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European report on preventing elder maltreatment
- Editors:
- SETHI Dinesh, et al, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 86p.
- Place of publication:
- Copenhagen
Elder maltreatment is common throughout the World Health Organisation’s European Region. At least 4 million elderly people are estimated to experience maltreatment in any one year and 2,500 of them will die each year. Most countries in the Region have an ageing population, putting increasing numbers of people at risk. This report highlights the biological, social, cultural, economic and environmental factors that influence the risk of being a victim or perpetrator of elder maltreatment, as well as the protective factors that can help prevent it. There is some evidence of effective interventions, including psychological programmes for perpetrators and programmes designed to change attitudes towards older people, improve the mental health of caregivers and, in earlier life, to promote nurturing relationships and learn social skills. The evidence base needs to be strengthened, but surveys show that the public and policy-makers are already concerned about the problem. This report proposes a set of actions for Member States, international agencies, nongovernmental organisations, researchers, practitioners and other stakeholders to strengthen the policy response and devote adequate resources to the issue.
Elderly volunteering and well-being: a cross-European comparison based on SHARE data
- Author:
- HASKI-LEVENTHAL Debbie
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 20(4), December 2009, pp.388-404.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
This paper, based on Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) data, analyzes the relation between volunteering and well-being among 30,023 Europeans aged 50 and above in 12 countries. There is an overall positive correlation between volunteering and perceived health, life satisfaction, and self-life expectancy and a negative correlation to depression. However, in some countries the correlation is much stronger than in others.
Social involvement, behavioural risks and cognitive functioning among older people
- Authors:
- ENGELHARDT Henriette, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 30(5), July 2010, pp.779-809.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This study examines data, from 22,949 adults (10,902 men, 12,047 women, average ages 62 and 63 years, respectively) from the non-institutional populations, of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, and Israel, from the first (2004-2006) wave of the ‘Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe’, on relationships between cognitive performance, social participation and behavioural risks, such as physical inactivity, smoking, drinking, or obesity. The authors use “stochastic frontier approach methodology”, controlling for age, educational attainment, income, physical activity, body-mass index, smoking and drinking and identifying the effects on age-related declines to cognitive performance, of variables, such as employment status, attending recreational educational courses, doing voluntary or charity work, providing help to family, friends or neighbours, participating in sports, social or other clubs, or in a religious, political or community organisation. Cognitive function measures used were orientation, memory, verbal fluency, numeracy and recall. The pooled results indicated that social involvement enhanced cognitive functions and that smoking, drinking, obesity or physical inactivity reduced cognitive functioning. Variation was found between countries’ examined.
Do public pensions matter for health and wellbeing among retired persons? Basic and income security pensions across 13 Western European countries
- Authors:
- ESSER Ingrid, PALME Joakim
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 19(Supplement 1), July 2010, pp.s103-s120.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Coinciding with economic development and the expansion of public social security, mortality rates suggest that elderly people in the advanced welfare democracies have experienced dramatically improved health over the past decades. This study investigated the importance of public pensions for self-reported health and wellbeing among retired people in 13 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries between 2002 and 2005. Public pension data make it possible to differentiate between two basic qualities of pension systems: 'basic security' for those who have no or a short work history; and 'income security' for those with a more extensive contribution record. For enhanced cross-national comparison, relative measures of ill-health and wellbeing were used to account for cultural bias in responses to survey questions and heterogeneity among countries in the general level of population health. Results, overall, indicate that better health was found in countries with more generous public pensions, although the results were gendered – for women's health, high basic security of the pension system appears to be particularly important. Women's wellbeing also tends to be more dependent on the quality of basic security.
Eurocare: a cross-national study of co-resident spouse carers for people with Alzheimer's disease: 1 - factors associated with carer burden
- Authors:
- SCHNEIDER Justine, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(8), August 1999, pp.651-661.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Previous research into caregiver burden has identified that carers can be at high risk of mental health problems and that the comprehensive burden of caring has social, economic and health based elements. This study aimed to produce a cross-national profile of co-resident spouse carers across the European Community, with particular attention to: living arrangements; formal and informal support; service satisfaction; perceived burden; and psychological well-being. The results confirm the high level of burden and mental distress in spouse carers for people with Alzheimer's disease in the European Community. There are elements of burden which may vary by country but also elements which have a common effect in all.
A bibliography of European studies in social work
- Authors:
- SHARDLOW Steven, COOPER Stacey
- Publisher:
- Russell House
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 118p.
- Place of publication:
- Lyme Regis
In three sections. Section one contains comparative studies under the headings: children and families; disability (physical and learning); mental health; offenders; older people; social work education; and general issues in social work. Section two contains single country studies under similar headings; and section four lists social work dictionaries.
Eurocare: a cross-national study of co-resident spouse carers for people with Alzheimer's disease: II - A qualitative analysis of the experience of caregiving
- Authors:
- MURRAY Joanna, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(8), August 1999, pp.662-667.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article presents qualitative analysis of the accounts of caregivers in the European Union, detailing the difficulties and rewards in looking after their partners. This analysis indicates strategies to support them and alleviate stress. The results show that spouse carers in the 14 European countries included, described the difficulties and rewards of caring in similar terms, despite the differences in informal and statutory care provision in their respective countries.
European social services
- Editor:
- MUNDAY Brian
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. European Institute of Social Services
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 401p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Detailed account of social services in the twelve member states of the European Community. Contains sections on: organisation, responsibility and finance for social services; preventative services; children and families; elderly people; people with disabilities; addictions; illnesses; AIDS/HIV; socially excluded people; young people; services for migrants; names and addresses of major public and private social services agencies.