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Present dangers
- Author:
- McNAMARA Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.10.98, 1998, p.9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at why disabled people are vulnerable to depression and asks whether social care workers should be trained to spot it.
More than skin deep
- Author:
- HOLE Louise
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 19.8.98, 1998, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explains the psychological effects that often emerge as patients with major trauma experience when they begin to recover from their physical injuries.
Distress and disability
- Author:
- SAYCE Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 89, January 1998, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Discusses whether users of mental health services are 'disabled'.
The role of religion/spirituality in coping with caregiving for disabled elders
- Authors:
- CHANG Bei-Hung, NOONAN Anne E., TENNSTEDT Sharon L.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 38(4), August 1998, pp.463-470.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Examines how religious/spiritual coping is related to specific conditions of caregiving and psychological distress among informal caregivers to community-residing disabled elders. Support was found for the hypothesis that religious/spiritual coping influences caregiver distress indirectly through the quality of the relationship between caregiver and care recipient. Caregivers who used religious or spiritual beliefs to cope with caregiving have a better relationship with care recipients, which is associated with lower levels of depression and role submersion.
Finding ways to cope
- Author:
- FURSLAND Eileen
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 19.8.98, 1998, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Nurses supporting patients as they recover from trauma injuries are engaged in emotionally draining work. Looks at support measures that can help them to cope.
Mental and physical frailty in older people: the costs and benefits of informal care
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 18(3), May 1998, pp.317-354.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Describes the financial, opportunity and social costs and benefits of providing informal support to frail older people within an economic framework. Around half the supporters reported financial costs or lost social opportunities. A minority of supporters had reduced their working hours or withdrawn from employment because of caregiving. Nearly all supporters reported at least one social cost and identified at least one positive aspect of caregiving. The benefits of caregiving were not consistently related to co-residency, relationship of supporter or frailty type. Possible strategies for decreasing the costs and increasing the benefits of caregiving are discussed.
On the state of public health
- Author:
- CALMAN Kenneth
- Journal article citation:
- Health Trends, 29(3), 1998, pp.67-79.
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
The author summarises the main points from his introduction to the report 'On the State of Public Health 1996'. Discusses some of the long-term strategic aims, gives a brief overview of health in England during 1996 and discusses progress on the action points of previous reports and new issues identified during the year.