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- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.5.00, 2000, p.29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Older people who misuse alcohol put themselves at risk and place their care workers in a quandary. They ask whether they should limit access to alcohol or purely seek to address the underlying causes.
Time to decide: a seminar at the Oxford Centre on Population Ageing
- Authors:
- HARDING Tessa, HERBERT Gill, HARPER Sarah
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This jointly sponsored seminar discussed the legal and professional frameworks for decision making with regard to older people. The right of older people to make their own decisions is rarely discussed, but in fact is very important to them. The complexities of the issues involved including how, where and with whom to live, to be treated or not, the different attitude to risk taking, control over finances, choice after death and so on, were confirmed by the case studies cited. Common practice, the impacts on carers, and supported decision making were covered.
Home alone
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.10.00, 2000, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Some older people prefer to live alone. There are many, however, who feel isolated, fearful and desperate for company and support. The author examines the barriers in the path to social integration for older people.
No safety at home
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.8.00, 2000, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A sixty-year-old women who misuses alcohol is being regularly assaulted by her grandson in her own home as he looks to her for money to fund drug and alcohol use. Yet she has a history of refusing help. Mike George talks to Alison Beattie, the worker who has succeeded in supporting the woman.
Negative consequences of hearing impairment in old age: longitudinal analysis
- Authors:
- STRAWBRIDGE William J., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 40(3), June 2000, pp.320-326.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
To determine whether functional and psychosocial outcomes associated with hearing impairment are a direct result or stem from prevalent comorbidity, the authors analysed the impact of two levels of reported hearing impairment on health and psychosocial functioning one year later with adjustments for baseline chronic conditions, Physical functioning, mental health, and social functioning decreased in a dose-response pattern for those with progressive levels of hearing impairment compared with those reporting no impairment. The results demonstrate an independent impact of hearing impairment on functional outcomes, reveal increasing problems with higher levels of impairment, and support the importance of preventing and treating this highly prevalent condition.
Rights and duties
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.6.00, 2000, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
An older person with Alzheimer's disease is proving a danger to herself and others but refuses to leave her neglected home to go into residential care. The author talks to a social worker about the case and the difficulty of striking the right balance between clients' rights and her duty of care.
Low blood pressure and risk of depression in the elderly
- Author:
- PATERNITI Sabrina
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 176, May 2000, pp.464-467.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This study examines the temporal relation between low blood pressure and depression in a two-year follow-up. The study group consisted of subjects aged 59-71 years; 92 percent were examined after two years. Subjects completed the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) and the Spielberger inventory scales to assess depressive and anxiety symptoms respectively. Data were collected on socio-demographic characteristics, smoking and drinking habits, medical history, drug use and blood pressure measures. Concludes that low blood pressure was a risk factor for, but not a consequence of, high depressive symptomatology.
Financial abuse of older people
- Authors:
- WALSH K., BENNETT G.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 2(1), February 2000, pp.21-29.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Provides an introduction to issues relevant to financial abuse of vulnerable adults, including indicators and remedies. Also highlights areas needing further attention both within the professional systems such as banking.
Factors predicting the relapse of depression in old age
- Authors:
- KIVELA Sirkka-Liisa, VIRAMO Petteri, PAHKULA Kimmo
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(2), February 2000, pp.112-119.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Studies in mixed-aged populations show differences between the predictors of a relapse and those of a long term course of depression, supporting the hypothesis about similar differences among the aged. The aim of this study was to identify the factors predicting or related to a relapse of depression among the Finnish elderly having recovered from depression during treatment. The logistic regression model showed major depression and psychomotor retardation to be independent predictors. Relapses were not related to stressors in life or psychical illnesses occurring the follow up. Major depressive elderly patients have a high risk for relapses without the occurrence of the stressors or the physical illnesses. Concludes that in clinical practice, major depressive elderly patients should be followed up in order to detect and treat potential relapses as soon as possible.
How to promote drug compliance in the elderly
- Author:
- SEAL Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Community Nurse, 6(1), February 2000, pp.41-42.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
A high number of patients, particularly the elderly, fail to take their medication correctly. This article explains the reasons for non-compliance and what nurses can do to help improve the situation.