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Forty-four techniques for empowering older adults living with diabetes
- Authors:
- de COSTER Vaughn A., DABELKO Holly I.
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 33(1), February 2008, pp.77-80.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Empowerment if a process and an outcome by which people exhibit control and involvement in their lives. The feminist paradigm can also provide helpful insights into the meaning of the concept of power. Using a feminist paradigm, the authors offer 44 age competent empowerment techniques to diabetes management.
An examination of the adult day services industry using the resource dependence model within a values context
- Authors:
- DABELKO Holly I., KOENIG Terry L., DANSON Kwofie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 20(2), 2008, pp.201-217.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Although adult day services have continued to grow in the USA, providing support for older people and their carers, there has been no systematic examination of the sector from a policy perspective since the mid-1990s. This paper analyses the development of the sector using the resource dependence model within a values-based context to determine whether public reimbursement opportunities match the needs of older people and their carers. The findings suggest that, as in the mid-1990s, the sector is characterised by resource constraints, a lack of uniform regulations and a lack of consensus on service delivery models. However, a shift away from reimbursement-centred care to care models that acknowledge the ongoing needs of older people and their carers may begin to occur with the increasing linkage of public funding to outcomes. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).