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Putting older people in the picture: a conference report
- Editor:
- SYKES Roger
- Publisher:
- Anchor Trust
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 134p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidlington
Report of a conference on research on older people, bringing together researchers from a wide range of organisations, who use a variety of methodologies, as well as older people themselves, with the aim of bringing them more actively into the research debate as opposed to being passive recipients of researchers studies.
Participatory design of an Internet-based information system for aging services professionals
- Authors:
- DARIN ELLIS R., JANKOWSKI Thomas B., JASPER Jarrod E.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 38(6), December 1998, pp.743-748.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The Michigan Ageing Services System, a World Wide Web based information system, was developed for practising gerontologists in the state of Michigan. The system's content was developed with extensive input from actual users. The content emerged into four main categories: news and current events, general information, policy and programme information and population information. The system content is briefly compared to that of World Wide Web sites published by other state units on ageing.
Another month, another national strategy
- Author:
- HILL Nicola
- Journal article citation:
- NCVO News, 96, July 1998, p.9.
- Publisher:
- National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Looks at the Government's latest national strategy 'Giving older people a voice' and goes behind the rhetoric to find out what older people in one pilot area, Newcastle upon Tyne, really want.
Empowering customers and staff in a home for older people
- Author:
- WILLIS Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 8(2), June 1998, pp.7-8.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
With reference to Bracebridge Court, a home for older people in North Warwickshire, looks at how empowerment of staff and clients is approached.
Preparing for a positive future: meeting the age related needs of older people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- WARD Cally
- Publisher:
- Association for Residential Care
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 211p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Chesterfield
Report from a development project, Positive Futures, looking at people with learning difficulties in the context of an ageing population and at what models of service and best practice should be developed as the needs of people with learning difficulties change as they grow older. Focuses on the challenges and opportunities for commissioners and purchasers, and service providers themselves, emphasising throughout the need to listen to users. Section four contains resources and information.
Storymaking and creative groupwork with older people
- Author:
- CRIMMENS Paula
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 176p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Shows how to use a variety of traditional stories, including myths, folk tales and fairy stories, to work creatively with older people. Adopts a holistic, person-centred approach, which incorporates emotional and social needs. Shows how storymaking can: provide an experience of community for people who may be very isolated; raise self-esteem; provide contact and communication; sustain the attention of members of the group longer than would be possible in one-to-one work; and provide entertainment and reduce boredom.
The role of carers in evaluating mental health services for older people
- Authors:
- DENING Tom, LAWTON Claire
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13(12), December 1998, pp.863-870.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article uses published literature and local service experience to examine the contributions that carers can make to the development and evaluation of specialist mental health services for the elderly. There is considerable scope for involving carers in the development and evaluation of services, though there are also some potential concerns, not least that carers and users may have different perspectives. These issues are discussed, along with possible future developments, such as the needs for a standardised assessment of carer satisfaction.
Better government for older people
- Author:
- YOUNGER-ROSS Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 6(6), December 1998, pp.236-239.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This introductory article describes the 'Better Government for Older People' initiative and its links with community care. The author argues that, unless the Warwick Consortium analysis is properly understood, community care planning for older people will be deficient. Some challenges remaining to be addressed by government in support of the Better Government agenda are suggested.
Practical guidelines for organising and running focus groups with older people
- Author:
- QUINE Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 8(4), December 1998, pp.4-6.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
This article outlines specific guidelines for running focus groups with older people, including recruitment strategies, issues regarding the appropriate form of address to use, and organisational ways of managing physical disabilities.
'...well I go not option': consumer perspective on discharge planning to residential aged care
- Authors:
- JORDAN Sue, LINDSAY Rae
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 51(5), December 1998, pp.45-50.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article takes a preliminary look at the quality of discharge planning from acute hospitals to residential care in Australia from the consumers viewpoint.