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The relationship between housing benefit and community care: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Housing benefit plays an important part in supporting vulnerable people living in the community. However, the link between housing benefit and community care not fully allowed for in national policy or local practice, according to new research by Steve Griffiths.
Elder abuse in South Africa
- Authors:
- ECKLEY S.C.A., VILAKAZI P.A.C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 6(3/4), 1995, pp.171-182.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Abuse, ill treatment and victimization of older people are growing phenomena in South Africa, demanding greater public attention and response in recent years. Examines the problem of elder abuse within the South African context.
Elder abuse in Finland
- Author:
- KIVELA Sirkka-Liisa
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 6(3/4), 1995, pp.31-44.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Outlines responses to elder abuse in Finland. Describes the demographic characteristics of the elderly population and Finnish social and health care services. Looks at: the 'discovery' of elder abuse; the extent and risk of elder abuse; explanations of the cause and efforts at prevention, detection and intervention in elder abuse.
Elder abuse in India
- Authors:
- SHAH Gita, VEEDON Rosamma, VASI Sabiha
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 6(3/4), 1995, pp.101-118.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examines the prevalence of elder abuse in India. Looks at: financial abuse; physical abuse; neglect; emotional and psychological abuse; the causes of abuse and interventions to prevent abuse. Concludes that it is difficult to predict the prevalence and occurrence of elder abuse as India is currently at the crossroads between tradition and modernisation. Argues that in the future concentrated efforts will be made to detect, analyse and counter elder abuse.
Abuse of older people: a network approach to service provider training
- Author:
- HUGHES Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 48(4), December 1995, pp.21-27.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Outlines a training workshop designed for service providers responding to the abuse of older people. The workshop wad conducted through the Department of Social Work and Social Policy's continuing education programme at the University of Queensland. The workshop presented a network approach to elder abuse service delivery. The article presents the results of the workshop evaluation and proposes an amended programme over a two-day period.
Risk: the sociological view of perception and management
- Authors:
- ALASZEWSKI Andy, MANTHORPE Jill, WALSH Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 22.11.95, 1995, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Focuses on risk - an area central to health and social care - and considers the contribution of sociology to an understanding of the way in which risk is perceived and managed.
Risky business
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.8.95, 1995, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the components of a successful strategy for risk management.
Safety in numbers
- Author:
- BELL Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 8.6.95, 1995, p.9.
Argues that risk assessment could be the key to protecting social services staff from violent clients.
Managing behaviour
- Author:
- WATT Stuart
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 12.5.95, 1995, p.12.
Staff at risk of violence need training. Reports on a course on how to manage challenging behaviour.
At risk: dealing with violence in social work
- Author:
- LITTLECHILD Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, March 1995, p.14.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Assesses the effect of the threat of violence on the profession, and suggests some strategies for prevention and support.