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Understanding stroke: for patients, carers and health professionals
- Author:
- SASSOON Rosemary
- Publisher:
- Pardoe Blacker
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 192p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- East Grinstead
The author of this book has had a stroke herself as well as experience as a professional working with stroke. The book looks at stroke from different perspectives and provides information as well as motivation. It is part written from the patient's perspective and part written by health professionals. Three age groups are covered - children, young adults and the elderly, analysed by three experts deeply involved in each area.
The influence of parental bonding on emotional distress in caregiving sons for a parent with dementia
- Author:
- DAIRE Andrew P.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 42(6), December 2002, pp.766-771.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of childhood parental bonding on emotional distress experienced by primary caregiving sons for a parent with dementia. Caregiving sons who identified more care in the childhood bond with their parent attributed less distress to their primary caregiver role. Sons reporting less care attributed more distress to the primary caregiver role. Results suggest that the parental bond developed during childhood may play a role in predicting the extent to which caregiving sons will attribute distress to their caregiving role.
Story of the life satisfaction of a group of retired domestic workers in South Africa: a qualitative study
- Author:
- CRONJE Elsje
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 38(3), August 2002, pp.224-238.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article looks at the life satisfaction of a group of elderly Black South African retired women who had worked as domestic workers. On the basis of previous research it was expected that Black women in a low-status occupation would not have been a significant measure of life satisfaction, but the study found a high degree of life satisfaction , sense of meaningfulness, feelings of achievement, and pride in themselves and their children. For most of the women their church activities were very important, as was the well being of their children and grandchildren. Most lived with their children and/or other relatives, and feel, in their contributions to the household and the care of the grandchildren, that they are still useful. In spite of the "triple jeopardy" (age, poverty and ethnicity) that confronts them, these women display a strong resilience.
The influence of socioeconomic and health differences on parents' provision of help to adult children: a British United States comparison
- Authors:
- HENRETTA John C., GRUNDY Emily, HARRIS Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 22(4), July 2002, pp.441-458.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article examines the effects of the socioeconomic and health status on the help that midlife of parents in Britain and the United States give their children with money, domestic tasks and grandchild care. Results showed that there are relatively few differences between Britain and the USA in the factors affecting provision of support. Socioeconomic factors appear to be more important among married respondents while health is more important among unmarried respondents. Children's coresidence has greater effect on the provision of domestic help in Britain than in the United States.
Brown puts children first but will other services have to pay for it?
- Author:
- JERROM Clare
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.7.02, 2002, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Outlines the Chancellors decision to put more money into children's services, and looks at the client groups who may from lack of resources because of it.
Barriers, lessons learned, and helpful hints: grandmother caregivers talk about service utilization
- Author:
- GIBSON Priscilla A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 39(4), 2002, pp.55-73.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Increasingly, grandmother caregivers must interact with social agencies to obtain services for their grandchildren, but encounter unanticipated obstacles. This qualitative study reports the experiences of 12 grandmothers who were caring for black grandchildren through five social service agencies. A semi-structured instrument was used that included questions about different aspects of the experience through in-depth interviews and a focus group. Findings describe three categories of experiences: (a) barriers encountered in the systems, (b) lessons learned about the systems, and (ac) helpful hints about the systems. Implications for social workers include behaviour during service delivery, the dual role inherent in practice with arrivers, and inclusion and support of biological parents(Copies of this article are available from: Seaworthy Document Delivery Centre Seaworthy Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
P.S. I love you: long-distance caregiving
- Authors:
- KOERIN Beverly A., HARRIGAN Marcia P.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 40(1/2), 2002, pp.1-13.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Family caregiving plays an important role in our health care delivery system, especially for the frail elderly. Despite a substantial literature on caregiving, there is little research on long-distance caregivers, a population expected to double in the next decade. This paper reports a secondary analysis of data from the 1997 NAC/AARP national survey and focuses on long-distance caregivers. Findings include caregiver and care receiver characteristics, patterns of caregiving, and impacts on caregivers. The data are compared to previous national studies on caregiving and implications for practice and further research are considered. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
The housing timebomb: the housing crisis facing people with a learning disability and their older parents
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
An estimated 29,000 people in England with severe and profound learning disabilities live with parents aged 70 or over. Every year, people with a learning disability have their lives thrown into crisis when they and their parents are no longer able to cope. This report presents a picture of older parents living with the constant fear of where their son or daughter will live when they are unable to care for them or after they die. It estimates that only one in four local authorities are planning to meet their future needs.
Attitudes to inheritance: an exploratory study
- Authors:
- HANCOCK Ruth, et al
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 22p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
It is often suggested that people's attitudes to inheritance are changing and that in future older people will feel less desire to pass on their wealth to their children and more inclined to pay their care costs, meet everyday needs or capital expenditure such as the cost of housing repair. Drawing on a review of existing academic literature, market research and other industry survey evidence, this report considers what is known about how, if at all, people's attitudes towards bequeathing and inheriting wealth are changing and examines demographic and other trends. It concludes by setting out the implications for financial provision in older age and makes recommendations for further research.
Family work and quality of life: changing economic and social roles
- Author:
- ESRC GROWING OLDER PROGRAMME
- Publisher:
- University of Sheffield. Department of Sociological Studies
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
Recent socio-economic and demographic changes, such as increasing female labour force participation, rises in the age at which children leave home and improvements in longevity are all likely to have increased the number of people 'caught in the middle',that is, juggling paid work and caring responsibilities, whilst still supporting their own children. This research explored changes in economic and social roles across four birth cohorts passing through mid-life (45-59/64 years). It investigated the relationship between multiple role responsibilities and a range of indicators of quality life including health, material resources and engagement in social activities. The project was based upon secondary analysis of four different surveys:the 2000 British Household Panel Study (BHPS), the 1994-95 Family and Working Lives Survey (FWLS), the 1985, 1990, 1995 General Household Survey (GHS) and the longitudinal 1988/89 and 1994 Retirement Survey (RS).