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Directing research: research on housing in the lives of older people
- Author:
- VALLEY Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 3(3), September 2000, pp.30-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article reviews the role of research in housing organisations, emphasising the need for research to be translated into practice, finding effective ways to promote it and facilitating future debate across the whole of the housing and care sector.
Gerontology education in transition: considering disciplinary and paradigmatic evolution
- Authors:
- BASS Scott A., FERRARO Kenneth
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 40(1), February 2000, pp.97-106.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The disciplinary status of gerontology has long been the subject of much debate, but recent changes in higher education suggest the early development of a more integrated, interdisciplinary approach to gerontological education and research. The authors argues that gerontology is currently a multi-disciplinary field of inquiry, but at selected schools it is moving toward an interdisciplinary field and may ultimately evolve into a new discipline. The risks and benefits attendant with this disciplinary evolution are reviewed in light of the historical development of other disciplines.
The first national study of elder abuse and neglect: contrast with results from other studies
- Author:
- THOMAS Cynthia
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 12(1), 2000, pp.1-14.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The National Elder Abuse Incidence Study (NEAIS) conducted in 1994-1999 in the U.S.A. was designed to obtain national estimates of both reported and unreported cases of elder abuse and neglect for 1996. This article contrasts the methods and results of this study with several previous studies to assess the reasons for differences in estimates. These differences include whether the study was designed to measure prevalence or incidence, the inclusiveness of the definitions, eligible age range, and methods of data collection. Concludes that future studies should combine incidence and prevalence and ranges and definitional subsets to meet different public policy requirements.
Support for majority and minority ethnic groups at home- older people's perspectives
- Authors:
- BOWES Alison, MACDONALD Charlotte
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Equality in Scotland: older people (1999)
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Statistics Release: residential care homes, Scotland 2000
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Social support in later life: a study of three areas
- Authors:
- PHILLIPS Judith, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 30(6), December 2000, pp.837-853.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The research reported in this article examines elderly people's family and community networks in three urban areas of England: Bethnal Green, Wolverhampton and Woodford. These were the locations for a number of major studies in the 1940s and 1950s. Four decades on from the original studies, a social network approach was used to explore changes in the social relationships in these three areas. The research sought to assess whom older people identified as 'important' in their lives, and the role such people played in the provision and receipt of support.
Age and methods of fatal self harm (FSH). Is there a link?
- Authors:
- TADROS George, SALIB Emad
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(9), September 2000, pp.848-852.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article examines the methods of fatal self harm (FSH) used by the elderly compared to young adults. Compares the methods of FSH used by all the elderly over 60 years of age to those used by all younger adults, over 16 and under 60, in the city of Birmingham and Solihull over a period of 4 years, 1995 - 1998. The study shows that the most common method of suicide in the elderly is poisoning by drug overdose. It raises the question about the quantity of drugs prescribed for the elderly, e.g. antidepressants, sedatives and pain killers. The study did not confirm previous reports that violent methods are used more frequently with increasing age.
Singapore social work students: attitudes toward older adults
- Authors:
- MEHTA Kalyani K., TAN P. Philip, JOSHI Veena D.
- Journal article citation:
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, 10(2), September 2000, pp.40-54.
- Publisher:
- Times Academic
Found that the attitudes of a sample of 201 undergraduate Singaporean students toward older adults were in the neutral range. A small minority (5.6%) was planning a career in gerontology. Comparisons of findings are made with an American sample. Implications for social work education and future research are discussed.
Enforcing family care obligations for the elderly in China through mediation
- Authors:
- LEUNG Joe C.B., LAM Debbie O.B.
- Journal article citation:
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, 10(1), March 2000, pp.77-89.
- Publisher:
- Times Academic
Demographic and social changes are challenging the capacity and willingness of the Chinese traditional virtue of adult children providing financial and social support for their aged parents. Because of the underdevelopment of formal social services in China, the Chinese Government has to rely on legislation and neighbourhood-based mediation service to enforce family care obligations. Describes the operation of the service and assesses its effectiveness in practice.