... 16 attributes each with indicators describing the characteristics of the organisations providing the services; the skill mix of community mental health teams for older people; and the health care and social care services available in localities. Variation was evident, confirmed by quartile analysis...

...Bret Hicken; Kimber Parry Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of rural older veterans in the US and discuss how the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is increasing access to health care for older veterans in rural areas. Design/methodology/approach...

... have since sharp reductions in social care for older people. The next incoming government will need to address a deepening financial crisis in health and care system; the increasingly unsustainability of means tested and rationed social care alongside universal free health care; and the need to make...

... with the centre. Sandra Downes can be contacted at: sandra.downes@alzheimers.org.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Alzheimer's Dementia Eden Elders Health care Elder care Hawthorn House is a respite centre in Albany, in the Great Southern region of Western Australia...

... efficacy Elderly people Health care Diseases United Kingdom Resilience, the ability to adapt positively to adversity, is increasingly recognised as a feature of optimal psychological functioning. The importance of resilience may increase from middle to old age with older people facing...

... Ageing Internet Policy Evaluation Service delivery Health care The evaluation of health and social care services for older people remains difficult due to the challenges of cost‐effective sampling and assessment of older people's views. Whilst qualitative methods can clarify constructs...

... at: david.walton@rbkc.gov.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Elderly people Mental health Outcome measures Collaborative working Social care Health care The UK Government and Department of Health have a focus on outcomes and have developed Outcome Frameworks for Health and Social...

... followed the procedure prescribed by the MCA in determining best interests of non‐capacitous patients. Originality/value This paper highlights the need for health care professionals to better adhere to the principles of the MCA in assessing mental capacity and in determining the best interests of non...

... contribute to the social inclusion of older people, particularly in relation to health care. We discuss how agesim is endemic to some aspects of health care, and go on to show how the ways that biogerontology is reconceptualising what it is to age, and to be old, can help reinclude ageing and the aged...

... evaluation Patient's perspective Health care Peer-reviewed article Transitional aged care and the patient s view of quality Liz Gill PhD Student, University of Sydney, Australia Lesley White Professor of Pharmacy Management, University of Sydney, Australia Ian Cameron Head of Rehabilitation Studies Unit...