International journal of geriatric psychiatry
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Int J Geriatr Psychiatry · Feb 1997
Home-based assessment for family carers: a preventative strategy to identify and meet service needs.
To identify unmet need for services among family carers and their frail or disabled relatives and to facilitate links to services. ⋯ A preventative programme of needs assessment for carer dyads has considerable potential; (a) identifying needs and engaging new services; (b) providing emotional support.
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To determine the clinical practices, retirement plans and post-retirement professional activities of older psychiatrists, comparing retirees with working psychiatrists. ⋯ Most older psychiatrists gradually retire by reducing work hours and developing new interests. The majority of retirees retain involvement in professional activities, but substantially less than anticipated by those still working.
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Int J Geriatr Psychiatry · Feb 1997
From states of confusion to a national action plan for dementia care: the development of policies for dementia care in Australia.
The release of Australia's National Action Plan for Dementia Care in 1992 was the culmination of more than a decade of policy development over which the federal government assumed an increasing role, and the participatory approach fostered under its Social Justice Strategy promoted collectivist and political attempts to address the issues of dementia care. This article begins with an account of four phases of policy development, with the transition from one to the next marked by changes in thinking about dementia care being incorporated into policy and then expressed in programmes and in care practices. In the second part of the article, the goals and structure of the National Action Plan are outlined and its implementation and outcomes discussed. Continuation of the policy climate in which the National Action Plan was formulated is a crucial, but uncertain, factor for future development.