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Daughters helping their elderly mothers: impact of early attachment, daughter's trait anxiety and helping interaction characteristics
- Authors:
- LARSSON Gerry, WILDE B.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 3(3), July 1994, pp.167-172.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
The aim of the study reported here was to explore the relationships between early attachment between mother and daughter, the adult daughter's general anxiety level, and characteristics of the helping interaction between the adult daughter and her elderly mother on the one hand and the quality of this help on the other.
The burden facing women carers today
- Author:
- WYNNE Trudy
- Journal article citation:
- Health Visitor, 67(7), July 1994, pp.241-242.
- Publisher:
- Health Visitors' Association
An increasing proportion of elderly in the UK population, and changes in community care policies, will mean the bulk of responsibility for caring for the elderly, long-term sick and disabled will fall to women. Assesses the likely scale of the impact.
Salient themes in the life review of a sample of frail elderly respondents in London
- Author:
- O'CONNOR Pat
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 34(2), April 1994, pp.224-230.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Draws on material from 134 in-depth interviews with frail elderly women clients of SSDs in North London to illustrate the saliency of loss in their life review.
Man-made care: community care and older male carers
- Author:
- FISHER Mike
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 24(6), December 1994, pp.659-680.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Recent evidence about the extent of caring for older people by older people themselves, and about the importance of spouse care, has challenged existing debates about gender and care. Male carers, particularly older husbands, have been discovered. Attempts have been made to develop an understanding of caring activities of older male carers and to elaborate on the implications for community care. Suggest that one important way to promote non-sexist community care is to explore the conditions where men's caring is undertaken and how it can be understood and developed.
Abuse of elderly men and women among clients of a community psychogeriatric service
- Author:
- WILSON Gail
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 24(6), December 1994, pp.681-700.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on a study of elder abuse among clients of an outer London community psychogeriatric service. Staff reported elder abuse in their caseloads over period of one year. Reported cases were linked with referrals. Rates of abuse for different staff and for different age and ethnic groups were calculated. Women were very much more likely to be abused than men and were less likely to be abusers. Clients were frequently reported as abusing their carers. Staff reporting rates varied widely. Training and the time available to win the trust of clients appeared to be important variables. The staff response was limited by lack of managerial support and by lack of developed strategies for dealing with abusive situations. Separation was the most common response to physical violence in the home. Financial abuse was mainly dealt with by social services. Staff abuse was largely ignored.
Ethnic differences in caregiving: adult daughters and elderly mothers
- Authors:
- TIRRITO Terry, NATHANSON Ilene
- Journal article citation:
- Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 9(1), Spring 1994, pp.71-84.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article reports on a study of the quality of the relationships between adult daughters and their elderly mothers in six ethnic groups - Asian, Black, Hispanic, Irish, Italian, and Jewish - characterized as having a nuclear or extended family structure and the level of care provided by the daughters. The study found that women in both types of family structures are experiencing the strain and burden of caregiving and are at risk of mental and physical problems.
Women, the system and mental health
- Editors:
- FAWCETT Barbara, FEATHERSTONE Brid, TOFT Christine
- Publisher:
- University of Bradford. Department of Applied Social Studies
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 52p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bradford
Contains papers on: women and forensic psychiatry; adoption and loss and the experience of relinquishing a baby for adoption; women and dementia care in the community; women and child sexual abuse; good practices for mental health for Eastern European women in the UK; and power and difference - perspectives for practice.
Social work in the Netherlands: current developments
- Editors:
- HESSER Karl-Ernst H., KOOLE Wibo
- Publisher:
- Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Faculty of Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 127p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Amsterdam
Introduces social work in the Netherlands and goes on to look at: social work and drug addiction - the Amsterdam model; female social work or gender-specific social work with women and girls; gender-specific social work with men and boys; the office for children of drug addicted parents; Opstap, a preventive home based programme; social work with people with learning difficulties, older people, migrants, people with mental health problems, and young people; AIDS prevention; community development; child welfare; and an overview of social work education in the Netherlands.
Health-related resources for black and minority ethnic groups
- Author:
- HEALTH EDUCATION AUTHORITY
- Publisher:
- Health Education Authority
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 219p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aimed at all those concerned with commissioning, purchasing or providing health care services for black and minority ethnic groups. Lists books, video's, audio cassettes, and packs.Contains resources which: promote healthy lifestyles, inform about health services and how to use them, and are concerned with particular conditions and diseases. Also includes training resources. Includes listings on: access to health services; alcohol; ante/post natal care; communications (including interpreting/translating); contraceptives; death and dying; environmental health; equal opportunities; female genital mutilation/circumcision; HIV/AIDS; immunisation; learning difficulties; mental health; nutrition; older people; child care; disability; refugees; religion; sickle cell; Tay Sachs disease; Thalassaemia; travellers; and women's health.