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Adults at risk
- Author:
- DOBSON Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.4.95, 1995, p.7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Key factors in dealing with elder abuse are identifying those at risk then managing the situation. Reports on new practice guidelines drawn up by Dorset SSD.
Disembodied voices
- Author:
- TINKER Anthea
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.4.95, 1995, p.30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Suggests that telecommunication technology could be the key to independent living for disabled people in the future.
Making sense of dementia: carers' perceptions
- Author:
- ASKHAM Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 15(1), March 1995, pp.103-114.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Outlines how the informal care givers of people recently diagnosed as suffering from dementia perceive and describe the condition. Examines the reasons for the wide variety of understanding of dementia.
Later-life depressive disorder in the community
- Authors:
- Van OJEN Rob, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 166, March 1995, pp.311-315.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
In previous studies cognitive impairment in depressed older patients tends to be associated with a late onset of depression. This study tests the hypothesis that cognitive impairment is associated with depression only in elderly individuals with no history of psychiatric illness.
The prevalence of depression in the carers of dementia sufferers
- Authors:
- COOPE Bernie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 10(3), March 1995, pp.237-242.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Aims to evaluate psychiatric morbidity in the carers of dementia sufferers using a semi-structured psychiatric interview.
Carer-rated personality changes associated with senile dementia
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Rhoda, BRIGGS Roger, COLEMAN Peter
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 10(3), March 1995, pp.231-236.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Although adult personality traits have been shown to be stable with age, a recent study in the USA showed changes in a group of elderly people with memory disorders, as perceived by caregivers. Study aims to replicate these findings in individuals suffering from senile dementia and to examine interactions with other emotional and physical stresses experienced by the carer.
Speaking up for others
- Author:
- COHEN Phil
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 29.3.95, 1995, pp.54-55.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Describes the principles guiding citizen advocacy schemes and the work of volunteers taking part.
Adjustment to bereavement and loss in older people
- Author:
- ALTY Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 22.3.95, 1995, pp.35-36.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Older people are particularly vulnerable to complicated grief reactions. Argues that nurses need to be aware of these if older patients are to be cared for effectively as they adjust to the many losses in their lives.
The marital perceptions of elderly persons living or having a spouse living in a long-term care institution in Canada
- Author:
- GLADSTONE James W.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 35(1), February 1995, pp.52-60.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The focus of the study is on the way that older married persons living, or having a spouse living, in a long term care institution perceive their marriages following relocation. A qualitative analysis of interviews was conducted. For noninstitutionalised spouses four main themes emerged from the data: "marriage as a memory", the "illusory marriage", the "changed marriage", and the "continuing marriage". For institutionalised spouses three themes emerged, including the "happy marriage", the "detached marriage", and the "altered marriage". Relocation did not appear to have a direct impact on the way respondents perceived their marriages. Continuity theory was helpful in understanding these marital perceptions.
Delivery of home care services after discharge: what really happens
- Authors:
- SIMON Ellen Perlman, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 20(1), February 1995, pp.5-14.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on research carried out in New York State, which obtained systematic feedback about postdischarge implementation. A telephone follow-up study was undertaken to determine the extent to which discharge plans for home services were carried out and to identify factors associated with unsuccessful implementation. Findings suggest that follow-up programmes which move beyond the hospital walls are necessary to ensure that patients receive needed services.