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Time: the hidden local resource
- Author:
- BOYLE David
- Journal article citation:
- Volunteering, 33, December 1997, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
Time Dollars is a way of providing non-medical services to older people. It originated in the USA as a practical way of creating a sense of community for people. Volunteers offer services such as help with shopping, which enables older people to stay in their own home. Explains why the idea may be of value as a new kind of community resource in the UK.
Forgotten resources?: the role of community buildings in strengthening local communities
- Author:
- MARRIOTT Paul
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 58p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Carried out in 1995-96, this study identified some 19,000 community buildings, of which 36% were village halls and 24% (almost 5000) were community centres. Marriot estimated that some 235,000 people were involved in managing these buildings as committee members and trustees and that 4.4m people, about 9% of the population of England and Wales, use them every week. The study revealed the wide range of services and support for community activities provided by and for local people through community buildings, including: social, educational and recreational activities such as lunch clubs for older people, sports facilities for young people, nursery and preschool provision and a range of adult education opportunities, environmental action such as local environmental improvements and education, community economic development activities such as housing and welfare rights advice, vocational training and support for community businesses. The author identified an array of factors for success and provided a range of recommendations which stemmed from the central findings that community buildings are largely invisible’ and ‘do not get the recognition they deserve’. Crucially, the study stressed the need for policy makers at all levels to ‘realise the strategic importance and potential of what is a vast network’. He pointed to the need for government action to move community buildings from being ‘forgotten resources’ to having their strategic potential recognised. He argued that community buildings ‘should be seen as key agents in any policy attempt to maintain or develop social cohesion’.
The study of the elderly volunteer
- Author:
- HAGIWARA Yasou
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy and Social Work, 1, March 1997, pp.41-50.
- Publisher:
- Japan College of Social Work
In Japan, the older person is supposed to be given assistance by others but is not viewed as a person who actively participates in social activities. This article analyses the activities of older people in Japan by examining their volunteering activities.
Exercise for the elderly in a rural community
- Author:
- TEDESCO Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Health Visitor, 70(1), January 1997, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Health Visitors' Association
Failing health and infirmity are some of the main worries people express about ageing. People who have enjoyed and continue to enjoy a physically and mentally active lifestyle are less likely to show a decline in intellectual and physical ability. The author describes an exercise programme for isolated older people in a rural area.
Realities and hopes for older gay males
- Author:
- WHITFORD Gary S.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 6(1), 1997, pp.79-95.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article seeks to add to the current body of knowledge regarding gay males and to go beyond the examination of stereotypes. In addition to describing the lives of gay men over the age of 50 living in the Midwest, a population location seldom investigated, this article examines the problems these men experience and the resources they bring with them into the ageing process. Special attention is paid to the older gay man's personal and social life and its relationship to the experience of ageing. Information is also presented about these men's need for support from organisations providing social activities and programmes.
Beyond apocalyptic demography: towards a moral economy of interdependence
- Author:
- ROBERTSON Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 17(4), July 1997, pp.425-446.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article examines the assumptions underlying the apocalyptic demography which characterises much of the discussion on ageing, and explores the politics of need as it relates to ageing policy in the context of the modern welfare state. Goes beyond the argument that an increasingly dependent older population represents a social and fiscal catastrophe. Argues that a moral economy of interdependence based on the notion of reciprocity, transcends the dependency/independence dichotomy, repoliticises need, and thereby creates the possibility of a revitalisation of civil society.
The wisdom of non-heterosexually based senior housing and related services
- Author:
- HAMBURGER Lisa J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 6(1), 1997, pp.11-25.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Understanding the housing needs of non-heterosexual seniors would improve the delivery of social services to more than 3 million gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender seniors in the United States. The feasibility and demand for non-heterosexually based senior housing and related services, however, has received negligible attention. This study is a first step and San Francisco is an ideal place to begin because of the community of non-heterosexual seniors, the City's housing market, the social service resources available to seniors, in generating market, the social service resources available to seniors, in general the social service delivery technology evolving in response to the AIDS crisis. Describes the methods used in finding out what the local non-heterosexual senior community need and desire and gives the results and conclusions.