Family Change and Family Policies in Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States

There are at present armed forces of the United States in England, Northern Ireland, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, China, India, Iceland, in British possessions in the Western Hemisphere from Newfoundland to British Guiana, and in other friendly countries. There are troops of Great Britain or her dominions in Egypt, Iraq, Iran, and a few of them in the United States. English forces were a few months ago in Greece, and ours in the Dutch East Indies and Burma. There are troops of various exiled governments in England. The armed forces of Germany are in Italy, Libya, Hungary, and Rumania; and those of Japan in French Indo-China and Thailand. In every case mentioned, the visiting forces are in the foreign country by invitation, or at least with the consent, of its sovereign or government.

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The management of falls in older people: from research to practice

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology ◽

10.1017/s0959259800010492 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 397-406 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jed Rowe

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

New Zealand ◽

Great Britain ◽

Older People ◽

Acute Care ◽

The United States ◽

Community Dwelling ◽

Research To Practice ◽

Financial Perspective ◽

Serious Injury

Falls are common in late life. Evidence from New Zealand, the United States and Great Britain suggest that about a third of people aged over 65 will fall each year, a proportion that rises to about half for the community-dwelling population older than 85 years. Falls are the leading cause of death from injury in older people. Although many falls do not cause serious injury, nor precipitate referral to the health services for 30–50% of fallers, those that do have major consequences. From a purely financial perspective, acute care of those with falls is estimated to cost $10 billion per annum in the United States.

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Twenty-five years of Norwegian sovereignty in Svalbard, 1925–50

Polar Record ◽

10.1017/s0032247400040584 ◽

1951 ◽

Vol 6 (42) ◽

pp. 179-184

Author(s):

Anders K. Orvin

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

South Africa ◽

New Zealand ◽

Great Britain ◽

The Netherlands ◽

United States Of America ◽

The United States ◽

White Island

By a treaty signed in Paris on 9 February 1920, Norway was given the sovereignty of Svalbard, comprising all the islands situated between longs. 10° and 35° E. and lats. 74° and 81° N., thus including Spitsbergen, Bjørnøya (Bear Island), Hopen (Hope Island), Kong Karls Land, and Kvitøya (White Island). The treaty, which has since been recognized by a number of other states, was signed by the United States of America, Denmark, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Ireland, the Dominions of Canada and New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, India, and Sweden. The U.S.S.R. recognized Norway's sovereignty of Svalbard in 1924 but did not sign the treaty until 1935; Germany signed the treaty in 1925. On 14 August 1925, Norway formally took possession and the Norwegian flag was hoisted in Longyearbyen. Since then, twenty-five years have elapsed, and in honour of the occasion the anniversary was celebrated at Longyearbyen in 1950.

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An Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Commission, Signed February 6, 1947, in Canberra, Australia.

International Organization ◽

10.1017/s0020818300006421 ◽

1947 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 419-428 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

United Kingdom ◽

New Zealand ◽

Great Britain ◽

Northern Ireland ◽

The Netherlands ◽

United States Of America ◽

South Pacific ◽

The United States ◽

The United Kingdom

The Governments of Australia, the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America, (hereinafter referred to as “the participating Governments”),

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