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The social cost and rewards of caring
- Author:
- CLIFFORD Dermott
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 267p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
A study of social services in relation to carers in Ireland, focusing on the Kerry area. Includes a literature review and an outline of study methods, and goes on to look more closely at carers of elderly people and mentally handicapped people. Explores the motivations of carers, and asks what positive experiences might be associated with long-term caring. Compares the Irish setting with similar studies in Britain, and the plight of female carers with male carers. Based on 76 case studies, outlined in an appendix.
The impact of the use of the social welfare services or social security benefits on attitudes to social welfare policies
- Author:
- MUURI Anu
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 19(2), April 2010, pp.182-193.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article investigates the attitudes of citizens and clients to social welfare services and social security benefits in Finland. The article starts by overviewing the previous welfare-state studies relating especially to the theoretical perspectives of self-interest and legitimacy. This is followed by empirical analysis of data from a Finnish national survey entitled ‘Welfare and Services in Finland’ conducted at the end of 2006, measuring responses to questions on attitudes to social welfare services and to social security benefits. This results indicated: that a different operation of self-interest can only weakly explain the differences in attitudes between services and benefits; that there is general support for Finnish social welfare services and social security benefits, which, however, is mixed with growing criticism among women and pensioners who are supposed to benefit most from the welfare policies; and that such determinants of attitude as gender, use and, to some extent, lifecycle have become as important as class-related factors such as income and education.
Women and pensions: a discussion paper
- Authors:
- HELP THE AGED, PRE-RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Lower wages, careers interrupted by caring (both for children and older people) and greater longevity all militate against women building adequate pensions, and this report also notes the growing disadvantage of divorce. The flat rate state pension redistributes from men to women, whilst earnings related pensions clearly do not.
The needs of older women: services for victims of elder abuse and other abuse
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Much of the research to date about the abuse older people face hasfocused on definition, prevalence and incidence. There has been little research into how to work with older people who have been victims of abuse. The aim of this project was to identify women who had been victims of elder abuse and various other abuses in order to consider their life experiences and consequent past and present needs. Presents the findings.
Older women's lives in coastal China
- Authors:
- XIAOLIN Xie, COMBS Raedene
- Journal article citation:
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, 6(1), March 1996, pp.62-80.
- Publisher:
- Times Academic
This paper concerns the impact of economic changes and public policy on the lives of elderly women in China. Through the case studies, factors which contribute to a satisfying life were identified. A major insight is that ageing is a state of mind.
Health, age, and gender: how do women with intellectual disabilities fare?
- Author:
- ANDERSON Deborah J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 38(1/2), 2002, pp.137-159.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The 1994-1995 Disability Supplement to the National Health Interview Survey (administeredto a representative sample of the U.S. population) was analyzed for women age 30 and older with intellectual disabilities (ID), developmental disabilities (DD) or both, in order to describe their functioning as they aged in the community. Definitions of ID and DD consistent with professional and legal standards were developedand adapted to the NHIS-D questions. An estimated .56% of the approximately 77 million civilian, noninstitutionalized, women age 30 and older in the United States have one of these disabilities. Compared with women in general,women with these disabilities had negative perceptions of their health status, particularlywomen with DD and health indicators tended to support their perceptions. Most were independent in activities of daily living , but instrumental activities of daily living posed more of a callenge, and limitations in major activities were common as was a high rate of distress and psychosocial difficulties.
Healthy ageing - adults with intellectual disabilities: women's health and related issues
- Authors:
- WALSH P.N., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 14(3), 2001, pp.195-217.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This report has been prepared by the Ageing Special Interest Research Group of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID) in collaboration with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence and the Programme on Ageing and Health, World Health Organisation (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland. Explores factors related to well-being and quality of life for women, examines and defines sex-linked differences in their life experiences and opportunities and to define their distinctive vulnerabilities - including research on health status and access to healthcare.
Meeting the needs of abused older women? A British Columbia and Yukon transition house survey
- Authors:
- HIGHTOWER Jill, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 11(4), 1999, pp.39-57.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Older women victims of violence by a partner or family member are more often categorized as victims of elder abuse, not victims of family violence. Their needs are assessed, if at all, by social and health service agencies, often with little knowledge or understanding of domestic violence, while domestic violence policy initiatives, advocacy, and services focus on younger women and children. A survey of domestic violence services in Canada found that women over 60 years of age were a very small fraction, generally less than two percent, of women served, and those 50 to 59 years of age were also substantially under-represented. Finds that better interaction is needed between those providing support and advocacy for abused women, and those who provide health and social services for older persons.
Gender differences in risk perception and neutralizing fear of crime: toward resolving the paradoxes
- Authors:
- SMITH William R., TORSTENSSON Marie
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Criminology, 37(4), Autumn 1997, pp.608-634.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Why the least victimised by violence (e.g., women and children) are most fearful is a central paradox in the fear of crime literature. Four attempts to resolve the paradox are discussed: hidden victimisation of women; greater tendencies of women to recall early life-course experiences, and to generalise fear from one context to another and from one type of victimisation to another; vulnerability of women; and male discounting of fear. Results are consistent with the vulnerability hypothesis, specifically the greater 'ecological vulnerability' of women, but there is also evidence of male 'discounting' of risk and fear. Further research is needed to assess the extent to which female vulnerability is more important than male discounting in accounting for risk perceptions and fear of crime.
Relationships among age, exercise, health, and cognitive function in a British sample
- Authors:
- EMERY Charles F., HUPPERT Felicia A., SCHEIN Rebecca L.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 35(3), June 1995, pp.378-385.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The study was designed to evaluate the association of age, self-rated health, and walking activity with four measures of cognitive functioning in men and women (age range: 18-94 years) randomly selected from British electoral registers. Assessments included a face-to-face interview regarding health and health beliefs as well as cognitive testing. Analyses the results.