informal caregivers at two points in time. The proportion of chronically disabled community-dwelling older adults who were receiving informal assistance from family or friends declined over the period of interest, whereas the proportion receiving no human help increased. On average, recipients of informal care were older and more disabled in 1999 than in 1989. Primary caregivers were children (41.3%), spouses (38.4%), and other family or friends (20.4%); children were more likely and others less likely to serve as primary caregivers in 1999 relative to 1989. Primary caregivers provided frequent and high levels of help at both points in time. A striking increase was found (from 34.9% to 52.8%) in the proportion of primary caregivers working alone, without secondary caregiver involvement. In the context of projected demographic trends and budgetary constraints to public health insurance programs, these data underscore the importance of identifying viable strategies to monitor and support family caregivers in the coming years.
Consuming care and social services: comparisons between Swedish-born older people and older people born outside Sweden
- Authors:
- ALBERTSSON Marie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 16(2), June 2004, pp.99-110.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Compared consumption of public care and social service in Vaxjo municipality among people aged 55 and over born outside Sweden and a corresponding group of Swedish-born older people. Results showed significant differences: less use of mobility allowances, meals-on-wheels and safety alarms among people born outside Sweden, and a higher number of sole relatives as caregivers. Those born outside Sweden who did receive domestic assistance and personal care services also received more extensive help (more that 14 hours a week). The majority (57.6%) were aged 65-79; only 32.3% were 80 plus. Further study is needed to find explanations for these differences at the level of structure, organisation and actors.
Living arrangements among older people: an overview of trends in Europe and the USA
- Authors:
- TOMASSINI Cecilia, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Population Trends, 115, 2004, pp.24-34.
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
Compares the trends in living arrangements of older people in several European countries and the USA. Trends in cross-country variability in several factors that could account for these cross-national differences, including marital status, fertility, labour force participation and attitudes are also examined. In most countries the proportion of older people living alone increased substantially between 1970 and 1990. However the increase in living alone stabilised or even declined between 1990 and 2000 in most of the countries analysed indicating a possible reversal of the trend. Increases in proportions of married older women and reductions in the proportions childless may partially explain this. Considerable variability in both trends and levels of older people's living arrangements was seen especially between north-western and southern European countries. These variations mirrored contrasts in attitudes towards residential care and patient-child co-residence between the countries.
Older people in Scotland: results from the Scottish Household Survey 1999-2000 (summary)
- Authors:
- MACDONALD Charlotte, RAAB Gillian
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Scottish Executive aims to promote active ageing and to support continued independence in later life. This analysis of Scottish Household Survey (SHS) data is designed to inform that strategy and highlight trends in social and demographic characteristics.
Review of the early implementation of the Resource Use Measure (RUM) (summary)
- Author:
- CRAIGFORTH CONSULTANTS
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This study was commissioned to consider the early implementation of the Resource Use Measure (RUM), to identify emerging issues and how the early implementation sites had responded. The RUM was originally intended as a tool for determining entitlement to free nursing care, promoting fare access and equitable distribution of resources for older people. It is now used to measure the relative need of older people over 65 years including those with mental health problems and dimentia and/or associated behaviour.
Older people in Scotland: results from the Scottish Household Survey 1999-2000 (full text)
- Authors:
- MACDONALD Charlotte, RAAB Gillian
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 79p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Scottish Executive aims to promote active ageing and to support continued independence in later life. This analysis of Scottish Household Survey (SHS) data is designed to inform that strategy and highlight trends in social and demographic characteristics.