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Housebound older people: home truths; an issues paper based on discussion with 144 housebound older people
- Author:
- CARR John S
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 20p., map. bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
District nursing, the disabled and the elderly: where are the black patients?
- Authors:
- CAMERON Elaine, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Health Services Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 13p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Considers the under-representation of black elders amongst the workload of District Nurses.
Caring for the disabled elderly: who will pay?
- Authors:
- RIVLIN Alice M., WIENER Joshua M.
- Publisher:
- Brookings Institution
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 318p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
Considers private long-term care insurance, individual medical accounts, home equity conversions, continuing care retirement communities, public long-term care insurance, modification of MEDICARE and MEDICAID, and block grants.
Your caring sharing friends and helpers
- Author:
- MACHARDY L.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.1.88, 1988, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes a Community Programme scheme on the Isle of Wight, run jointly by health, SSD, voluntary organisations and trades unions, to provide jobs for unemployed people who offer help to those who are elderly and housebound.
District nursing, the disabled and the elderly: who are the black patients?
- Authors:
- CAMERON Elaine, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Health Services Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 22p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Considers the characteristics of those ethnic elders and ethnic disabled who make use of the District Nursing Service.
Advocacy schemes : a way to help residents and staff
- Author:
- GREENGROSS Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Residential and Day Care Weekly, 1.4.88, 1988, pp.8-9.
Advocates can enrich the quality of elderly residents lives, and volunteers organised by groups such as Age Concern may have an important role when s1 and s2 of the Disabled Persons Act are implemented.
Caring at home: a handbook for people looking after someone at home - someone young or old, handicapped or disabled, ill or frail
- Author:
- KOHNER Nancy
- Publisher:
- National Extension College
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 125p., illus.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
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Rehabilitation of the older patient: a handbook for the multidisciplinary team
- Editor:
- SQUIRES Amanda J.
- Publisher:
- Croom Helm
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 278p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Issues concerning rehabilitation of the elderly and considered from a multi-faceted team management approach.
Money matters: income, wealth and financial welfare
- Editors:
- WALKER Robert, PARKER Gillian
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 263p., tables, diags., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
An ageing population
- Author:
- FAMILY POLICY STUDIES CENTRE
- Publisher:
- Family Policy Studies Centre
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 7p., tables, diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
A fact sheet examining the trends of the ageing population and reviewing the social and economic characteristics of elderly people in Britain.