Older People

2009

February

We really want some answers

January

Dementia expert Victoria Metcalfe’s tips for dealing with dementia

Wales health intervention at home for the elderly

2008

November

Taking domiciliary care a step further

October

Free home care on the Isle of Wight

September

Supporting older people through a hospital stay

July

Croydon leads on dementia

May

Research Abstracts: Outcomes for Older people

Improving care packages and outcomes for older people

April

Swedish assistive technology impresses Isabel Schwarz Travel Fellowship winners Greg Brown and Hoa Nguyen

Carers take up support offered by wpf Counselling & Psychotherapy

February

Carers tap into dementia cafe chatroom

Delayed discharge: how Willow Housing and Care links health and social services

Dignity in care

Research Abstracts: Dignity for Older People

January

Multi-agency working and adult protection

European falls prevention network ProFaNE keeps professionals up to date

2007

December

Research Abstracts: Age Discrimination

Research: Social isolation in older people

November

Research abstracts: Findings on dual sensory loss

Dual sensory impairment in older people

Research: housing for older people

Help the Hospices: end of life care training for care home staff

Early days for Popp schemes

Health screening at the ExtraCare Charitable Trust older people’s homes

Older people: Knowsley Council’s community engagement project

Research reviews: services in rural areas

Research abstracts: social exclusion in rural areas

October

Tackling unpaid carers ill health

Palliative care for dementia sufferers 

Research abstracts: dementia and palliative care

Carers support and assessments

Research Abstract: Carers

Learning disabilities: elderly people face loss of independence

Modernising adult care

September

Mental health problems in old age

Assessing the mental health needs of older people

Research Abstracts: Social workers’ assessments


August

Research: how to improve dementia services?

Schemes that improve lives of people with dementia

Risk and older people – older people

Hospice at home: an award winning service

Combating heatwave threat to vulnerable people

July

Extra care housing: Melanie Henwood reviews the research

Older People’s involvement

May

Handling complaints from older people in care

Research: Older people, aspirations, lifestyle, health and well-being. Melanie Henwood examines findings…

The theory and practice of adult placements

Research abstracts: Adult placement schemes

Jill Manthorpe looks at research on suicide and depression among older people

Older people’s nutrition: cooking in care homes – best practice

Carelink: a project to recruit more carers in the Black Country (Sandwell, Walsall, Dudley, Wolverhampton and Stourbridge)

Services for older people from ethnic minorities

Older and disabled people hone online self-assessment skills

Research abstracts: Older people from ethnic minorities

April

Deafblind services at the Sense charity, Epsom, Surrey

Assistive technology projects to help elderly people and those with dementia

Practice Panel: When an 85-year-old woman changed care homes to stay close to her daughter her health and memory began deteriorating. Leeds PCT examines the case

Memory boxes: helping older people with dementia keep links to their past. A scheme by Kirklees Council

March

Older people’s category winner at Community Care Awards – Homesafe

February

My Practice – Giles Gardner

January

Practice panel: depression, bereavement and elderly people. Our multidisciplinary panel advises

2006

October

A project for older carers in Southwark, south London

September

Centre for the Development of Social Care Practice leads the way in university and local authority partnerships

August

Helping team members overcome the stress of restructuring of adult services demands openness and support

Communication is vital to social care department’s culture

July

Hard choice, little thanks

Giles Gardner explains how social work placements for police officer trainees are helping challenge prejudices within the force

Polish older man, a war veteran, needs more home support

June

Reining in a free spirit

My practice – Nichola Glover-Edge

May

Model village

April

‘Don’t cart me off’

My practice – James Lampert

March

Time to meet the parents

February

Don’t patronise me!

Can her son be trusted?

January When age is no barrier

2005 

November

If i can’t go home i’ll die

Against the stream

October

Calming presence

Just add water

Just a bit eccentric?

September

Doctors orders overruled

Battered or confused?

Home of choice

August

My Practice – Meic Phillips

July

When a carer moves on

Words to the wise

June

My Practice – James Lampert

May

Thinking outside the triangle

My Practice – Meic Phillips

April

Alone with her memories

March

Double the dilemma

Access all areas (Community Care awards winner 2004 – Carers)

February

My Practice – Mark Sloman

Carers in the night (Community Care Awards 2004 winner – Older People)

A timely reminder

2004

December

My practice – Meic Phillips

October

Is elder abuse the issue?
 
Abused by her grandson

September

My practice – Elaine Pugh

July

She won’t let us help her
 
One small step, one giant leap

May

Independence days

April

The healthy whole
 
February

Working at cross purposes
 
Violent cycle broken at last

Honesty wins the day

JanuaryWhen it’s time to intervene

2003

December

Love thy neighbours
 
November

Low cost high-rise help

October

Freezing cold and all alone

A minor miracle of rehab

She won’t accept support

September

Objections overruled

August

Help can delay the inevitable

July

The pain of leaving home

Need for a swift decision

June

Triumph of communication

Lost without each other

Crisis point draws near

May

Beware signs of decline