The radical 1948 legislation, which established a comprehensive health and welfare system for the elderly, asserted that it was the duty of the State to provide appropriate facilities for not only the sick, but for all old people "in need of care and attention". The intention was that the welfare services (retermed social services in 1968) would develop small group homes to accommodate the fit elderly who were in need of care primarily as a result of social disadvantage. However, Townsend's penetrating study. The Last Refuge (1962), destroyed any illusion that these were State analogues of guest houses, and since 1970 occasional publications arising from surveys of Local Authority homes have consistently reported high levels of physical, me...
ii, 151 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.Global populations are aging and by the turn of the century elderly po...
When elderly people are cared for In Aged Care Facilities (ACFs) it is known that their family membe...
As life expectancy increases and mortality rates decrease, Australia is faced with an ageing popula...
The radical 1948 legislation, which established a comprehensive health and welfare system for the el...
The 20th century has been a major change in the age structure in most countries of the western world...
The objective of the research presented in the thesis was to review the use of the powers of compuls...
SUMMARY Nursing homes (NH) were designed as a measure to appropriately reduce hospital care use, fo...
The 20th century has been a major change in the age structure in most countries of the western world...
The objective of the research presented in the thesis was to review the use of the powers of compuls...
As life expectancy increases and mortality rates decrease, Australia is faced with an ageing popula...
Ageing-in-place is the preferred way of living for older persons in an ageing society and can be fac...
Ageing-in-place is the preferred way of living for older persons in an ageing society and can be fac...
Abstract Background Nursing home patients represent a heterogeneous, complex, and clinically challen...
One in three Australians are at increased risk for kidney disease. Involvement of the kidney can occ...
1. This report proposes a survey of residential care (used here to encompass both residential and nu...
ii, 151 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.Global populations are aging and by the turn of the century elderly po...
When elderly people are cared for In Aged Care Facilities (ACFs) it is known that their family membe...
As life expectancy increases and mortality rates decrease, Australia is faced with an ageing popula...
The radical 1948 legislation, which established a comprehensive health and welfare system for the el...
The 20th century has been a major change in the age structure in most countries of the western world...
The objective of the research presented in the thesis was to review the use of the powers of compuls...
SUMMARY Nursing homes (NH) were designed as a measure to appropriately reduce hospital care use, fo...
The 20th century has been a major change in the age structure in most countries of the western world...
The objective of the research presented in the thesis was to review the use of the powers of compuls...
As life expectancy increases and mortality rates decrease, Australia is faced with an ageing popula...
Ageing-in-place is the preferred way of living for older persons in an ageing society and can be fac...
Ageing-in-place is the preferred way of living for older persons in an ageing society and can be fac...
Abstract Background Nursing home patients represent a heterogeneous, complex, and clinically challen...
One in three Australians are at increased risk for kidney disease. Involvement of the kidney can occ...
1. This report proposes a survey of residential care (used here to encompass both residential and nu...
ii, 151 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.Global populations are aging and by the turn of the century elderly po...
When elderly people are cared for In Aged Care Facilities (ACFs) it is known that their family membe...
As life expectancy increases and mortality rates decrease, Australia is faced with an ageing popula...