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Between social networks and formal social services
- Authors:
- LITWIN Howard, AUSLANDER Gail K.
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 8(3), September 1988, pp.269-285.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reports a study of the social networks of recent applications to the social welfare bureaux of Jerusalem. Beyond review of the relevant study variables as reflected in the literature, and an overview of Israeli social services for the aged, addresses why the social networks of the elderly claimants turned to formal assistance.
Factors affecting early unplanned readmission of elderly patients to hospital
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS E. Idris, FITTON Freda
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 24.9.88, 1988, pp.784-787.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Comparison of two groups of elderly patients identified seven possible principal reasons for readmissions and predisposing characteristics.
Age and alcohol : a dangerous cocktail
- Authors:
- GOODMAN C., WARD M.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.9.88, 1988, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
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How diet can improve the health of older people
- Author:
- SCRUTTON S.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 21.7.88, 1988, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
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The frequency, duration, and stability of senior center attendance
- Author:
- KROUT John A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 13(1/2), 1988, pp.3-19.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
A research study on variations and changes in attendance at day centres to ascertain the variables underlying change.
Successful foster caregivers of geriatric patients
- Authors:
- BRAUN Kathryn L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 13(1), Winter 1988, pp.25-34.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Examines the characteristics of caregivers from two foster-care programmes for severely disabled elderly people.
Community care and the Griffiths Report : hospital discharge of frail elderly people as a test case
- Authors:
- RUSSELL Jim, BRENTON Maria
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Policy Making, 15(3), December 1988, pp.27-37.
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Institute of Local Government Studies
Summarises the Audit Commission's 'Making a reality out of community care' and the recommendations of the Griffiths report and relates them to the research based in the South Glamorgan Hospital Discharge Service.
Coping with a disintegrating personality
- Author:
- MARLEY J.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 8.12.88, 1988, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Hospital social work and senile dementia.
Goodbye to the workhouse
- Author:
- REDDING D.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.11.88, 1988, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the 1948 National Assistance Act, and Nye Bevan's hopes for the future.
Care for more gruel?
- Author:
- MUIR C.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 3.11.88, 1988, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
The importance of good nutrition in residential care.