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Ageing and well-being in an international context
- Author:
- CLIFTON Jonathan
- Publisher:
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 36p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The author asks what lessons the UK can learn from several case studies from overseas about how the well-being of older people can be incorporated into a wider range of policy areas than those, traditionally, of pensions, health and social care. For example, in the UK an ageing population brings more focus onto mental health, loneliness and isolation issues, whereas life satisfaction is highest in Japan among those over 65. In addition, case studies from Ireland, the United States, Norway, Finland, New Zealand and China are presented with much variation in findings. Examples of how the well-being of older people can be addressed in the four key areas of relationships, work, learning and the built environment are discussed and put forward by the author as good practice for the future of an ageing population in the UK.
Growing older in the community: European projects in housing and planning
- Authors:
- BRECH Joachim, POTTER Philip
- Publisher:
- Anchor Housing Trust/Wohnbund
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 197p.,tables,illus.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Research report looking at how meeting the care and housing needs of older people, to enable them to live in the community for as long as possible, is being tackled by European countries.
Livindhome: living independently at home: reforms in home care in 9 European countries
- Authors:
- ROSTGAARD Tina, et al
- Publisher:
- Danish National Centre for Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 252p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Copenhagen
This report presents findings from the project Living Independently at Home: Reforms in organisation and governance of European home care for older people and people with disabilities (LIVINDHOME). The study provides an overview of recent and current reforms in the organisation and governance of home care systems in nine European countries, and analyses the intended and unintended results of these reforms, in particular, how the reforms have affected the organisation, supply and quality of care. The focus of the study is home care for older people and for people with disabilities. In countries that have more family-oriented welfare traditions (Austria, Germany, Italy, Ireland), comprehensive approaches to long-term care have started to develop only relatively recently. Despite increases in funding for long-term care, home care provision in Italy and Ireland remains highly fragmented, with major local variations in access to services. The second group of countries (Denmark, England, Finland, Norway, and Sweden) have had more or less comprehensive home care services in place for many years. These have been delivered by local authorities under a legislative framework set by central government. Reforms have here involved the introduction of market- and consumer-related mechanisms into the supply and delivery of home care.
Physical environments for long-term care: ideas worth sharing
- Editors:
- ARMSTRONG Pat, BRAEDLEY Susan
- Publisher:
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 114
- Place of publication:
- Montreal
This report provides examples of promising practice which show how planning physical environments in long term care homes can contribute to quality of life and care of residents. The examples demonstrate how environments can shape how care and life in nursing homes are understood, and how they can have a positive impact on residents. It draws on evidence gathered from international ethnographic research carried out in 27 different sites in the six countries of Norway, Germany, the UK, the US, and Canada. Chapters cover a range of issues, including: location of a care home; space; staff - environments for staff to carry out their work and interact with residents; food and residents connections with where food is prepared; locks and doors; clothing and laundry - its role in dignity and identity; and cleaning - the need for both a clean and attractive environment; and environments that meet the needs of those at the end of life. Each chapter includes key questions for consideration to help care homes to improve their practice. The final chapter identifies key lessons from the examples and reflects some of the tensions identified when designing physical environments for long-term residential care. (Edited publisher abstract)
Rights, risks and restraint-free care of older people: person-centred approaches in health and social care
- Editors:
- HUGHES Rhidian, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 224p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book provides health and social care professionals with an authoritative reading resource on the ethics and use of restraint. It provides an overview of the different forms of restraint, the conditions under which they are used and their implications for the health and wellbeing of older people. Practical approaches to minimising restraint are then explored, underlining the importance of person-centred care. Innovative programmes and approaches to reducing the use of restraint are described and assessed, and case studies are drawn upon to highlight practice challenges and their effective resolutions. The perspectives of older people and their carers and families, as well as of professionals, commissioners and regulators of health and social care, are also taken into account. The contributors are drawn from an international range of health and social care settings, as well as from the academic world.
Social care and social exclusion: a comparative study of older people's care in Europe
- Editors:
- BLACKMAN Tim, BRODHURST Sally, CONVERY Janet
- Publisher:
- Palgrave
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 236p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Explores the diversity of social care provision for older people in six European states. Discusses diversity in relation to general models of welfare and the relevance of social care provision to the emerging risk of social exclusion in Europe's ageing societies. Analyses the main features of care in each country, and significant differences and similarities between them, through case studies. Concludes by considering the utility of the concept of social exclusion in evaluating social care provision.
Elder abuse and mediation: exploratory studies in America, Britain and Europe
- Author:
- CRAIG Yvonne Joan
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 229p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Part 1 looks at the social confluence of elder abuse and mediation and contains chapters on: theories of interrelational conflict and relational justice in later life; rights-based mediation as a minimal form of social intervention; and participatory action research into the unresolved conflicts of elder relations. Part 2 examines the social construction of elder abuse and mediation in the United States and includes sections on: American elder care and elder rights; Californian long term care and institutional elder abuse; and Atlanta and Kansas community mediation and elder abuse. Part 3 is on the social development of elder abuse and mediation services in Britain and Europe and includes chapters on: the British Elder Mediation Project; elder abuse and mediation in Norway; and insights and initiatives with European perspectives.
Payments for care: a comparative overview
- Editors:
- EVERS Adalbert, PIJL Marja, UNGERSON Clare
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 358p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Presents a collection of papers looking at how payments for care schemes are developing across Western and Central Europe, the United States and Canada. Includes discussions of payments to 'volunteers', and consideration of the way in which social security and tax systems work to increase the incomes of care recipients and their carers. Also includes introductory chapters discussing general and theoretical issues involved in the development of systems of payments for care including the labour market, empowerment and the relationship between carers and care recipients.
Gender and caring: work and welfare in Britain and Scandinavia
- Editor:
- UNGERSON Clare
- Publisher:
- Harvester Wheatsheaf
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 205p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Hemel Hempstead
Brings together a collection of papers that develops a comparative analysis of the way in which women in general, and mothers and carers in particular, are affected by social policy, with the central question being in what sense is caring for frail elderly or children 'work', how should it be remunerated. Also looks at how far labour market change, particularly in trends in women's employment, has fed into social policy development.
EFORTT: ethical frameworks for telecare technologies for older people at home: final research report
- Author:
- LANCASTER UNIVERSITY
- Publisher:
- Lancaster University
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- Lancaster
EFORTT (Ethical Frameworks for Telecare technologies for older people at home) is an EU funded project which aimed to examine the ethical, social and gender implications of telecare interventions (remote care technologies worn, installed or embedded in homes) for older citizens in Spain, England, Norway and the Netherlands. The project involved the use of fieldwork (including documentary analysis, practice observations, and interviews with users, carers and practitioners) to gather information about preventive and responsive remote care practices, and recruitment of citizens' panels of older people and carers in each of the 4 partner countries as forums for views on telecare and future directions of care. Analysis of findings from the research was used to identify key themes and issues to inform discussion at the September 2010 Ageing with Technologies participative conference on care in Europe for practitioners, users, carers, policy makers and academics, the concluding session of which brought together proposals and priorities for future action on telecare which emerged from the discussions. This report describes the context and main findings of the research and its implications for policy and practice. The recommendations for ethical telecare development include providing care at home that is meaningful, sufficient and dignified, and ensuring engagement of older people in designing, developing and decision making about care.