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The consequences of elderly wives caring for disabled husbands: implications for practice
- Author:
- WILSON V.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 35(5), 1990, pp.417-421.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on a study of the stresses experienced by women who are the major carer, analysing the respondents' characteristics, sources of stress length of care giving and tasks.
Charting the hits
- Author:
- PRITCHARD J.
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 19.10.90, 1990, pp.10-11.
Describes a small scale survey of carers to identify causes of stress which might give rise to violence against elderly people.
Stress and strain among homecare workers of the frail elderly
- Authors:
- CANTOR Marjorie H., CHICHIN Eileen R
- Publisher:
- Fordham University. Brookdale Research Institute on Aging
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 244p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Looks at pressures on home helps and home care workers in the United States.
An evaluation of the effects of relocation within institutions - Part 1 : A review of research - for whom is the risk greatest?
- Authors:
- HOLTOM Rebecca, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 18(2), 1990, pp.60-63.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Reviews research on the 'relocation syndrome' with reference to the stress experienced by patients who are moved from one hospital ward to another and describes appropriate guidelines to minimise stress.