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Social services' elderly care teams: clients, needs and support
- Authors:
- CAMERON Elaine, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Health Services Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 27p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Discusses clients of Social Services elderly care teams in Birmingham.
Alarm systems and elderly people
- Editor:
- FISK Malcolm
- Publisher:
- Planning Exchange
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 155p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Aims to give positive guidance to housing authorities, housing associations, health boards and other agencies concerned with developing or upgrading alarm services for the elderly.
Report of the Advisory Council on the Aged
- Author:
- SINGAPORE. Ministry for Home Affairs
- Publisher:
- Singapore. Ministry for Home Affairs
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 66p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- Singapore
A comprehensive report covering the range of services to the elderly in Singapore.
Senile dementia: policy and services
- Author:
- INEICHEN Bernard
- Publisher:
- Chapman and Hall
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 132p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Results from research into service provision for this client population, and surveys of sufferers and different professional groups.
Social group work with the elderly: a role theory perspective
- Author:
- SCHARLACH A.E.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work with Groups, 12(3), 1989, pp.33-46.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Illustrates the practical application of role theory in encouraging constructive adaptation to psychosocial changes experienced by elderly people.
Expanding reminiscence therapy with elderly mentally infirm patients
- Author:
- MARTIN J.M.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 52(11), November 1989, pp.435-436.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Describes a personal history form for work with elderly mentally infirm people.
Caring, the French Way
- Author:
- BARTLETT Nigel
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.11.89, 1989, pp.2O-22.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Home care services for the elderly in France have been provided by non-profit-making organisations for 25 years. Service provision can vary between such organisations.
Areas of doubt
- Authors:
- MANGER Derek, OPPENHEIMER Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 2.11.89, 1989, p.23.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Considers some of the ethical problems which can arise over hospital admissions for the elderly mentally ill.
Move to ensure security for elderly people in residential care
- Author:
- DAWES Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 2.11.89, 1989, p.25.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Reports on a debate in the House of Commons concerning evictions from residential homes for the elderly.
Informal care for frail elders: the role of secondary caregivers
- Authors:
- TENNSTEDT Sharon L., McKINLAY John B., SULLIVAN Lisa M.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 29(5), October 1989, pp.677-683.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Although most informal care is provided by one caregiver, a survey shows that other carers can provide important additional services.