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'Determined guerrillas'
- Author:
- MORRISON Lilian
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 112, March 1997, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Looks at the Association of Greater London Older Women (AGLOW).
Listening to older care-givers: research into aspirations for support
- Authors:
- SKELTON Judd, et al
- Publisher:
- Manchester Metropolitan University. Interpersonal and Organisational Development Research Group
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 69p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
There is a need to address the problems identified by the study through multi-sectoral policies and programmes to sustain the health of older care-givers and to maintain their ability to provide adequate care. The fact that older care givers on “24-hour call” are particularly prone to failing health comes as no surprise. Often, there is a combination of factors such as vulnerability, heavy physical demands of care and a sense of losing the quality of life. Other contributory factors are the lack of sleep and rest, the curtailment or suppression of periods of sickness and the inability of maintaining hobbies. The main indicators of negative health effects are depression, fear and a low assessment of one’s own health.
Suicide by age, ethnic group, coroners' verdicts and country of birth
- Authors:
- NEELEMAN Jan, MAK Vivienne, WESSELY Simon
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 171, November 1997, pp.463-467.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Presents the results of the epidemiology of suicide by immigrant status and ethnicity in Inner London between the period 1991-1993. Results found that rate patterns for ethnic minority groups reflect patterns seen in attempted suicide. In this deprived area, young male white suicide rates surpassed those among older people.
Working people who also care for the elderly
- Author:
- RANDS Gianetta
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(1), January 1997, pp.39-44.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Surveys the workforce of a district health authority in south east England using postal questionnaires, to determine how many of them had outside work caring commitments to elderly people. Analyses the services and supports received by care receivers and caregivers and explores ways in which worker-carers can be assisted by employers and work colleagues. Results found that fourteen per cent of this workforce had outside work commitments to care for elderly people. Worker-carers were usually female, older than non-carers, working part-time and earning low incomes. They tended to be caring for elderly female relatives, living close by, and approximately half were unaided by statutory or voluntary services. Worker-carers' support was mainly from family and friends. At work a supportive and accepting attitude from colleagues and line-managers was valued, as were part-time jobs and flexi-hours. Concludes that more attention, particularly within the work environment needs to be paid to ways of supporting working people who also care for the elderly.
Personal social services local authority statistics: residential accommodation; detailed statistics on residential care homes and local authority supported residents, England, 1996
- Editor:
- STATON Roger
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 220p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Brought in from the sidelines
- Author:
- HEPTINSTALL Derek
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 4(1), September 1997, pp.13-16.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Describes a project in South East London which has demonstrated that cost-effective care for older people with dementia can be provided in their own homes.
Community care statistics 1997: residential personal social services for adults, England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 38p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides statistical information on the adult residential and nursing care home market and on residential and nursing care placements funded by local authorities at 31 March 1997.
A question of risk: community care for older visually impaired people in England and Wales
- Authors:
- COLES David, WILLETTS Graham, WINYARD Steve
- Publisher:
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 22p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
A critique of service provision to older visually impaired people. Looks at the legislative, financial and demographic framework and goes on to examine the rationing of home care and to present an overview of RNIB research into the subject.
Who cares for an ageing Europe: a report by the European Resource Unit at Age Concern England
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 12p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Brief report on the major challenge facing European countries as the proportion of older Europeans grows. Offers a brief overview of care for older people across Europe, comparing the situations in different member states as well as making general points about the whole of the European Union.
The characteristics of ethnic elders from the Indian subcontinent using a geriatric psychiatry service in West London
- Authors:
- REDELINGHUYS J., SHAH A.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 1(3), August 1997, pp.243-247.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on a cross-sectional comparative study examining the demographic, social and clinical characteristics of Indian subcontinent origin elders with mental illness. Of the patients in the study, 17 per cent were of Indian subcontinent origin compared to 7 per cent in the general population. Comparison with indigenous patients revealed that ethnic elders were younger, had more children, had more people living in their household and were more likely to have schizophrenia. There were no differences with regard to use of health and social service resources between the ethnic and indigenous elders. Findings do not support the traditional myth that ethnic elders do not adequately access services and that these individuals are primarily cared for by extended families.