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It's good to talk - man to man
- Authors:
- SAINSBURY Louise, GIBSON Gillian, MONIZ-COOK Esme
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 4(5), September 1996, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Men with early dementia may be very isolated at home, and at risk of depression. Describes a community-based social group which gave them an opportunity to meet and talk with their peers and support each other.
Protection of the elderly under the constitution
- Author:
- DU PLESSIS L.M.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Maatskaplike Werk, 32(1), 1996, pp.45-52.
Focuses on the plight of the exploited and thereby oppressed elderly, exploring new opportunities to address their dilemma. These opportunities have presented themselves with the birth of a new (albeit transitional) constitution. Argues that their proper exploration will require planning and well-strategised efforts from those who take the plight of the maltreated elderly to heart.
Advocacy and dementia
- Author:
- KILLEEN Jan
- Publisher:
- Alzheimer Scotland
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 65p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Advocacy means speaking for someone or for a group of people, particularly to defend their rights or to promote their interests. Advocacy has special relevance to people who are disadvantaged in some way and consequently are less able to speak for themselves. People with dementia need advocates for four key reasons: they may be vulnerable to physical, emotional and financial abuse; they need support at times of transition when a major decision about their future care has to be reached; to ensure they receive their legal entitlements; and to safeguard the quality of their care. Advocacy can take many different forms, including self-advocacy, lay or citizen advocacy, professional advocacy, legal advocacy and collective advocacy. The most vulnerable people with dementia are those living at home or in long-stay care who have no ‘natural advocates’, namely close family or friends to support their interests. There is a need for more work to identify with greater precision those people with dementia who need independent advocacy.
The right to choose
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.10.96, 1996, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes one social worker's dilemma when faced with an elderly woman who was at risk, but still wanted to make her own decisions.
The fight-for-rights
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.7.96, 1996, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author writes that disabled people, elderly people with learning difficulties are all speaking out loudly to be heard.
Snap decision
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.5.96, 1996, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Hospital social workers often have to make rapid judgments with little knowledge of their client. The author reports on one worker's dilemma.
Short changed
- Author:
- O'KELL Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.4.96, 1996, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
New research shows that shrinking community care budgets mean many vulnerable elderly people are not being offered the care they need. The author explains how existing services can be enhanced and better used.
The assessment process for older people leaving hospital: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
A new study suggests there are a number of problems with the current system of discharging older people requiring housing adaptations or special equipment from hospital. Looking particular at the 'home visit' with hospital occupational therapists, when such needs are assessed, it found that pressure of resources means that safe discharge is taking precedence over consultation and enhancement of independence.
The common enemy
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, SANGAR Vinay, SIMPSON Liz, STEIN June
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.5.96, 1996, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Working in conjunction is the only way to ensure protection from various types of abuse for vulnerable adults. Kent and East Sussex social services departments are taking a lead in developing practice to improve recognition of adult abuse and responses to it. Now the two departments are working with a small group of researchers at Kent's Tizard Centre, to establish just how effective the policy has been.
Equity, efficiency and growth: the future of the welfare state
- Editors:
- BALDASSARI Mario, PAGANETTO Luigi, PHELPS Edmund S.
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 428p.,diags.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
In the post-war period, spending on social security, health and education has grown continuously in the leading industrialised countries. The considerable size of this spending as a percentage of GDP together with the ageing population raise doubts on the sustainability of welfare spending. Argues that the welfare state should be reconstructed not only through readjustment of the social security system but also a change in unemployment benefits and the taxation of workers to avoid the perverse spiral that may be produced in the future by cuts in welfare benefits, growing unemployment and the need to further reduce the social security services.