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A winter's tale
- Author:
- POWNALL Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Practitioner, 71(12), December 1998, pp.401-402.
- Publisher:
- Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association
The onset of winter brings familiar tales of elderly people at risk of illness and death from cold temperatures. The author asks why the winter months are so dangerous for the UK's elderly population when in other, colder countries no such problems occur.
Keeping the house up
- Author:
- CLARK Heather
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.7.98, 1998, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Outlines the results of a study that showed how low level preventive services are a crucial part of home care provision for older people.
The importance of 'low level' preventive services to older people
- Author:
- CLARK Heather
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 71, October 1998, pp.21-23.
Reports the findings of a recently published study which was funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The research focused on the value of 'low level' service in enhancing the quality of life of older people and helping them to maintain their independence.
Maintaining mental health in older age: senior health mentors as the conduit for success
- Author:
- HUNT Frances C.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 3(2), June 1998, pp.29-31.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Describes an innovative health promotion programme - Ageing Well UK - launched by Age Concern England in 1993. Sets out it's mission and it's achievements to date.
Mental incapacity Green Paper
- Author:
- JENKINS Ginny
- Journal article citation:
- Registered Homes and Services, 2(12), April 1998, p.165.
Discusses how the consultation process for 'Who Decides? Making Decisions on Behalf of Mentally Incapacitated Adults' has just finished. Yet this Green Paper, which is of fundamental importance to the lives of older people, will be very slow in progressing to legislation. Argues there is a real danger that it may be destined to disappear into the oblivion reserved for worthy but politically difficult ideas.
In need of protection
- Author:
- INMAN Kendra
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.1.98, 1998, p.23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Campaigners are calling for more and better policies to combat the abuse of vulnerable adults, and for the government to take a lead. The author reports on the issues.
The importance of 'low level'; preventive services to older people
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Describes a new study which suggests that 'low level' services, like help with housework, gardening, laundry, and home maintenance and repairs, both enhance quality of life for older people and help them maintain their independence. It found that keeping a well-maintained house was central to many older people's sense of well-being and of being part of society, as well as to their confidence about coping at home.
That bit of help: the high value of low level preventative services for older people
- Authors:
- CLARK Heather, DYER Sue, HORWOOD Jo
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 72p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Report focusing on the value older people give to low level services such as help with housework, gardening, home maintenance, and safety and security. Highlights the extent to which these services promote older people's ability to look after themselves and maintain their independence and shows that older people give a higher value to help than they do to care, which they often view as a threat to their independence. The older people saw these low level services as preventing the need for care.
A constructive model for working with depressed elders
- Authors:
- RONEN Tammie, DOWD Therese
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 30(3/4), 1998, pp.83-99.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article presents a perspective on the problems of ageing and ways to help depressed elders by proposing a constructive model for change. Getting old in constructive terms is described as a new season, a journey one takes, and as an integral part of the life cycle. Case examples are presented to demonstrate how elderly people can change their misconceptions about growing old, accept the changes they are going through, and design and construct new meanings for the present as well as the future.
Intergenerational mediation: its potential for contributing to the prevention of elder abuse
- Author:
- CRAIG Yvonne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 12(2), 1998, pp.175-180.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Considers intergenerational mediation in the context of the contribution it can make to a holistic approach to the prevention of some kinds of elder abuse, where unresolved conflicts can be perceived as threatening events. An outline is given of the key principles of mediation and the types of problems it can be used to address. The next section describe some typical mediation processes with examples from the work of the Elder Mediation Project (EMP). The article is introduced by showing its relevance for social workers.