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Helldorado
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 16.7.92, 1992, p.10.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
As the BBC launches its new sun-drenched Spanish soap, many elderly expatriates who had dreamt of an easier life on the Costa del Sol are now facing harsher realities.
A success story
- Author:
- MILLAR Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 28.5.92, 1992, p.25.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
A scheme in Newcastle has proved that sheltered housing can cater for a higher level of physical frailty than previously thought.
Employment: the role of work in the third age
- Authors:
- TRINDER Chris, HULME Geoffrey, McCARTHY Una
- Publisher:
- Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 83p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Dunfermline
Reasons for admission to part 3 residential homes: a summary of the research evidence
- Author:
- BOOTH Tim
- Publisher:
- National Council of Domiciliary Care Services
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 34p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
A report on meetings held to obtain the views of older people in West Suffolk on the provision of services
- Author:
- WEST SUFFOLK JOINT CARE PURCHASING TEAM. Joint Strategy Group for Older People
- Publisher:
- West Suffolk Joint Care Purchasing Team
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 21p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Ipswich
Community care: the elderly; vol. I; 4th report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Welsh Affairs Committee
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Volunteering: widening the horizons in the third age
- Author:
- DAVIS SMITH Justin
- Publisher:
- Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 75p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Dunfermline
Contains statistical information on volunteering among older people, and goes on to look at frequency and type of work undertaken. Part 2 is an organisational study of third age volunteering and includes information on barriers to volunteering; problems specific to older volunteers; a comparison of older and other volunteers; changing policy to involve older people; and what older volunteers want to do.
Services for elderly people: policy statement
- Author:
- LANCASHIRE. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Lancashire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 45p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Preston
Outlines the aims and objectives of the service and makes proposals for change. Details problems faced by staff working with elderly mentally infirm people and their carers. Goes on to detail policy and practice for home help and care, meals on wheels, relationships between housing departments and housing associations, residential care, day care, and other services. Finally, looks at training, relations with voluntary organisations, finances and interagency cooperation.
Community care: the elderly, vol. 2, 4th report minutes of evidence and appendices
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Welsh Affairs Committee
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 297p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Problems of training and cooperation in social work with elderly people in the EC countries Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Spain: a report from a research project
- Authors:
- ELIAS Gabriele, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Issues in Social Work Education, 12(1), Spring 1992, pp.24-51.
- Publisher:
- Association of Teachers in Social Work Education
Reports on a study based on a postal survey of social work training institutions in Germany, France, the U.K. and Spain. The findings are presented country-by-country and concurrently discussed in the context of the overall picture which emerges. Issues concerning basic and post-qualifying training and research in the field of social work with elderly people are examined. A diversity of provision for, and variation of the development status of, this area of social work training is identified.