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Building for choice
- Authors:
- THOMAS Caroline, ROOSE Tracey
- Publisher:
- Anchor Trust
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 44p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kidlington
Review considering ways in which housing can make independent living easier for older people. The report is aimed at developers, designers, managers and policy makers from the health and social care sectors, as well as housing. Draws examples from schemes from the Netherlands, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
We're in charge: cohousing communities of older people in the Netherlands; lessons for Britain?
- Author:
- BRENTON Maria
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 87p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Research study looking at fifteen groups of people aged fifty-five to eighty plus who, anticipating the possibility of a life alone, or increased frailty, have taken steps to start or join a CoHousing community. CoHousing is an arrangement whereby groups of older people live in their own residential project and form a community in the process, promoting independent and collaborative living in separate, self contained units.
Psychological outreach programmes for the depressed elderly: a meta-analysis of effects and dropout
- Author:
- CUIJPERS Pim
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13(1), January 1998, pp.41-48.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Utilisation of psychiatric services in the Netherlands by depressed elderly is low compared to younger adults. Outreach programmes in which treatment is actively offered to depressed elderly in the community can be used to improve access of these elderly to mental health care. Reports on a meta-analysis which was carried out to study the effectiveness of these outreach programmes.
Risk indicators of elder mistreatment in the community
- Authors:
- COMIJS Hannie C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 9(4), 1998, pp.67-76.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examines risk indicators of chronic verbal aggression, physical aggression, and financial mistreatment in a population-based sample of independently living elderly in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Included were socio-demographic characteristics, physical and psychological health, and functional capacity. The results indicate that the risk indicators of victims of financial mistreatment differ from those of chronic verbal aggression and physical aggression, suggesting that financial mistreatment may occur more often as a single form of abuse whereas verbal and physical aggression may more frequently occur together.
Caring for children and older people: a comparison of European policies and practices
- Authors:
- ROSTGAARD Tina, FRIDBERG Torben
- Publisher:
- Danish National Institute of Social Research
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 597p.
- Place of publication:
- Copenhagen
Integrating senior citizens into the information society
- Author:
- TIELEN Ger
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing International, 24(2/3), 1998, pp.143-153.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
Training in new information technology should encourage senior citizens to participate in the development of the information society. This article describes problems and perspectives of the use of new information technology by and for older people, and discusses educational initiatives.
Social policy review 10
- Editors:
- BRUNSDON Edward, HARTLEY Dean, WOODS Roberta
- Publisher:
- Social Policy Association
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 304.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of essays on social policy divided into two sections: developments in British welfare under New Labour; and international developments.
Rights and realities: comparing new developments in long-term care for older people
- Editor:
- GLENDINNING Caroline
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 179p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Focuses on the shifting boundaries between health and social care, between services and money, and between public and private provision of care. Explores the experiences of a number of countries which have recently made changes in the organisation, funding or delivery of long term care services for frail older people.