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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.
Reminiscence and ageing
- Authors:
- COHEN Gillian, TAYLOR Stephanie
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 18(5), September 1998, pp.601-610.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article questions assumptions about reminiscence and looks at definitions of it. The functions of different types of reminiscence are examined and distinctions are drawn between these and autobiographical memories. Methodologies of eliciting reminiscences are critically considered. Finally, types and amounts of reminiscence are related to life style and age group.
Adaption, stress and relocation in old age
- Author:
- STAMBUK Ana
- Journal article citation:
- Ljetopis Studijskog Centra Socijalnog Rada, 5,, 1998, pp.105-115.
- Publisher:
- University of Zagreb
- Place of publication:
- Zagreb
In this article some ways of adaption in old age are described. [Article in Croatian].
'Just live for today': living, caring, ageing and dying
- Author:
- HOWARTH Glennys
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 18(6), November 1998, pp.673-689.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article draws on interviews with people over the age of 75 to explore the nature of attitudes to death in old age. It focuses on the issues raised by elderly people themselves when given the opportunity to talk about death and dying. In so doing, attitudes to death and dying are separated into 'death of self' and 'death of other'. each of these categories is then divided thematically according to the issues raised by respondents.
The ontology of ageing
- Author:
- THOMPSON Neil
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 28(5), October 1998, pp.695-707.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article focuses on two particular aspects of the ontology of old age: selfhood and loss. The notion of self is one that has received considerable attention in social theory as a result of the post-modernist critique in recent years. However, little or no attention has been paid to the role of self-hood in old age. Old age can be seen as a stage in the life course characterised by loss or, more specifically, a variety of losses. Loss is also a significant factor in relation to self-hood in particular and anthology in general, especially as loss so often involves a loss of meaning.
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.
Discretion and service use among older adults: the behavioral model revisited
- Authors:
- MITCHELL Jim, KROUT John A.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 38(2), April 1998, pp.159-168.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Argues that research applying the behavioural model to the use of services among older adults could be enriched by the classification of services along a discretionary dimension uses. Survey responses from community-dwelling older adults in the USA to test the hypothesis that predisposing, enabling and need characteristics are better predictors of discretionary than nondiscretionary service use.
Long term care services to older people, a perspective on future needs: the impact of an improving health of older persons
- Authors:
- JACOBZONE Stephane, et al
- Publisher:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 58p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Paris
This study extends research on the impact of age-specific disability trends on long-term care needs to an international framework. Detailed age and sex data for each country are combined with information related to severe disability. Two projections were made: one assumes stable rates of disability, and the other reflects the rate of decline based on available observations in each country separated by periods of 5 to 10 years. The gains mainly are found among the age groups 65 to 80 years, and are more striking for males than for females. While international differences remain to be explained, these trends show a significant decline in prevalence on the whole. The decline is more important in private households, but is often partly offset by an increase in disability in the remaining institutionalised population. Trends are far from homogeneous across countries as there are increases for specific age/gender age groups, particularly older women in some countries. The economic impact of these trends depends on the institutional arrangements for long-term care services. Public costs of formal home care differ widely between countries, as does the balance between home-care and institutional care. Hence, deinstitutionalisation, with recourse to less expensive form of institutions appears to play a larger role than disability trends per s in terms of public finance. While the health improvements of older populations are an important factor in terms of welfare, they may have mixed effects on public finances. The study addresses the policy implications of these health outcomes trends for health and long-term care policies.
Participatory design of an Internet-based information system for aging services professionals
- Authors:
- DARIN ELLIS R., JANKOWSKI Thomas B., JASPER Jarrod E.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 38(6), December 1998, pp.743-748.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The Michigan Ageing Services System, a World Wide Web based information system, was developed for practising gerontologists in the state of Michigan. The system's content was developed with extensive input from actual users. The content emerged into four main categories: news and current events, general information, policy and programme information and population information. The system content is briefly compared to that of World Wide Web sites published by other state units on ageing.
The age challenge
- Author:
- CREAM Julia
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.10.98, 1998, p.1.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
An ageing population means the number of people with dementia is growing at an alarming rate. The author examines some facts and figures.