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For better or for worse: the experience of caring for an elderly dementing spouse
- Authors:
- POLLITT P.A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 11(4), December 1991, pp.443-469.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reports on a study of married couples, describing their attitude to dementia in one partner, assistance received from statutory services and informal carers and characteristics of elderly carers.
Family Care of the elderly with dementia in Hong Kong
- Author:
- CHU Irene P.L.
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 34(4), October 1991, pp.365-372.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Dementia is a disease which affects intellectual, emotional and behavioural changes in the elderly. The disease affects not only the elderly themselves, but also the family members who are involved in caring for them. An understanding of the nature of the stresses experienced by family caregivers and the factors correlated with this stress will enable the policymakers and health and welfare professionals to develop intervention programmes which meet the needs of our older population and the family support system.
Remember, remember...
- Author:
- ELEFTHERIADES Savvas
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 25.4.91, 1991, p.26.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Brief notes on the use of reminiscence therapy with people with severe dementia.
Stress, coping, and adaptation in spouses of older adults with chronic dementia
- Author:
- BORDEN William
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Research and Abstracts, 27(1), March 1991, pp.14-21.
- Publisher:
- National Association of Social Workers
Reports on a study which studies the social and psychological characteristics which seemed to influence psychological well being of carers.
Whither now?: planning services for people with dementia
- Author:
- LODGE Brian
- Publisher:
- British Association for Service to the Elderly
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 73p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
Provides an introduction to planning and developing services for people with dementia. Discusses the range of services required and the development of community dementia teams and acute psycho-geriatric units.
People with dementia: the Ferrard approach to care
- Author:
- GIBSON Faith
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 79p.,illus.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides a descriptive commentary on the innovative care regime practised at Ferrard House, a regime offering a continuum of carefully networked multi-disciplinary value driven care.
Caregiver activity on respite and nonrespite days: a comparison of two service approaches
- Authors:
- BERRY Greta L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 31(6), 1991, pp.830-835.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
A research study which compared in-home and day care based respite services and their effect on caregiving loads suggests that different types of respite care benefit different types of carers.
Care-giving in dementia: research and applications
- Authors:
- JONES Gemma M.M., MIESEN Bere M.L. eds
- Publisher:
- Tavistock/Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 500p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Papers by health care professionals from England, other European countries, America and Australia on the latest developments in care provision written for those working in the field of dementia.
Decision-making and mental incapacity: practice issues for professionals
- Author:
- PENHALE Bridget
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 5(3), 1991, pp.186-193.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Distinguishes between permanently incapable people and those who have become incapacitated and discusses the conflict between "best interests" and "substituted judgment" and the application of these approaches.
A taxonomy of reminiscence and therapeutic implications
- Authors:
- WATT Lisa M., WONG Paul T.P.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 16(1/2), 1991, pp.37-57.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Reviews the literature on reminiscence therapy and argues that inconsistent findings in the past have been due to a failure to distinguish between different types of reminiscence; offers a method of classification into six different types and their therapeutic implications.