Gerontology

ISBN-13: 9781032709888 / Twarda / 2024 / 262 str.

Opis

Originally published in 1984, this title covers issues such as: services for the elderly and their effectiveness, policy issues and privatisation, women and ageing, cross-cultural comparisons, approaches to dementia, and the topics of reminiscence, attitudes, education, retirement, visiting and research utilisation.

Spis treści

Preface.  1. Introduction: Representative Studies of Ageing D.B. Bromley  Part One: Dementia  2. The Early Detection of Dementia: A Baseline from Healthy Community Dwelling Old People M.G. Binks and A.D.M. Davies  3. The Early Detection of Dementia: Initial Findings from a Longitudinal Study N. Wood, J.R.M. Copeland, D.M. Forshaw, M.S. Muthu, R. Abed, V.K. Sharma and M.E. Dewey  4. A Community Based Follow-up of Some Suspected Cases of Early Dementia: An Interim Report R.T. Searle  5. The Development of a Standardised Mental State Examination and Computer Assisted Psychiatric Diagnoses for Use in Research with the Community Elderly J.R.M. Copeland, D.M. Forshaw and M.E. Dewey  Part Two: Policy and Services  6. Welfare Policy for the Elderly: The Politics of the Periphery? H. Taylor  7. Privatising Residential Care: A Review of Changing Practice and Policy M.L. Johnson  8. A Round-the-Clock Caring Service L. Sawyer  9. Private Lives P. McCoy  Part Three: Evaluation of Services  10. The Evaluation of Intensive Domiciliary Care for the Elderly Mentally Ill C. Crosby, R.C. Stevenson and J.R.M. Copeland  11. Evaluation of Long-stay Accommodation for Elderly People J. Bond  12. The Effectiveness of Social Care for the Elderly E.M. Goldberg  13. Exploring Service Variations in the Care of the Elderly: A Voyage into the Interior D.J. Hunter and C. Cantley  14. The Use of Services by the Elderly Three and Twelve Months After Discharge from Hospital C.R. Victor  15. Identifying Excellence in the Care of the Elderly P.P. Mayer  Part Four: Cultural Factors  16. Social Customs Affecting the Role of Elderly Women in Indian Society in 1982 A. Merriman  17. Community Care in the United States of America: The Channeling Projects D.R. Fabian  18. The Double Jeopardy of Ageism and Sexism: Media Images of Women C. Itzin  19. Elderly Women and the Challenge of Inequality S. Clayton  Part Five: Individual and Social Issues  20. The Value of Reminiscence in Adaption to Old Age: Longitudinal Case Studies Over Ten Years P.G. Coleman  21. Assessing Attitudes Toward Old People J.M. Simpson  22. Residential Separation and Visiting Between Retired Parents and their Sons and Daughters A.M. Warnes  23. Changing Images of Retirement: An Analysis of Representations of Ageing in the Popular Magazine, Retirement Choice M. Featherstone and M. Hepworth  24. Educational Gerontology: Towards a Necessary Discipline? F. Glendenning  Part Six: Epilogue  25. Research Utilisation: Another Cinderella? A. Osborn.  Details of Contributors.  Index.

O autorze

D. B. Bromley