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Study of elder abuse within diverse cultures
- Authors:
- KOSBERG Jordan L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 15(3/4), 2003, pp.71-89.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The article provides an overview of the challenges to cross-cultural and cross-national research on elder abuse. There are conceptual and methodological difficulties in undertaking comparative studies within and between countries. As an example of the need to address cultural diversity within a country, elder abuse efforts in the U.S., UK, and Israel are described. The most pressing need for cross-national research on abuse involves a common definition of such adversities against the elderly that is reflective of the values within a country and at a sufficient level of discourse to embrace diverse conceptualizations of the problem. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
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.
Housing frail elders: international policies, perspectives and prospects
- Editors:
- PYNOOS Jon, LIEBIG Phoebe S.
- Publisher:
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 297p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Part 1 looks at trends and policies in housing frail older people, and at the implications for long term care. Part 2 presents European approaches to the subject. Part 3 looks at the issue from an Israeli perspective and part 4 at the situation in the United States, Canada and Australia. Concludes with a comparative study of policies in 4 countries.
The graying of the world: who will care for the frail elderly?
- Editor:
- OLSON Laura Katz
- Publisher:
- Haworth Press
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 345p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, NY
Comparative study of policies for older people in 11 countries. Countries covered include Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Israel, Japan, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States and Yugoslavia.
Long-term care: a comparison of policies and services in Israel and the United Kingdom and implications for the United States
- Author:
- COX Carole
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 9(2), 1997, pp.81-99.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Discussions over the issue of long-term care continue in the United States. This article looks at the experiences of Israel, whose system is based on national insurance, and that of the United Kingdom, which is based on grants to local authorities. Argues that these examples can act as valuable teaching aids in the development of programmes in the United States. Highlights that although both countries focus on community care with virtually universal access, concern over resources is forcing each to target their services increasingly to the most frail. Concludes that the findings underscore the necessity for accurate planning and adequate resources if services are to meet the needs of the frail elderly population.
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.
Social services in international perspective: the emergence of the sixth system
- Authors:
- KAHN Alfred J., KAMERMAN Sheila B
- Publisher:
- United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Social Rehabilitati
- Publication year:
- 1977
- Pagination:
- 418p.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
Covers socail services in Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Poland, United Kingdom, United States, and Yugoslavia.