The Supportive Network: Coping With Old Age

Politics & Social Sciences

Wenger, G. Clare

Politics & Government

Unwin Hyman

The Supportive Network: Coping with Old Age (National Institute of Social Services Library)

Allen Unwin, London

The Supportive Network (National Institute Social Services Library)

Social Sciences

Routledge

<p>Much previous research on elderly people had focused on their problems, and had created an impression of a group of isolated individuals suffering from almost insurmountable social difficulties. Originally published in 1984, this study of the everyday lives of elderly people, and the sources of help and care available to them in the community at the time, made a special contribution by showing how they can and do make creative adaptations to the challenge of age, and by increasing our understanding of their informal networks of support.<br />
The author looks not only at the role and availability of family, but also of friends, neighbours, voluntary associations and statutory services and the composite networks of support which these contacts form, noting differences related to gender, class and household composition. The detailed picture that she presents would be invaluable to those teachers, students and practitioners of social work concerned with the development of more community-based patterns of social work, as recommended by the Barclay Report, and to policy makers who needed to understand how sometimes strained natural support systems may be reinforced and maintained. The book also extends our knowledge of the normal lives of elderly people and will be of general interest to social gerontologists and network theorists in sociology and anthropology.</p>

The Supportive Network: Coping with Old Age (National Institute Social Services Library)

Following admission to a care home, family and friends may feel uncertain as to how they now 'fit in' to their loved one's life. This training package, comprising a booklet and DVD, is designed to encourage family participation in the care home and develop a constructive partnership between staff in care homes, families and people with dementia. The DVD and booklet provide material for four separate training sessions for use by mixed groups of relatives and care home staff. Each session explores a different theme: sharing information, sharing the care, developing supportive relationships and making it work. With a clear and flexible layout, group exercises and notes for the facilitator, this training package will enable professionals and relatives to develop positive and fulfilling ways of working together and improve the level of care for those with dementia. This practical training package complements the book Involving Families in Care Homes: A Relationship-Centred Approach to Dementia Care (Woods, Keady & Seddon) and will be an essential resource for improving relationships between care home professionals, family members and residents with dementia.

Partners in Care: A Training Package for Involving Families in Dementia Care Homes

Woods, Bob

Ross, Helen

Keady,John

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Reports on development work with community care teams, introducing the use of network variation as a practice tool. This text deals with some of the difficulties of changing practice, as well as the applications of network variation in the design and packaging of interventions.

Understanding Support Networks and Community Care: Network Assessment for Elderly People (Avebury Studies of Care in the Community)

Avebury

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