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The final betrayal
- Author:
- MILLAR Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 4.4.96, 1996, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Reports from the third Action on Elder Abuse conference which was held in Warwick last week. Calls for elder abuse to investigate and clear policies for both the abused and the abuser to be developed.
Meeting the challenges of retirement and integrating the disabled into the community
- Authors:
- VASOO S., TIONG Tan Ngoh
- Journal article citation:
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, 6(1), March 1996, pp.1-5.
- Publisher:
- Times Academic
In view of future shortages of manpower and slower growth of populations in countries like Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, it is expected that the question of retirement from work will receive more attention. Discusses the issue of the ageing workforce and introduces special issue on social security and family concerns.
Gero-informatics and the Internet: locating gerontology information on the World Wide Web (WWW)
- Authors:
- ELLIS R. Darin, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 36(1), February 1996, pp.100-105.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The Internet, and in particular the World Wide Web (WWW), are growing at a tremendous rate. Information useful to researchers and practitioners in gerontology is scattered and hard to locate, even for experts in the use of the WWW. In order to locate and organise access to this material, a World Wide Web server was developed for gerontologists, using state-of-the-art Internet search techniques. This report provides background on the World Wide Web, the reasons for its growth, its potential usefulness to gerontologists, and the results of and exhaustive search of over 3000 potential sites. Relevant information was discovered in 5 general categories of gerontology-related information: academic institutions, government agencies, biomedical and health research institutions, general interest sites and data archives.
Progress report: continuity and change in the study of family relationships
- Author:
- JEROME Dorothy
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 16(1), January 1996, pp.93-104.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Investigates and discusses recent work on family life in old age in terms of an analysis of Entries in Abstracts in Social Gerontology between March 1992 and March 1995.
The end or merely the beginning: the place of ideology and belief in later life; implications for practice in caring for older people, with responses by Dr. Stephen Webster, the Revd. Dr. Peter Jupp, Dr. Moyra Siddell and Bob Combes
- Author:
- NEUBERGER Julia
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 42p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Lecture by the Rabbi Julia Neuberger on the place of religion in the lives of older people, and how it influences their attitudes towards death.
Providing for long-term care: response to the government's proposals for partnership schemes
- Author:
- NATIONAL CONSUMER COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- National Consumer Council
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 52p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Comments on the Government's document 'A new partnership for old age' which aimed to promote greater understanding of the current arrangements for long-term care and to encourage people to provide for their own long-term care needs, as well as to stimulate the financial services industry into offering products which would enable people to take out insurance to cover possible long-term care requirements.
Speaking notes on incontinence: from a workshop in London in February 1996, organised by the Social Services Inspectorate
- Author:
- Le LIEVRE Sarah
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Detailed overhead slides from a workshop organised by the SSI where health service staff shared current thinking on incontinence management with social services staff.
Social services contribution to the rehabilitation of older people
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Letter accompanying the pack 'Evidence based purchasing: rehabilitation of older people'. The pack also contains a video.
Your taxes and savings 1996-97: a guide for older people
- Authors:
- HODGE Peta, WEST Sally
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 176p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Practical guide for older people.
Saving for retirement: minutes of evidence, Wednesday 20 March 1996
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Social Security Committee
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London