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Self-help care for older people: an issue for local government
- Author:
- BERNARD Miriam
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Policy Making, 15(3), December 1988, pp.39-45.
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Institute of Local Government Studies
Describes the Self Health Care in Old Age Project and discusses local authorities' possible contribution to self help for elderly people.
Promoting health in old age: critical issues in self health care
- Author:
- BERNARD Miriam
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 206p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Explores the theory, extent and practice of self health care in later life. Brings together literature from areas of health education and promotion, self help, self care, and gerontology, in order to provide an overview of the main research approaches and developments in this field. Critically examines the self health care practices and capacities of older people, using illustration s from an ongoing innovative action research project.