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Barriers to implementation of a cooperative model of respite care
- Authors:
- PETCHERS Marcia K., BIEGEL David E., SNYDER Arlene
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 16(3/4), 1991, pp.17-31.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examines the reasons for the failure of a respite care project for carers of elderly people, based on reciprocal family support; feedback from a survey shows the major obstacles where psychological rather than physical or financial.
Shades of the workhouse
- Authors:
- CAMPBELL D., STATHAM D.
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, March 1991, pp.12-13.
Reviews the work of the Wagner Development Group in promoting the ideals of the Wagner Report against the background of deep-seated antipathy towards 'the workhouse'. New initiatives include the development of a charter for children in residential care, and model contracts to ensure some security of tenure.
A model of comprehensive community-based services for older blind adults
- Authors:
- LUDWIG Irene, SCHNEIDE Pamela
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 17(3/4), 1991, pp.25-36.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
VISIONS is a community project in New York which concentrates on the rehabilitation, socialisation and leisure needs of older blind people, and liaises with other agencies to provide appropriate services.
Vision and aging: issues in social work practice
- Editor:
- WEBER Nancy D.
- Publisher:
- Howarth
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 206p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Focuses on the impact of visual handicap in older people and the impact this has on the individuals themselves, their carers, services and policies. Includes papers on: the psychosocial aspects of ageing and vision loss; accounts by older people of their reactions to worsening vision; a model of comprehensive community based services for older blind people; development of a vision screening questionnaire; rehabilitation services; needs assessment; minority communities; measuring rehabilitation outcomes; and awareness of resources amongst visually disabled older people.