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Not such a winter wonderland
- Author:
- GREENGROSS Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.12.98, 1998, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author, Director General of Age Concern England, looks at the tragic and sometimes fatal effects of the winter months on elderly people.
How 'bracelets' can open doors
- Author:
- THOMPSON Malcolm
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 5(1), September 1998, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
In the last issue, an article discussed ethical and legal issues associated with technological developments in the care sector. Cambridgeshire has had a pilot project on the use of "safety bracelets". The author explains why the county took this controversial step.
Risk indicators of elder mistreatment in the community
- Authors:
- COMIJS Hannie C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 9(4), 1998, pp.67-76.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examines risk indicators of chronic verbal aggression, physical aggression, and financial mistreatment in a population-based sample of independently living elderly in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Included were socio-demographic characteristics, physical and psychological health, and functional capacity. The results indicate that the risk indicators of victims of financial mistreatment differ from those of chronic verbal aggression and physical aggression, suggesting that financial mistreatment may occur more often as a single form of abuse whereas verbal and physical aggression may more frequently occur together.
Perceived risks to independent living: the views of older community-dwelling adults
- Authors:
- MACK Ruthanna, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 37(6), 1998, pp.729-736.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Gather the perceptions of older, community-dwelling adults about factors they considered essential for them to remain living within the community. In-depth interviews were conducted with 103 men and women over the age of 65 years who were living in their own home or apartment, within an urban centre in the United States of America. Factors such as finances, health, family support, a sense of identify, and a feeling of independence were perceived by older adults to contribute to their ability to remain living in the community. Importantly, older adults viewed threats to this continued independent living as both (a) factors connected to losses and maintenance of capability, but also (b) as impediments to further growth of their personal well-being.
Predictors of institutionalization for people with dementia living at home with a carer
- Authors:
- HOPE Tony, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13(10), October 1998, pp.682-690.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article examines the relationships between behaviour, psychological functioning, the caring environment and subsequent institutionalisation in patients with dementia living at home with a carer. It uses a longitudinal study of behaviour in dementia, with a nested case-control study to investigate predictors of institutionalisation of subjects with dementia living at home with a carer. Concludes that both behaviour and psychological functioning and the caring environment can help in predicting which patients with dementia currently living at home will enter an institution one year later.
The associations between mental illness and homelessness among older people: an exploratory study
- Author:
- CRANE M.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 2(3), August 1998, pp.171-180.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Explores the role of mental illness in contributing to the entry to homelessness, and its prevalence among a sample of homeless older people. The results of an intensive field study which lasted for fifteen months found there was a high prevalence of mental illness among the subjects and this was a factor in the entry to homelessness in many cases. There were indications that some subjects with mental health problems became homeless because their needs had been neglected or undetected. Mental health problems also had an impact on the circumstances of older homeless people and affected their ability to seek and accept help. Concludes that more effective measures are needed to prevent homelessness amongst vulnerable older people.
Sliding into dementia
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.5.98, 1998, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Provides an account of the factors which influences an approved social worker's decisions about the care of an elderly man with dementia and his frail elderly wife.
Back home after discharge
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 4(3), March 1998, pp.27-28.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Details best practice in preparing and monitoring care following the older person's return home.
The neuropsychological assessment of age related cognitive deficits in adults with Down's Syndrome
- Authors:
- CRAYTON Lissa, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(3), 1998, pp.255-272.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
There is substantial evidence that older adults who have Down's Syndrome are at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease. In this study, adults with Down's Syndrome were assessed using a battery of neuropsychological tests, some of which had been used to assess dementia arising from Alzheimer's Disease in the general population. The results of a pre-existing global cognitive comparison, showed no difference between age groups on neuropsychological deficits which may indicate advanced dementia. However, the older age groups showed significantly impaired performance on memory tests in comparison to the younger age group. It is concluded that the more subtle cognitive impairments which associate to Alzheimer's Disease can be identified in the presence of a global cognitive impairment with sufficiently sensitive tests.
General paralysis of the insane and AIDS in old age psychiatry: epidemiology, clinical diagnosis, serology and ethics - the way forward
- Author:
- HILTON Claire
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13(12), December 1998, pp.875-885.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
While the incidence of general paralysis of the insane (GPI) has declined, AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) has emerged as a new illness. Today, in England and Wales, as many elderly people die from AIDS as from neurosyphilis, although both diagnoses are rare in this age group. Discusses how in view of the similarities between the diseases, it may be unethical to test patients for syphilis routinely. Epidemiology, risk factors, neurological and neuropsychiatric features and ethics must be considered before testing for both syphilis and HIV.