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Geriatric medicine: a brief history
- Author:
- EVANS John Grimley
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 25.10.97, 1997, pp.1075-1077.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Provides a concise history of geriatric medicine.
A fair share of care
- Author:
- MAHONY Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 30.4.97, 1997, p.17.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reports that older people are being forced into costly care homes for want of simply, low-priced assistance. Asks whether a review by a Royal Commission would herald a more humane approach.
Linking up to the future
- Author:
- BENSON Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 5(1), January 1997, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The author reports on plans to develop a co-ordinated network of dementia services development centres throughout the UK and Ireland.
Dementia reconsidered: the person comes first
- Author:
- KITWOOD Tom
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 169p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Presents a theory of dementia based on person centred care. Subjects other theories of dementia to critical scrutiny and reappraisal, drawing on research evidence, logical analysis and the author's own experience. Includes chapters on: dementia as a psychiatric category; how personhood is undermined; personhood maintained; the experience of dementia; improving care; the caring organisation; the requirements of a caregiver; and the task of cultural transformation.
Service needs, usage, and delivery: a look at the imbalance for African American Elderly
- Author:
- BAKER Marjorie E.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Poverty, 1(1), 1997, pp.93-108.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper provides a review of relevant literature on the needs, usage and effectiveness of service delivery to African American elderly. Barriers impeding service usage are addressed and recommendations to make services more user friendly and more accessible to this vulnerable population are offered. The value of, and the reasons for considerable usage of informal systems of support by African American elderly is explained and affirmed. The need for more intentional and focused efforts to integrate and deliver formalised services is also encouraged.
Time: the hidden local resource
- Author:
- BOYLE David
- Journal article citation:
- Volunteering, 33, December 1997, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
Time Dollars is a way of providing non-medical services to older people. It originated in the USA as a practical way of creating a sense of community for people. Volunteers offer services such as help with shopping, which enables older people to stay in their own home. Explains why the idea may be of value as a new kind of community resource in the UK.
The process of care management with people with dementia
- Authors:
- SVANBERG Rani, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 5(2), March 1997, pp.134-139.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Discusses a pilot project carried out to demonstrate the possibility of supporting older people with dementia in their own community through needs-led planning, and in ways which are as close as possible to their own patterns of everyday life.
From states of confusion to a national action plan of dementia care: the development of policies for dementia care in Australia
- Author:
- HOWE Anna L.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(2), February 1997, pp.165-171.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The release of Australia's National Action Plan for Dementia Care in 1992 was the culmination of more than a decade of policy development. This article begins with an account of four phases of policy development, with the transition from one to the next marked by changes in thinking about dementia care being incorporated into policy and then expressed in programmes and care practices. In the second part of the article, the goals and structure of the National Action Plan are outlined and its implementation and outcomes discussed.
A neglected issue: an examination of older women's experiences of depression and the local authority social work response
- Author:
- THOMPSON Joy
- Publisher:
- Social Care Association
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 52p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Surbiton
Dissertation providing a review of current research and literature considering older womens experiences of depression. The main theme rests upon an exploration of women's experiences of depression as a neglected issue.
I'm going into hospital: what happens when I leave?; a guide for older people leaving hospital and their carers
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN LONDON
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Leaflet aimed at older people returning home from hospital and their carers. Includes a checklist of the kind of help that should be available.