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Shaping futures: LGBT people growing older: report from a seminar of 11th May 2004
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON FAMILIES AND RELATIONSHIPS
- Publisher:
- Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This publication reports on the ‘Shaping Futures - LGBT People Growing Older’ forum that brought together service planners and managers, academics and LGBT organisations in the fields of ageing, health and social care to identify LGBT ageing issues and to initiate responses to inform a respectful and caring future for LGBT older adults.
Research into practice
- Author:
- WINGHAM Gaynor
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.4.02, 2002, p.41.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at research in northern England that investigates the links between services for older people and disabled people.
Shifting responsibilities: the patterns of formal service use by older people with intellectual disability in Victoria
- Author:
- BIGBY Christine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 23(3), September 1998, pp.229-243.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
As adults with intellectual disability age and inevitably lose support provided by parents, many will become more reliant on formal services. Potentially they can utilise both the aged care and the disability service systems, although neither have explicit policies in relation to this group. This qualitative study in Australia examined the patterns of service use by older people with intellectual disability.
Special populations among older persons
- Author:
- MELLOR M. Joanna
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 25(1/2), 1996, pp.1-10.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Introduces a special issue which looks at the implications of the greying of American society, and the particular concerns of the special populations of older people.
An ecological view of aging: Luisa's plight
- Author:
- LEE Judith A.B.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 14(1/2), 1989, pp.175-19O.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
A case history illustrating the gap between the social work task in relation to ageing and the lack of adequate services.
Aspects of old age
- Author:
- GREEN Mary
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 7(3), 1977, pp.301-320.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Looks at some aspects of the incidence and nature of old age and at the support provided by social services, and the discussion is illustrated by reference to seven elderly hospital patients.
Social gerontology and social work
- Author:
- BREARLEY Paul
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 6(3), 1976, pp.433-447.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reviews developments in the study of ageing as an individual and social experience and considers recent studies of practical services for the elderly.
A jam-jar model of life expectancy and limits to life
- Authors:
- MAYHEW Les, SMITH David
- Publisher:
- International Longevity Centre UK
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 18
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper presents a new method for forecasting life expectancy based on decomposition techniques, focusing on trends in life expectancy within specified age intervals. It imagines each decade of life as a 'jam-jar' which fills to the brim with life years, with extra life years being added to the each decade's jam-jars at different rates, filling the early ones first, until all are full. The key advantages of this approach are more certainty over which age groups are affected and more accurate information about possible limits to life. Results are presented for England and Wales and the implications discussed. A concluding section briefly compares this approach with other methods. The study suggests a systematic shift in survival at higher ages. Most future growth in life expectancy in retirement will come between ages 70 and 100. Life expectancy beyond 100 years of age is increasing very slowly and so will not contribute as much as was thought. Age at death will tend to increasingly cluster in early 90s as the age of death of men and women converge. The paper argues that as a result government policies must be durable, especially anything to do with pensions, health and social care, or housing. (Edited publisher abstract)
Loneliness and social support of older people living alone in a county of Shanghai, China
- Authors:
- CHEN Yu, HICKS Allan, WHILE Alison E.
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 22(4), 2014, pp.429-438.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
China has an ageing population with the number of older people living alone increasing. Living alone may increase the risk of loneliness of older people, especially for those in China where collectivism and filial piety are emphasised. Social support may fill the need for social contacts, thereby alleviating loneliness. However, little is known about loneliness and social support of older people living alone in China. This study investigated loneliness and social support of older people living alone, by conducting a cross-sectional questionnaire survey with a stratified random cluster sample of 521 community-dwelling older people living alone in a county of Shanghai. Data were collected from November 2011 to March 2012. The instruments used included the UCLA Loneliness Scale version 3 and the Social Support Rate Scale. The participants reported a moderate level of loneliness. Their overall social support level was low compared with the Chinese norm. Children were the major source of objective and subjective support. Of the participants, 53.9% (n = 281) and 47.6% (n = 248) asked for help and confided when they were in trouble, but 84.1% (n = 438) never or rarely attended social activities. The level of loneliness and social support differed among the participants with different sociodemographic characteristics. There were negative correlations between loneliness and overall social support and its three dimensions. The findings suggest that there is a need to provide more social support to older people living alone to decrease their feelings of loneliness. Potential interventions include encouraging more frequent contacts from children, the development of one-to-one ‘befriending’ and group activity programmes together with identification of vulnerable subgroups. (Publisher abstract)
The strategy for older people in Wales 2013-2023: living longer, ageing well: making Wales a great place to grow old
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Government
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 32
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This third phase of the Strategy focuses on ensuring that older people in Wales have the resources they need to deal with the challenges and opportunities they face. These resources are described in terms of social resources (e.g. good physical and mental health), environmental resources (e.g. access to transport, and feeling safe when out and about), and financial resources (e.g. having an adequate standard of income, and not living in poverty). Older people should expect to be able to participate as fully in society as they desire, including: contributing to community and family life; influencing decisions; and having their needs met. The strategy refers to other emerging policy developments and initiatives, notably the Welsh Government's programme of change for Health and Social Care, as detailed in Appendix 2. (Original abstract)