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Strategies to help keep people moving
- Author:
- ODDY Rosemary
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 4(4), July 1996, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The author explains how when someone who has dementia needs encouragement to remain mobile, specific verbal and non-verbal strategies can help.
What works: hearing loss and healthy ageing
- Author:
- NHS ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- NHS England
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 28
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide provides information for commissioners and care providers to help support older people with hearing loss in addressing their hearing and communication challenges and retain their independence. It looks at impact of hearing loss on overall health and wellbeing of the individual, the economic impact to society and the impact on an individual's independence. It outlines the responsibilities of commissioners and providers in relation to the provision of care for older people with hearing loss and provides useful advice for care providers to promote effective hearing and communication. Short case studies include screening for hearing loss in hospitals and care homes and supporting the management of hearing loss in care homes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Rehabilitation services for older people: a bulletin for trusts and social care organisations
- Author:
- DISTRICT AUDIT
- Publisher:
- District Audit
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Rehabilitation and preventative services have an essential part to play in helping older people maintain their independence and a good quality of life. Effective rehabilitation services can prevent the need for older people to be admitted to hospital, facilitate their discharge from hospital and reduce their reliance on institutional care or community services. However, rehabilitation services are failing to make the necessary impact: services are unco-ordinated, they do not engage with older people as individuals and so cannot respond to their needs.
National care standards: care homes for older people
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 63p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Outlines the national care standards for care homes in Scotland. Contents: before using the support service, standards one to six; settling in, standards seven to eleven; day to day life, standards twelve to nineteen; moving on, standard twenty.
Technology for independence: telecare - technology for older people
- Authors:
- BROWNSELL Simon, PORTEUS Jeremy
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 3(3), September 2000, pp.27-29.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article is based on the report 'Using Telecare: Exploring Technologies for Independent Living for Older People', which contains the findings of a lifestyle monitoring system. The report sets the project in the context of other work in the field of care of older people in the UK and of related health and social care initiatives. The authors identify the research agenda involved in the further development of lifestyle monitoring and that surrounding telecare in general.
Learning disability today: key issues for providers, managers, practitioners and users
- Editors:
- CARNABY Steven, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 218p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
Introduction to some of the central issues in the lives of people with learning difficulties and the people who support them. It provides context, underpinning knowledge and practical strategies for giving care and support that promotes rights, independence, choice and inclusion. Includes understanding approaches to learning disability; policy and legislation; understanding and developing anti oppressive practice; protecting people from abuse; assessing and managing risk; understanding and promoting communication; handling information and keeping records; undertaking assessment and promoting communication; enabling and supporting community involvement; understanding and promoting advocacy and decision making; sexuality; access to health care and supporting healthy lifestyles; working with people with profound and multiple learning difficulties; supporting people with challenging behaviour; mental health; managing change, transition and loss; and supporting older people with learning difficulties.
Older people in Wales: their transport and mobility: a literature review
- Authors:
- WINDLE Gill, BURHOLT Vanessa
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 4(2), August 2003, pp.28-35.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Findings from research show that older people regard owning a car as a means to independence and mobility. Car ownership is considered the norm in rural areas. However, within Wales, older people are more likely to live in rural areas and not own private transport. Mobility, hearing and sight impairments are more likely in older populations, rendering the use of public transport problematic. Difficulties include getting on and off buses, reading timetables and communicating with service personnel.
Learning disability today: key issues for providers, managers, practitioners and users
- Editor:
- CARNABY Steven
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 276p.,illus.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Introduction to some of the central issues in the lives of people with learning difficulties and the people who support them. It provides context, underpinning knowledge and practical strategies for giving care and support that promotes rights, independence, choice and inclusion. Includes chapters on: understanding approaches to learning disability; policy and legislation; understanding and developing anti oppressive practice; protecting people from abuse; assessing and managing risk; understanding and promoting communication; handling information and keeping records; undertaking assessment and promoting communication; enabling and supporting community involvement; understanding and promoting advocacy and decision making; sexuality; access to health care and supporting healthy lifestyles; working with people with profound and multiple learning difficulties; supporting people with challenging behaviour; mental health; managing change, transition and loss; and supporting older people with learning difficulties. Illustrated throughout with case studies.
Autonomy versus compulsion in the care of dependent older people
- Authors:
- ROSIN Arnold J., SONNENBLICK Moshe
- Journal article citation:
- Health Care in Later Life, 3(3), 1998, pp.159-170.
The preservation of individual autonomy in sick or dependent people is a fundamental principle of modern health-care ethics. Uses practical examples to discuss these issues. Concludes that restraint is justified for the patient's sake if he or she interferes manually with the treatment, but to restrain 'in case' the patient endangers himself or herself is not justified as a general rule. Also discusses the dilemma posed by the question of whose autonomy takes precedence: the patient's or the family's and how advances in social services have helped to overcome some of these dilemmas.