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Older people, crime and crime prevention
- Author:
- ANDERSON Simon
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 54p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Report based on older people's own accounts of what they think and feel about crime.
Residential and nursing homes: residents' and managers' views
- Authors:
- COONEY Margaret, WILKINSON Althea
- Publisher:
- Newham. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Survey of older people placed by Newham SSD in nursing and residential care, carried out as part of the best value consultation process.
Of heritage and homeland: an exploration of the feelings, needs and expectations of elders from the ethnic minorities
- Author:
- ALIBHAI-BROWN Yasmin
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 24p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a research study based of the views, feelings and needs of elders from black and minority ethnic communities.
The importance of 'low level' preventive services to older people
- Author:
- CLARK Heather
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 71, October 1998, pp.21-23.
Reports the findings of a recently published study which was funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The research focused on the value of 'low level' service in enhancing the quality of life of older people and helping them to maintain their independence.
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.
I spy...
- Author:
- IVORY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.6.98, 1998, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author takes a fly-on-the-wall look at the work of Claire Rayner, agony aunt and a member of the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care, when she visited a care home in West Sussex.
Funding long-term care: challenges and solutions
- Author:
- NICKALLS Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Third Force News, 6.2.98, 1998, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Talks to Sir Stewart Sutherland, chairman of the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care for the Elderly, about the complex issues he is trying to resolve.
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.
Older people as consumers in care homes
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of Fair Trading
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of Fair Trading
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Inquiry looking at care homes and focusing in particular on: what information was provided to residents about their future home; what contracts were used; how the financial affairs of residents were handled; and what mechanisms existed to address complaints from residents or their representatives. The findings are based on the views of residents, relatives, pressure groups, government departments, local authorities and health authorities.
Home care support: a survey of user satisfaction with the home care support service
- Author:
- COONEY Margaret
- Publisher:
- Newham. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Survey of user views of home care services in the London Borough of Newham, carried out as part of the best value consultation process.