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Understanding elder abuse: the SAVE project
- Author:
- MCCREADIE Claudine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 1(2), November 1999, pp.16-21.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes the research output of the Support and Advice for Vulnerable Elders (SAVE) project. Highlights how different groups recognise and experience elder abuse lending support to a generic and multi-agency approach to adult protection.
Understanding variation in resident needs and services in homes for adults
- Author:
- THOMPSON Jon M.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 30(2), 1999, pp.49-63.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Long term care in the U.S. has been influenced greatly by the emergence and growth of alternatives to traditional nursing homes. This article summarises findings from a study of adult homes and profiles their operating characteristics, services, and resident needs. Findings indicate differences between licensed and unlicensed homes for adults in terms of the needs of their residents, use of coordination of care for the elderly are addressed.
Why is working together so difficult?
- Author:
- QUIGLEY Leo
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 1(2), November 1999, pp.38-43.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Effective adult protection systems require many agencies with different backgrounds and aims to share a common outlook and agreed procedures. This article analyses recent work in Sheffield to ask why working together is so difficult. Provides an analytic model which can be used by others to examine their own practice and performance.
Cross-cultural differences in demented geropsychiatric inpatients with behavioral disturbances
- Authors:
- AKPAFFIONG Macjohn, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(10), October 1999, pp.845-850.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Cross-cultural differences in treatment and diagnosis exist in several psychiatric disorders. This American study examines the phenomenological and treatment differences between Caucasian and African-American patients presenting to a geropsychiatric unit for treatment of behavioural disturbances associated with dementia. Results found both groups of patients responded similarly to like treatment on an inpatient geropsychiatric unit. Concludes that the similarity may be explained by the multi-ethnic make-up of the interdisciplinary treatment team and by the use of standardised scales to measure symptomatology and response.
Geriatric care in the United Kingdom: aligning services to needs
- Authors:
- BOWMAN Clive, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 23.10.99, 1999, pp.1119-1121.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
The recent report from the Royal Commission on Long Term Care, 'With Respect to Old Age', recommends the establishment of a national care commission to monitor trends, costs and accountability, the interests of the consumer and to set national benchmarks. This article outlines a possible solution that integrates and aligns health and personal care for elderly people in a practical and incremental manner.
Older people, care management and interprofessional practice
- Authors:
- STANLEY David, REED Jan, BROWN Sharon
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interprofessional Care, 13(3), August 1999, pp.229-237.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Research conducted by the authors into care management and user satisfaction with older people identified a lack of clarity concerning role function of the care manager. This article presents data from that study. It focuses on the views of older people, carers, health professionals and care managers. Interprofessional working implications for the development of the care manager role, the development of services and for training are explored.
Home guard
- Author:
- KLEE Deborah
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 5.8.99, 1999, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Collaborative care can free beds while offering elderly people their own recovery plans. Looks at the results of the North Essex health and social services collaborative care pilot project.
Towards better assessment for clients and carers
- Authors:
- BISSET Ann, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 7(4), July 1999, pp.23-25.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Multidisciplinary assessment of people with dementia in a day hospital setting offers many advantages as well as disadvantages. The authors tried out CarenapD, a multi-disciplinary needs assessment tool, and found it a very useful tool on which a full assessment can be based. Discusses the findings of their study.
Broadening our vision of housing and community care for older people: innovative examples from Finland, Sweden and England
- Author:
- ANCHOR RESEARCH
- Publisher:
- Anchor Trust
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 91p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kidlington
Collection of papers exploring common issues in Finland, England and Sweden around the need to develop a broader vision of community care which emphasises prevention and the need for joint working across traditional boundaries. Also calls for a recognition that quality of life and social integration for older people encompasses a much broader range of services and issues than are usually associated with community care.
Meeting the needs of abused older women? A British Columbia and Yukon transition house survey
- Authors:
- HIGHTOWER Jill, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 11(4), 1999, pp.39-57.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Older women victims of violence by a partner or family member are more often categorized as victims of elder abuse, not victims of family violence. Their needs are assessed, if at all, by social and health service agencies, often with little knowledge or understanding of domestic violence, while domestic violence policy initiatives, advocacy, and services focus on younger women and children. A survey of domestic violence services in Canada found that women over 60 years of age were a very small fraction, generally less than two percent, of women served, and those 50 to 59 years of age were also substantially under-represented. Finds that better interaction is needed between those providing support and advocacy for abused women, and those who provide health and social services for older persons.