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Break service
- Author:
- WILLIAMS E.
- Journal article citation:
- Search, 4,, Winter 1990, pp.2-4.
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Describes a home care relief service for the elderly run by Age Concern, York, and gives information or the National Association of Family-Based Respite Care.
A good night's crest
- Author:
- GAZE H.
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 31.1.90, 1990, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
CREST - for Care and Respite for the Elderly with Support and Treatment, is a night hospital for confused elderly people.
Breaks project update: "ready to cope again"; sitting, day, and relief care for the carers of confused elderly people
- Authors:
- LEVIN Enid, MORIARTY Joanna
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 79p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Interim report of a 3-year research programme on respite care for resident carers. The project aims to: establish and compare the characteristics and problems of elderly persons living with their carers with a range of mixes and types of break; elicit carers', elderly persons' and practitioners' views of these breaks and develop guidelines for practice based upon them; and to examine the effectiveness of different types and mixes of breaks.
An evaluation of a respite care unit for elderly people with dementia: framework and some results
- Author:
- MELZER D.
- Journal article citation:
- Health Trends, 22(2), 1990, pp.64-67.
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
Describes methodology of the evaluation and concludes that the assumption that the unit would avoid admission to institutional care was not justified).
Supporting rural communities
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 22.2.90, 1990, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Summarises a range of services provided by shire counties to their rural areas.