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Empowering older people: an international approach
- Editors:
- THURSZ Daniel, NUSBERG Charlotte, PRATHER Johnnie
- Publisher:
- Cassell
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 233p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents papers from experts from 17 countries on empowering older people as individuals, through organisations, and in developing countries.
Incomes and living standards of older people: a comparative analysis
- Authors:
- WHITEFORD Peter, KENNEDY Steven
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 173p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research study providing an empirical analysis of the incomes of older people in 11 countries. Also presents the results, for a narrower range of countries, of an analysis of living standards, defined to include the value of government provided health and education services, as well as disposable cash income. In addition, looks at the role of owner-occupied housing and liquid wealth.
The development of an elder abuse policy in Britain: patterns and prospects
- Author:
- BIGGS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Europe, 2(3), 1995, pp.30-33.
- Publisher:
- Russell House
The abuse of older people had been identified as a social problem at approximately the same time in both the UK and the USA. However, British responses to the problem have been slow to take shape. This article examines how British social policy currently views elder abuse and its implications for its positioning as a social problem of the 1990s.
The development of long-term care insurance in Britain
- Authors:
- PARKER Gillian, CLARKE Harriet
- Publisher:
- University of Leicester. Nuffield Community Care Studies Unit
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
The long-term care insurance market literature presents this new product as an important financing mechanism enabling individuals to prepare for their own care needs in old age. For some, such provision can offer a level of protection to wealth and income and releases the family from the `burden’ of care, so offers peace of mind. However cost is often prohibitive and `already unwell’ individuals may find a policy difficult to obtain. The exclusion of particular conditions from policy coverage could also exclude policy holders from receipt of benefit.
Into the wilderness
- Author:
- HARDING Tessa
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.4.95, 1995, p.20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The debate in Britain about long-term care policies echoes controversy in the USA where fear of growing old is compounded by fear of being too poor to afford care. Discusses the cost of needing long term care.
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.
Working carers: international perspectives on working and caring for older people
- Editor:
- PHILLIPS Judith
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 169p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Presents different perspectives on working carers who care for older people. The publication aims to reflect on the different stages in the development of this issue by looking first at the British perspective; then Europe and finally looking at developments in North America.
Home comforts: home support for disabled older people
- Author:
- BEATTIE Alistair
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 24p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at the needs of older disabled people in London, the care and support they do or do not receive, and at aids and adaptations available from the London Boroughs.
Private markets in health and welfare: an international perspective
- Editor:
- JOHNSON Norman
- Publisher:
- Berg
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 263p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Collection of papers examining the growing role of private markets in the provision and finance of health and social welfare services in the UK, Canada, France, Italy, Sweden, the United States, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. Considers whether the principal beneficiaries have been the state, the consumers, or the commercial providers. Includes papers on domiciliary and residential services, housing, and a range of health services.