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Interest in working with the elderly: a cross-national study of graduating social work students
- Author:
- WEISS Idit
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Education, 41(3), 2005, pp.379-391.
- Publisher:
- Council on Social Work Education
This article presents a cross-national study of social work students' interest in working with the elderly, based on a sample of 679 graduating BSW students from 7 countries: Australia, Brazil, England, Germany, Hungary, Israel, and the United States. The findings among all the national cohorts show that the motivation to work with the elderly was lower than motivation to work with any other age group, and that it was equally low in most of the countries. The findings support the growing concern that the social work profession may not be able to meet its obligations to the aging society.
The four notions of dignity
- Authors:
- NORDENFELT Lennart, EDGAR Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 6(1), June 2005, pp.17-21.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Presents the theoretical model of dignity that has been created within the Dignity and Older Europeans (DOE) Project. The model consists of four kinds of dignity: the dignity of merit (social rank and formal positions in life); the dignity of moral stature (the result of moral deeds); the dignity of identity (the integrity of the subjects body, mind and sometimes self-image; and Menschenwurde (the universal dignity that pertains to all human beings to the same extent and cannot be lost as long as the person exists).
Ageing and employment policies: Germany
- Author:
- ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Publisher:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 167p, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Paris
In the face of rapid population ageing and the trend towards early retirement, there is a need to promote better employment opportunities for older people. Much has been said about the need for reform of old-age pensions and early retirement schemes but this may not be sufficient to raise employment rates for older people significantly or to reduce the future risk of labour shortages. Both governments and firms will need to take active measures to adapt wage setting to ageing workforces, to address the extent to which other welfare schemes act as pathways to early retirement, to tackle age discrimination and to improve the job skills and working conditions of older workers. In addition, older workers will need to change their own attitudes towards working longer and acquiring new skills. Little is known about what countries have been doing or should be doing in these areas. This report on Germany is part of a series of 21 OECD country reports that are intended to fill this gap. Each report contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for older workers, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to overcome these barriers and a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners.
Look for what you can do, not for what you cannot: an international study of working across boundaries in the care of older people
- Author:
- EDWARDS Amanda
- Publisher:
- University of Leicester
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 163p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
"The subject of this study is managing boundaries in the care of older people; within and between organisations, between different levels of government [and] between professions and disciplines" - from the introduction. Countries visited were: Germany; Denmark; United States; Italy; Netherlands; and Australia.
Income mobility in old age in Britain and Germany
- Authors:
- ZAIDI Asghar, FRICK Joachim R., BUCHEL Felix
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 25(4), July 2005, pp.543-565.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Examines the income mobility experienced by older people living in Britain and Germany during the 1990s, and identifies the influential personal attributes and lifecourse events. The analysis uses British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) panel data. The comparative perspective yields insights about the different income experiences of older people in the two markedly different welfare regimes. It is found that old-age income mobility has been more pronounced in Britain than in Germany, and that in both countries its occurrence was strongly associated with changes in living arrangements, with the employment status of co-residents, and with widowhood among women. Unemployment during working life associated significantly with negative late-life income mobility. Among those on low incomes, a high share of income from an earnings-related pension had a significant and positive effect in both countries.
Growing older in Europe
- Editor:
- WALKER Alan
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 295p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Maidenhead
This book provides a European dimension, examining and comparing the quality of life as experienced by older people in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK. Case studies by European authors consider quality of life indicators such as income, housing, employment, physical and mental health, and family and social support. Examples of good practice are provided from each region, and recommendations are made for future priorities. A comparative introduction by the editor draws out key similarities and differences between the countries studied and sets the context for the case studies.
Common experiences of staff working in integrated health and social care organisations: a European perspective
- Author:
- COXON Kirsite
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 13(2), April 2005, pp.13-21.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Presents a comparison of the views of staff working in 18 integrated care settings, undertaken as part of the PROCARE study of integrated health and social care. The data reveals commonalities across the nine European countries (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, UK, Denmark, Greece and the Netherlands). Increased job satisfaction was an advantage of integrated working, but respondents also reported difficulties in working with hospitals or medical professionals, and continued barriers to integrated working generally. Single standalone organisations such as home care teams reported the clearest benefits from integrated working, while cross-agency models continued to encounter significant barriers to health and social care integration.