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Adapting a telephone support intervention to address depression in older adults with HIV
- Authors:
- BRENNAN-ING Mark, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services, 16(4), 2017, pp.335-350.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Rates of depression in older people with HIV range as high as 63%, compared to 15% in the general older adult U.S. population. The authors tested an adaptation of the RESPECT intervention for its feasibility in addressing depression among older adults with HIV (N = 25). RESPECT involves weekly phone calls made by care managers who engage and listen to the participants, and help to identify needed resources. Over the 6-month study period, depressive symptoms were significantly reduced. Qualitative analyses elucidated the participants’ complex behavioural health problems as well as the supportive nature of phone intervention. Implications for practice are explored. (Edited publisher abstract)
“You’re nothing but a junkie”: multiple experiences of stigma in an aging methadone maintenance population
- Authors:
- CONNER Kyaien O., ROSEN Daniel
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 8(2), 2008, pp.244-264.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This qualitative study examined the existence and experiences of stigma in a sample of older adult methadone maintenance clients. Twenty four subjects aged 50 years or more attending a clinic in a large Midwestern US city participated in semi-structured interviews. Twenty three subjects reported experiencing stigma. Of these, 12 cited experiencing two stigmas simultaneously, 6 experienced three stigmas, and 5 reported four or more stigmas. The two respondents who reported experiencing the most stigmas were both African American men. Generally men reported more stigmas than women. Eight distinct stigma categories emerged the most commonly cited being drug addiction (n=19), aging (n=13), taking psychotropic medications (n=11), and depression (n=10). Respondents who reported more stigmas were more likely to identify stigma as a barrier to substance abuse and mental health treatment. Implications for clinical practice and future research are discussed. The authors comment that it is important for clinicians, as well as researchers, to recognise the burden of multiple stigmas, the impact stigmas can have on attitudes toward help seeking, and the way in which they further impact the mental health status of clients.
Crackdown
- Author:
- ELLERY Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Roof, January 2007, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Shelter
Closure orders resulting in eviction are the government's latest weapon in the war on anti-social behaviour. The Orders have already become law in Scotland and have been proposed for England and Wales. This article highlights how vulnerable people may at risk. The article highlights the possible danger in cases of 'cuckooing' or 'takeover' where vulnerable people's, such as older people or those with mental health issues, have their tenancies taken over by drug dealers so they could conduct their criminal activities behind the veil of a vulnerable tenant.
Psychiatric disorders among the homeless: a comparison of older and younger groups
- Authors:
- DeMALLIE Diane A., NORTH Carol S., SMITH Elizabeth M.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 37(1), February 1997, pp.61-66.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Looks at the differences between older and younger homeless subgroups by interviewing homeless people in the USA using the National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule. Results showed that 13 percent of the 600 men and 3 percent of the 300 women were in the older group. Compared with their younger counterparts, older subjects were more likely to be male and white, to report lower incomes and poorer health, and to meet criteria for lifetime alcohol-use disorder. Fewer older than younger subjects met criteria for lifetime drug use disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. These findings suggest that older and younger people individuals have different vulnerabilities to homelessness.
Community care: getting help in Leeds; a brief guide to some of the different sorts of help you can get from the caring services in Leeds
- Author:
- LEEDS. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Leeds. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Short guide to community care services provided by Leeds City Council.
Impaired judgment: a useful symptom of dementia?
- Authors:
- HEAD L., BERRIOS G.E.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(9), September 1996, pp.779-785.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
'Impaired judgment' remains a diagnostic (and predictive) criterion for delirium, dementia and substance-related disorders, and yet its diagnosis and measurement are hampered by the absence of an operational definition. Most of the important research into judgment as a psychological function has been carried out in development and industrial psychology, in the experimental analysis of perception, medical diagnosis and legal decision-making. Models generated in these fields, although important, are only tangentially relevant to 'impaired judgment' as it is met with in clinical practice. This article explores some models of judgment and their application to dementia. It concludes that judgment is not a unitary function but a composite of subroutines. Hence, both low-and high-level analyses are required: the former to explore aetiology, differential diagnosis and treatment, the latter for the assessment of psychosocial competence. A model for the understanding of judgment is also suggested.
Anyone at home?: adult residential services; a handbook on visits for councillors
- Author:
- ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN AUTHORITIES
- Publisher:
- Association of Metropolitan Authorities
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Handbook drawing on guidance produced by the Department of Health.
The haunt of misery: critical essays in social work and helping
- Editors:
- ROJEK Chris, PEACOCK Geraldine, COLLINS Stewart
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 195p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Exploration of some of the main problems facing social workers in a society which is becoming more materialistic and concerned with the individual reather than the community.
Home life: a code of practice for residential care; report of a working party sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Security and convened by the Centre for Policy on Ageing under the Chairmanship of Kina, Lady Avebury
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR POLICY ON AGEING
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 114p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of the Working Party under the chairmanship of Kina, Lady Avebury.
Crossover culture
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.5.03, 2003, pp.56-58.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at three innovative projects where health and social care professionals have been working together. Features a project providing therapy for drug and alcohol misusers, a project on continence at a day centre for older people; and working with black and ethnic minority volunteers to tackle mental health problems in their communities.