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Developing rural services to older people
- Authors:
- STONE Moira K., comp
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 65p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Ideas and information are needed to develop services to older people in rural areas but not all groups and organisations can commission the necessary research. This resource pack aims provide information about: rural communities; the process of rural development; and examples of different types of activities and services to spark ideas about what may be possible elsewhere.
European challenges in delivering social services in rural regions: a scoping review
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, LIVSEY Lynne
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 12(1), March 2009, pp.5-24.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article presents an overview of the challenges facing the diverse rural regions of Europe in delivering social services to its citizens. This is at a time of significant socio-economic and demographic change in Europe. Changes include the impact of globalisation, European integration, population ageing, international and regional migration and restructuring of employment. The uneven impact of change is transforming rural regions in different ways. The article uses findings from a scoping review of the literature that explored different definitions and policy dimensions of the term 'rural social services'. A desktop search was undertaken of social services and rural policy literature published in the English language, from 1996 to 2007, and the limitations of this are acknowledged. This narrative review aims to scope the broad nature of challenges facing rural regions with regard to social services provision. The findings are grouped in sections exploring definitions, common trends and debates, key questions and underlying paradigms. The article concludes that policy makers and social work professionals may find it useful to take a wide view of existing literature while recognising that it is often limited and compartmentalised.
Older people and alcohol: a summary and recommendations arising from research in Ayrshire and Arran
- Authors:
- CLOUGH Roger, et al
- Publisher:
- Third Sector First
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Rossendale
This study looked at the impact of alcohol on the health and wellbeing of older people living in South West Scotland. Based on a review of the recent research literature, focus groups and individual interviews with service providers, older people and their carers, the researchers found that alcohol use can be both a cause and compensation for many of the difficulties associated with ageing. Even at low levels alcohol use in old age is more harmful than is generally understood; the study was commissioned to provide some clear, essentially practical, statements about how diagnosis, treatment, information and care services can be improved. The study is described in a full research report and accompanying literature review.
Scoping study of older people in rural Scotland
- Authors:
- PHILIP Lorna, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 118p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
In recent years rural policy issues have been to the fore in Scotland. However, the specific needs and characteristics of rural areas have yet to be raised in all policy areas. Issues concerning older people in rural Scotland are a case in point. There have been very few studies of older people in rural areas and in consequence there is little systematic understanding of their life experiences. This report reviews a wide range of material about older people in rural areas, presenting information around five quality of life themes: income, housing, accessibility, health and social care, and social and community life.
Growing old in the countryside: national conference calls for action
- Authors:
- HUBLEY John, HUBLEY P.,
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged/Rural Development Commission
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Briefing paper summarising the findings of a national conference on services for older people living in rural areas, where unequal distribution of resources has led to lack of services.
Care in the country: inspection of community care in rural communities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Letter accompanying an overview report of an inspection of community care services for older people and disabled people in eight rural SSDs.
Care in the country: inspection of community care in rural communities
- Author:
- BROWN Derek
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 71p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of an inspection of community care services for older people and younger adults with disabilities in eight rural counties. The report provides an overview of the main findings and key messages.
Older people and alcohol: a report on research in Ayrshire and Arran
- Author:
- THIRD SECTOR FIRST
- Publisher:
- Third Sector First
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 51p.
- Place of publication:
- Rossendale
The overall aim of the study was to ascertain the extent of the problem associated with the use and misuse of alcohol by people aged 60 years and older in the three local authority areas (South, North and East Ayrshire). It also sought to provide solutions to assist in the development, commissioning and delivery of services. The three main objectives were: to carry out a review of the literature that would provide information on numbers of older people affected by alcohol misuse at a national and local level and to identify some of the problems they face; to identify the range of, and evidence for, problems arising from alcohol consumption for people in the three study areas; and to develop a set of evidence-based recommendations for the development, delivery and commissioning of services for older people.
The hidden store: older people's contributions to rural communities
- Author:
- LE MESURIER Nick
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 57p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report considers the characteristics of older people in the English countryside and the experience of Age Concern in providing services for and with them. It reviews the literature on older people in rural communities, and finds that, where they are mentioned at all, it is usually between the lines and in the margins of most studies of rural society. This in spite of the fact that the English countryside contains a higher proportion of older people than urban areas, and that many voluntary services which help to maintain social capital in the countryside are run for and by older people themselves.
Fresh fields: rural social care: research, policy and practice agendas
- Authors:
- CRAIG Gary, MANTHORPE Jill
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 56p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Layerthorpe
This report focuses on the difficulties surrounding the provision of good quality, affordable and appropriate social care for older people and those with disability who live in Britain's sparsely populated areas. It draws on a wide ranging literature review, a reanalysis of data collected on local government reorganisation and on a telephone survey of rural authorities to set out agendas for research, policy and practice for those concerned with the provision of rural social care.