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Employment: the role of work in the third age
- Authors:
- TRINDER Chris, HULME Geoffrey, McCARTHY Una
- Publisher:
- Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 83p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Dunfermline
Reasons for admission to part 3 residential homes: a summary of the research evidence
- Author:
- BOOTH Tim
- Publisher:
- National Council of Domiciliary Care Services
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 34p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
A report on meetings held to obtain the views of older people in West Suffolk on the provision of services
- Author:
- WEST SUFFOLK JOINT CARE PURCHASING TEAM. Joint Strategy Group for Older People
- Publisher:
- West Suffolk Joint Care Purchasing Team
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 21p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Ipswich
Community care: the elderly; vol. I; 4th report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Welsh Affairs Committee
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Volunteering: widening the horizons in the third age
- Author:
- DAVIS SMITH Justin
- Publisher:
- Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 75p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Dunfermline
Contains statistical information on volunteering among older people, and goes on to look at frequency and type of work undertaken. Part 2 is an organisational study of third age volunteering and includes information on barriers to volunteering; problems specific to older volunteers; a comparison of older and other volunteers; changing policy to involve older people; and what older volunteers want to do.
Services for elderly people: policy statement
- Author:
- LANCASHIRE. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Lancashire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 45p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Preston
Outlines the aims and objectives of the service and makes proposals for change. Details problems faced by staff working with elderly mentally infirm people and their carers. Goes on to detail policy and practice for home help and care, meals on wheels, relationships between housing departments and housing associations, residential care, day care, and other services. Finally, looks at training, relations with voluntary organisations, finances and interagency cooperation.
Community care: the elderly, vol. 2, 4th report minutes of evidence and appendices
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Welsh Affairs Committee
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 297p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Family care of the elderly: social and cultural changes
- Editor:
- KOSBERG Jordan I.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 329p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Newbury Park, CA
Takes a global look at care for older people within the family circle, and compares and contrasts global changes in the last decade.
Income: pensions, earnings and savings in the third age
- Authors:
- JOHNSON Paul, et al
- Publisher:
- Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 100p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Dunfermline
Standards in day care services
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 123p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report from a small working group with the remit to identify ways in which day centres for older people can work most effectively for all involved with them. Areas looked at include: basic principles of care; getting a place; care practices; the helpers; enhancing safety and reducing unnecessary risk; meals; transport; buildings and their contents; finance; and monitoring and review.