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Bathing people with dementia: the bathroom and beyond
- Author:
- JENKINS Deirdre A.L.
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This publication, written for front line staff in long term care settings, provides a insight about the issues which arise in helping people with dementia bathe. Easy to read, with humour, it can help caregivers to make bathing a positive experience for patients with dementia.
Constant hierarchic patterns of physical functioning across seven populations in five countries
- Authors:
- FERRUCCI Luigi, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 38(3), June 1998, pp.286-294.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This research was aimed at identifying critical steps in the decline in physical function that often parallels ageing. Six basic and nine instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs) were classified into four domains of disability characterised by specific underlying physical impairment. The hierarchical order of this classification was verified in two random samples representative of the older home-dwelling population. The cross-cultural reliability of the model was verified in seven population-based samples of older persons living in five European countries. In older persons the disabling process follows a general pattern of progression based on a typical sequence of impairments.
Mental status of the elderly receiving home health services and the associated stress of home helpers
- Authors:
- NAGATOMO Itsugi, TAKIGAWA Morikuni
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13(1), January 1998, pp.57-63.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Investigates older Japanese people receiving home health service investigated. The study examines intellectual levels, depressive state evaluated by the Cornell scale for depression in dementia (CSDD) scale, abnormal behaviours evaluated by the dementia behaviour disturbance (DBD) scale, and activities of daily living (ADL).
All play and no work? Take a fresh look at activities
- Author:
- JOHNSON Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 6(6), November 1998, pp.25-27.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Looks at how normal activities of daily living, especially meal preparation, can encourage social interaction and provide a continuing sense of role and purpose to older people with dementia in residential care.
Adequacy of care: the concept and its measurement
- Authors:
- MORROW-HOWELL Nancy, PROCTOR Enola K, DORE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 8(1), January 1998, pp.86-102.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article presents a methodology for measuring the adequacy of care, both formal and informal, and how well they meet the needs of the elderly living in the community. The measure of adequacy of care derives an assessment of need and assistance received in 14 activities of daily living. In each activity area where the elderly need assistance, assessments are made of the quantity and quality of care received from formal and informal sources. Describes how the scores can be useful to social workers for both clinical and research purposes.
Pathways into residential care: service use, help and health prior to admission
- Author:
- BURHOLT Vanessa
- Journal article citation:
- Health Care in Later Life, 3(1), 1998, pp.15-33.
This article concerns participants in the Bangor Longitudinal Study of Ageing who, between 1979 and 1995, moved into residential care. It compares their need for help with activities of daily living, help with household tasks, and formal service visits to their home to that of people aged over 83 years who were living in the community in 1995. Scores for each person were calculated for use of services, difficulty with activities for daily living, and help with households tasks, but they did not reveal any significant differences between the two groups. The data showed that those in residential care considered their self-rated health to be poorer than those in the community, although they were not more likely to be housebound or have medical conditions that limited their activities.