Implementation of municipal mobility support services for older people who have stopped driving in Japan

Public Health ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 125 (11) ◽  
pp. 799-805 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Arai ◽  
Y. Mizuno ◽  
Y. Arai
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Mobility Support

A Typology of Caregiving Situations and Service Use in Family Carers of Older People in Six European Countries

GeroPsych ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirko Di Rosa ◽  
Christopher Kofahl ◽  
Kevin McKee ◽  
Barbara Bień ◽  
Giovanni Lamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Older People ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Family Caregiving ◽  
Service Use ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Family Carers ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Typology Of Care

This paper presents the EUROFAMCARE study findings, examining a typology of care situations for family carers of older people, and the interplay of carers with social and health services. Despite the complexity of family caregiving situations across Europe, our analyses determined the existence of seven “caregiving situations,” varying on a range of critical indicators. Our study also describes the availability and use of different support services for carers and care receivers, and carers’ preferences for the characteristics of support services. Our findings have relevance for policy initiatives in Europe, where limited resources need to be more equitably distributed and services should be targeted to caregiving situations reflecting the greatest need, and organized to reflect the preferences of family carers.

scholarly journals Older People in Long-Term Care Institutions: A Case of Multidimensional Social Exclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 297-309
Author(s):  
Feliciano Villar ◽  
Rodrigo Serrat ◽  
Annette Bilfeldt ◽  
Joe Larragy
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older People ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Models Of Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
The Impact

AbstractLiving in a long-term care (LTC) institution provides older people experiencing health and social problems with a comprehensive range of support services that address their quality of life. Despite access to such services, challenges arise in relation to their participation in key activities both within and outside the institution. This chapter examines such challenges, reviewing and describing ways to prevent exclusion along various domains, specifically social relationships, civic participation and socio-cultural life. Firstly, we discuss ways in which bio-medical models of care and the quality control systems, which are dominant in LTC services, standardise care, tending to put decisions exclusively in hands of staff, taking away residents’ autonomy, and ultimately curtailing rights and citizenship status. Secondly, we examine how LTC services might prevent such exclusion and promote older people’s participation in at least four respects: (1) prompting and supporting residents’ ability to take decisions on their own care, (2) favouring the maintenance and creation of social relationships, (3) enabling residents’ participation in the activities and management of the institution, and (4) guaranteeing residents’ rights and full access to citizenship. We discuss the impact and limitations of recent initiatives put into practice in these areas of practice.

Multi-Purpose Residential Homes: A Fair Deal for Residents?

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-404
Author(s):  
Fay Wright
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Residential Home ◽  
Model Case ◽  
Residential Homes ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Community Support Services

ABSTRACTThe paper reports on a study carried out in 1990 for the Department of Health looking at the development of local authority multi-purpose residential homes for elderly people in England and Wales. A national survey showed that one in five public sector residential homes for elderly people would soon be multi-purpose. This proportion could be expected to increase in the 1990S. Many of these homes had become the centre for virtually all the community support services for elderly people in the neighbourhood. Despite some obvious management advantages in making use of residential home facilities for older people in the community, there have to be serious reservations about a multi-purpose model. Case studies in six multi-purpose homes suggest that residents themselves may gain little or nothing from this arrangement. Few interact with elderly people from the neighbourhood in the day centre. So much activity on the premises meant that invasions of residents' privacy and space were common.

scholarly journals Interinstitutional networks and democratization of services in social intervention with older people in Portugal

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Isabella Paoletti ◽  
Alda Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Social Intervention ◽  
Policy Document ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Network Program ◽  
Interdisciplinary Study ◽  
Large Corpus

 This article presents an interinstitutional network supporting older people in Portugal and a policy document that institutionalized this type of interinstitutional practices. The data are part of a large corpus collected in the course of interdisciplinary research: “Aging, poverty and social exclusion: an interdisciplinary study on innovative support services.” (https://apseclunl.wordpress.com/). The documentation of good practices in intervention with older people at risk of exclusion were the aim of the research project. The data collected incudes: interviews, observation and recordings of inter-institutional meetings. In the light of the relevant literature, the study discusses the ethnographic account in relation to relevant policy documents (“Rede Social” Interinstitutional Network Program RCM no. 197/97, of 18 November). Describing the main aspects of the intervention strategies with the older population, the article documents the value of these experiences and the approach in policies for the democratization of services and the inclusion of citizens participating in decision making about delivery of services and the promotion of inclusive societies.  

Visual Impairment and Subsequent Use of Support Services Among Older People: Longitudinal Findings From the Blue Mountains Eye Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 156 (2) ◽  
pp. 393-399.e1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Hong ◽  
Paul Mitchell ◽  
George Burlutsky ◽  
Calvin Sze-un Fong ◽  
Elena Rochtchina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Blue Mountains ◽  
Blue Mountains Eye Study

scholarly journals Supporting Older Co-Resident Carers of Older People – The Impact of Care Act Implementation in Four Local Authorities in England

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Gareth O’Rourke ◽  
Liz Lloyd ◽  
Agnes Bezzina ◽  
Ailsa Cameron ◽  
Tricia Jessiman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Carer Support ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Preventative Services

The Care Act 2014 provides for ‘parity of esteem’ between people with social care needs and carers. This is achieved by extending the principles of prevention and wellbeing to carers; reinforcing carers’ right to an assessment; and setting national eligibility criteria for access to carer support services. This article reports on research that examined the impact of these changes on older co-resident carers of older people in four English local authorities. Findings are described in relation to four key themes: organisational arrangements and rationale; the aims of carer support and preventative services; design and delivery of carer assessment; and barriers to assessment and support. The findings of the research suggest that, despite the new statutory requirements, underlying contradictions and tensions in local authorities’ relationship with carers, and efforts to support them, remain unresolved.

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