Care and Health Magazine, 45, 24.9.03, 2003, pp.38-40.
Publisher:
Care and Health
Looks at the different types of dementia and offers some practical advice. Discusses Alzheimer's, Vascular dementia, Dementia with Lewy bodies, and Fronto-temporal dementia.
Looks at the different types of dementia and offers some practical advice. Discusses Alzheimer's, Vascular dementia, Dementia with Lewy bodies, and Fronto-temporal dementia.
Provides an account of the factors which influences an approved social worker's decisions about the care of an elderly man with dementia and his frail elderly wife.
Provides an account of the factors which influences an approved social worker's decisions about the care of an elderly man with dementia and his frail elderly wife.
Subject terms:
older people, risk, very old people, assessment, approved social workers, decision making, dementia;
An older couple with deteriorating physical and mental health and poor command of English provided a social worker with the tough task of co-ordinating different agencies to ensure the couple's health and well being while respecting their human rights.
An older couple with deteriorating physical and mental health and poor command of English provided a social worker with the tough task of co-ordinating different agencies to ensure the couple's health and well being while respecting their human rights.
Subject terms:
home care, home help, human rights, interagency cooperation, older people, physical disabilities, hospital discharge, risk, dementia;
The author discusses the risks involved in decision making for elderly people regarding the suitability of community or residential care. The dilemmas involved in respecting client choices is considered.
The author discusses the risks involved in decision making for elderly people regarding the suitability of community or residential care. The dilemmas involved in respecting client choices is considered.
Subject terms:
older people, residential care, risk, social workers, social worker-service user relationships, user views, care homes, community care, decision making, dementia;
The author talks to a social worker who had to balance the needs of an elderly patient diagnosed as having Alzheimer's Disease with the conflicting wishes of non-communicating siblings.
The author talks to a social worker who had to balance the needs of an elderly patient diagnosed as having Alzheimer's Disease with the conflicting wishes of non-communicating siblings.
Subject terms:
older people, parent-child relations, parents, risk, siblings, social work, social workers, assessment, Alzheimers disease, communication, decision making, dementia, family relations;
The author hears how social worker Ann Bates and a multi-disciplinary team in Havering took fast action to assess the dilemmas posed by the attempt to admit an elderly patient with dementia into residential care.
The author hears how social worker Ann Bates and a multi-disciplinary team in Havering took fast action to assess the dilemmas posed by the attempt to admit an elderly patient with dementia into residential care.
Subject terms:
multidisciplinary services, older people, residential care, risk, social services, social work, social workers, teamwork, voluntary organisations, care homes, community mental health nurses, decision making, dementia, general practitioners, health care, multidisciplinary teams;