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Drug treatments and dementia
- Author:
- HOPKER Stephen
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 128p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at the use of medication in dementia care. Gives guidance on the drug treatments which are currently available, detailing how they can be used, and assessing their effectiveness. Considers the clinical value of the new cognitive enhancing drugs such as donezepil. Also looks at the use of older drugs, describing the situation in the United States where controversy over the misuse of treatments such as antipsychotic medication in nursing homes has led to legally enforced controls. Highlights the need for evidence based practice and advocates the prescription of medication as just one part in a complete care plan reflecting the specific situation and needs of each individual.
The elder abuse resource centre, a coordinated community response to elder abuse: one Canadian perspective
- Author:
- WASYLKEWYCZ Maria N.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 5(4), 1993, pp.21-33.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The establishment of an elder abuse resource centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1990 was the culmination of more than 10 years of effort by the local professional community. Developed as a three-year demonstration project, the Centre's primary goal is to focus and coordinate existing services to elder abuse victims and their families. This paper will provide a brief description of the community developmental work that helped set the foundation for the project, outline some of the research findings from the Centre, and discuss two interventive approaches - therapeutic support groups for clients and multidisciplinary teams - which have shown positive results in the Centre
Time to design upwards in mental health services for older people
- Author:
- GOSS Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 7(3), March 2001, pp.18-22.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Four main areas of working need improvement if services for older people with mental health needs are to match the aspirations of the National Service Framework for Older People and the NHS plan. Describes what needs to be done and says that in the future we should be designing services from the recipient upwards.
Difficult decisions: what are a person's 'best interests'?
- Author:
- STOKES Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 9(3), May 2001, pp.25-28.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Much dementia care practice is founded on an assumption of the person's 'best interests' but these are often far from easy to determine. Argues that care plans must be founded on agreed and conspicuous safeguards which are not only ethical but also easily understood and administered.
Restoring the give and take in a relationship
- Authors:
- SNELLING Emma, BENDER Mike, GREGSON Denise
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 8(1), January 2000, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
For a person with dementia, the giving in a relationship can feel all one way as they receive increasing amounts of care and services. Reports on a powerful group experience where people with dementia were given the opportunity to reverse this 'gift relationship'.
Telling it like it was. Audio-taping stories told by mental health service users and carers
- Author:
- SMITH Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Education (The International Journal), 18(4), November 1999, pp.479-486.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper begins by claiming that the telling and hearing of stories is intrinsic to the social work task. Examples of the value of hearing stories in a variety of social work roles are provided, as are examples of the theoretical underpinnings which substantiate the importance of enabling service users and carers to tell their stories. The main focus of the paper is on relating how audio-taping the experiences of service users and carers evolved as part of the author's work. With the permission of those interviewed, examples are quoted from accounts of three different family members attempting to deal with a relative's progressive deterioration into severe dementia. These accounts are followed by the memories of a woman who took an overdose and was subsequently 'sectioned' under The Mental Health Act 1983. An interview with two parents attempting to respond to the needs of their schizophrenic son is discussed. Some of the unexpected positive repercussions of recording interviews with these service users are described and some cautions are also highlighted. The paper concludes with suggestions of how audio-taping the stories of service users can be used to benefit social workers engaged in various aspects of social work today.
A sociology of mental health and illness
- Authors:
- PILGRIM David, ROGERS Anne
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 254p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Provides an overview of the major aspects of the sociology of mental health and illness. Draws on a range of social theories and methods to illustrate points, provides information organised along class, gender, race and age boundaries, and critically analyses the mental health professions. Looks critically at debates around mental health legislation, and examines organisational aspects of psychiatry. Includes a chapter on community mental health work. Concludes with a discussion of the various ways in which psychiatric patients and their relatives can be understood in their social context.