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Speaking up for people with dementia: guidelines on providing advocacy for people with dementia
- Author:
- WESTMINSTER ADVOCACY SERVICE FOR SENIOR RESIDENTS
- Publisher:
- Westminster Advocacy Service for Senior Residents
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 36p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
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Involving older people in research
- Editor:
- PEACE Sheila
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 28p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Initiatives have developed throughout the UK that seek to give people 'a greater individual say in how they live their lives and the services they need to help them to do so'. Research funders have taken on board the need for researchers to address issues of user participation within their proposed research outlining how these can be met.
Speaking up: advocacy for people with dementia
- Author:
- GOODCHILD Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 7(6), November 1999, pp.19-20.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Advocacy can help an older person with dementia to have more control over their life - to exercise choice and represent their own interests. Describes Westminster Advocacy Service's two-year pilot project, which was independently evaluated and has produced guidelines for further work in this area.
Policy, programme and perspectives
- Author:
- DUNNING Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 9(1), March 1999, p.20.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Reports on recent developments relating to the Better Government for Older People initiatives.
Eliciting user perspectives on what works
- Authors:
- STALKER Kirsten, GILLIARD Jane, DOWNS Murna G.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(2), February 1999, pp.120-134.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article considers how research with people with learning difficulties has developed a culture for hearing the views of service users. It outlines various methodologies, with considerations of their strengths and weaknesses. Then reviews the research in dementia care which features the subjective experience, and finally draws out lessons and identifies possible ways forward.
Counselling and older people: an introductory guide
- Editor:
- TSCHUDIN Verena
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 271p.,list of orgs.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of papers from older people on the positive contribution of counselling to the well being of people around them. Covers issues such as: losses in later life; bereavement; personality styles and counselling; the importance of memories; dimensions of a counselling service; religious and spiritual issues; working with older women; and advocacy and communication.
Speaking up for our age: a report of the regional conferences held across the UK, Spring 1999
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reports the regional conferences held in Chester, Grantham, Cardiff, Bristol, London and Stirling (the Northern Ireland conference is reported separately). The conferences explored a range of issues associated with setting up a local group. Workshops were held at each conference on: pensions, transport, affordable warmth, and making use of the media.
Speaking up for our age: national conference report, 23 June 1999
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This national conference was the culmination of a three-month campaign to encourage older people to make their voices heard. After a ministerial address, conference received feedback from the seven regional conferences, included in that campaign, on transport, home heating, media coverage of older people's issues, and pensions, held workshops on the same topics, and heard news of current projects.
Autonomy, choice and decision making: how nursing home social workers view their role
- Author:
- REINARDY James R.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 29(3), 1999, pp.59-77.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This American study explores how social work practitioners perceive their roles in fostering the autonomy and decision making of nursing home residents. The social workers' theory of practice is organised under three dimensions of autonomy: free action (supporting residents choices), decision making (helping residents deliberate effectively), and continuity (maintaining a sense of self). The interviewees strongly identified with an advocacy role. The article explores the interviews perspectives and suggests further research questions.
Ethics and aging: confronting abuse and self-neglect
- Authors:
- SIMMONS Paul D., O'BRIEN James G.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 11(2), 1999, pp.33-54.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article explores the issue of refusal of treatment and the determination of decisional capacity. Advocacy for the victim in the least intrusive manner is recommended.