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Promoting independence: candidate handbook: S/NVQ level 3
- Author:
- NOLAN Yvonne
- Publisher:
- Heinemann
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 360p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Candidates can now take a specialist route through their NVQ in order to work with the elderly or those with special needs. This title is specially written for these candidates. The title covers 5 mandatory units of the award and 10 of the option units, providing students with a choice in their selection of option units. Case studies encourage candidates to apply their learning in the context of the type of work they will be doing, whilst "Check It Out" sections aim to help candidates build on their own experiences and give them confidence in their work. "Test Yourself" sections ensure candidates understand all the theory they have learnt. "Active Knowledge" tasks help candidates to apply the theory in their own place of work.
Living the good life with autism
- Author:
- SCHNEIDER Edgar R.
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 154p.
- Place of publication:
- London
His discovery only in retirement that he had high-functioning autism provided the author with an explanation for his many differences. In this book he takes up the story, telling of his marriage to a like-minded woman, and of the day-to-day realities of life with this condition. His description of autistic attitudes towards relationships, politics, theology and health are rich and original. Schneider argues that if people with high-functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome are left to their own devices they are capable of making lives for themselves that are rich and rewarding.
Choices for the carer of an elderly relative
- Author:
- LEWYCKA Marina
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 118p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd
Being a carer may mean many different things - from living at a distance and keeping a check on things by telephone to taking on a full-time caring role. This book looks at the choices facing someone whose parent or other relative needs care. It helps readers look at their own circumstances and their own priorities and decide what is the best role for themselves - as well as the person being cared for.
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)
Preparing older people's strategies: linking housing to health, social care and other local strategies
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, HOUSING CORPORATION
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 88p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document provides guidance on the preparation of housing strategies that link housing to health, social care, and other local strategies. The guidance follows a whole systems approach which acknowledges that housing services are one of a number of other services that together make up the whole system that affects older citizens. All local authorities are required to have an older people’s housing strategy. This document provides a framework for producing a strategy using a sample template comprising the following sections: an executive summary; an introduction to the strategy, setting the local context; identifying the housing ingredients, needs and demand; how the current housing and service systems work; planning for the future; proposals and recommendations; and taking the strategy forward. This document is aimed at those responsible for planning and delivering the housing function, but may also have a wider audience in health, social care, regeneration and planning.
Caring for someone with diabetes
- Author:
- LEWYCKA Marina
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 138p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book sets out to bring up-to-date information about diabetes and how to live with this condition. Packed with practical help and guidance, this book explores topics such as understanding diabetes, day to day care, healthy eating and living, medication and coping with emergencies. It draws on the experience of people with diabetes and their carers.
Caring for someone with an alcohol problem
- Author:
- WARD Mike
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 118p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
Caring for someone with alcohol problems can be physically and emotionally exhausting, and it is often difficult to think about what can be done to make things easier. This book examines issues such as: who becomes a problem drinker and why; the impact of alcohol problems on carers and the family; working for change; and support and specialist services.
Helping visually impaired people in their homes: assistive technology
- Author:
- THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST
- Publisher:
- Thomas Pocklington Trust
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Sight loss is one of the most prevalent and disabling conditions that can arise later in life, yet little research has been undertaken into the use and development of assistive technology which could be used in the homes of people wth sight loss. This study seeks to compare the needs of people with sight loss with available assistive technology and to identify broad areas where further devices could be developed.
Guidance on unfair terms in care home contracts: a guide for professional advisers
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of Fair Trading
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of Fair Trading
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) considers certain standard contract terms used in care home agreements to be potentially unfair under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999. This guide sets out these views and explains the basis on which enforcement action may be taken. It is confined to the standard contract terms used in care home agreements with self-funding consumers, and is based on a review of a sample of existing contracts. The guide starts by explaining the test of unfairness set out in the Regulations. It then sets out the main areas of concern in care home agreements, looking at: financial liabilities; legalistic terms; the core terms; mental capacity; and exclusions of liability. A range of types of unfair terms are analysed, and some examples of unfair and revised terms are provided. This guide is aimed at those working in consumer law enforcement, particularly trading standards officers and other professional advisers.
Dementia, ethnicity and culture: outcomes of a research and service development seminar
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This brief update reports on the outcomes of a seminar run by the Mental Health Foundation in 2002 for researchers, health and social care professionals, policy-makers and voluntary organisations working with ethnic minorities and dementia, aiming to explore the research and service development challenges relating to ethnic minority elders with dementia by sharing and discussing service development and research projects, identifying strengths and deficits in the field, developing networks, identifying gaps in research and areas for further research, and discussing ways to collaborate. The research issues identified included: a limited focus on ethnic minority groups other than South Asian and Afro-Caribbean communities, exploring the needs of ethnic minority groups in geographically challenging contexts such as isolated rural areas, using local research outcomes can only inform local service development, which services are effective for which particular ethnic groups and why, being more sensitive to differences between populations (including between communities from the same country), the needs of ethnic minority older people with dementia who have migrated from their homeland compared with those who have lived in the UK all their lives, and improved dissemination of findings to services, service users, ethnic communities and other researchers.