Gerontology (eBook, ePUB)

Social and Behavioural Perspectives
Redaktion: Bromley, D. B.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1984, Gerontology: Social and Behavioural Perspectives presents a selection of the contributions from the annual British Society of Gerontology conference, held at the University of Liverpool in 1983. Issues covered include: 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040007556
• Artikelnr.: 70188843

Inhaltsangabe

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.