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Welfare rights: topping up the pension
- Author:
- BATEMAN Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.4.99, 1999, p.31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how increases in Income Support this month may boost the amount paid to elderly people.
Welfare rights: a benefit for all ranks
- Author:
- BATEMAN Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.2.99, 1999, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at whether War Pensions are worth claiming.
Home-ownership in later life: financial benefit or burden?
- Authors:
- HANCOCK Ruth, et al
- Publisher:
- York Publishing Service/Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 70p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Study analysing the financial costs and benefits of owner-occupation in later life. Includes sections on: home ownership among older people in Britain; the housing wealth of older home owners; is owning cheaper than renting; the potential for housing wealth to supplement income in later life; housing as a form of saving; and conclusions and policy issues.
Home-ownership in old-age: financial benefit or burden
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
There is a view that simply because more older people own their homes, they are financially better off than older people used to be. But 40 per cent of people aged 65 and over are not home-owners, renting can be as cheap and the values of some homes are quite low. Outlines the findings of a study.
Older owner-occupiers' perceptions of home-ownership
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Although surveys show that the great majority of older home-owners prefer to own rather than rent their homes, a more detailed interviewed study carried out at King's College London demonstrates that their views are complex and that, although they do generally much prefer to be owner-occupiers, they see burdens accompanying this status. Outlines the findings of the study.
The unwanted generation
- Author:
- LYNES Tony
- Publisher:
- National Pensioners Convention
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Response by the National Pensioners Convention to the government's green paper "A new contract for welfare; partnership in pensions".
The economic well-being of elderly people and children in a changing society
- Author:
- OZAWA Martha N.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 44(1), January 1999, pp.9-19.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article discusses the growing imbalance in the economic conditions of elderly people and children in the USA. It argues that this growing imbalance should be considered a threat for the social and economic development of the United States. It encourages the leaders of the elderly population to get involved in the drive to channel more resources into children.
Welfare rights: navigating through the maze of home funding
- Author:
- BATEMAN Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.1.99, 1999, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Explains how, by using a loophole in the system, clients may be able to use state benefit to help fund their residential care.
Income transfers to the elderly in East Asia: testing Asian values
- Author:
- KWON Huck-ju
- Publisher:
- London School of Economics. Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 26p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Paper examining the role of family and the state in relation to the living standards of older people in East Asia. Aims to test whether familial arrangements according to Confucian ethics, which are still taken seriously in East Asia, secures the minimum standards of living for older people in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Argues that public policy in the region assumes the family is primarily responsible for older people's living standards.
Elder abuse in nursing homes: the theft of patients possessions
- Author:
- HARRIS Diane K.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 10(3/4), 1999, pp.141-151.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article discusses the nature of this type of abuse and explores some theoretical explanations for it. In addition, some theft-reducing techniques ranging from simple target hardening to formal and informal surveillance are suggested.