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Mary Lee Hummert and Jon F. Nussbaum (Eds.). Aging, Communication and Health: Linking Research and Practice for Successful Aging. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2001.
Authors: Kwong See Sheree T. 
Published: November 2010

RÉSUMÉCe livre rédigé est le résultat de dialogue et de discussions suivant la Troisième conférence internationale sur la communication, le vieillissement et la santé, tenue en 1996. Le livre reflète le thème de la conférence et affirme la conviction que la communication est un lien essentiel dans la promotion de la santé et du vieillissement réussi. Les écrits proviennent de personnes érudites, de réputations internationales et de disciplines variées. Les rédacteurs ont divisé le livre en trois sections, chacune mettant au premier plan un aspect unique d'une relation réussi entre la communication, la santé et le vieillissement. Ce livre est une ressource clé pour les académiques intéressés à la communication et au vieillissement. De plus, chaque chapitre se termine avec des suggestions utiles afin de lier la recherche à la pratique. Ce livre est une ressource précieuse pour les prestataires en service de santé qui travaillent au sein d'une clientèle âgée
Peter Suedfeld, (Ed.). Light from the Ashes: Social Science Careers of Young Holocaust Refugees and Survivors. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001.
Authors: Schiff Brian 
Published: November 2010

RÉSUMÉLe livre intitulé Light from the Ashes est un recueil important de 17 autobiographies écrites par des chercheurs du domaine des sciences sociales et qui ont vécu l'holocauste soit en se cachant en Europe, soit en prenant la fuite de l'Allemagne Nazi avant le début de la guerre. Les auteurs proviennent de plusieurs disciplines des sciences sociales. Chacun a été demandé de retracer le lien entre ses expériences durant la guerre et son choix de recherches ultérieures. Sous réflexion, la majorité affirme que l'holocauste a effectivement joué un rôle important dans leur choix de carrière. Bien que nous ne pourrions jamais déterminer le rapport de cause à effet du passé sur le présent, ces histoires reflètent la capacité humaine d'interpréter le passé par le bias du présent. Le livre Light from the Ashes offre une contribution important à notre compréhension de la capacité humaine de fonder une famille, une carrière et une histoire de vie significative suivant des interruptions et des privations considérables antérieures.
The Physical and Social Environments of Small Rural Nursing Homes: Assessing Supportiveness for Residents with Dementia
Authors: Morgan Debra G. , Semchuk Karen M. , Stewart Norma J. , D'Arcy Carl 
Published: November 2010

ABSTRACTThe physical and social environments are recognized as important therapeutic tools in the care of nursing home residents with dementia, yet little is known about the environments of rural nursing homes. This study was conducted in one rural health authority (16,000 km 2) in the province of Saskatchewan. Long-term institutional care was provided in seven small (15 to 35 beds), publicly funded nursing homes, none of which had separate dementia special care units (SCUs). The Physical Environmental Assessment Protocol (PEAP) was used to evaluate the facilities on nine key dimensions of dementia care environments. Facilities were most supportive in provision of privacy and least supportive on maximizing awareness and orientation. Focus groups were conducted with registered nurses, nursing aides, and activity workers. Staff caregivers identified six special needs of residents with dementia that were difficult to meet in the nursing homes, two of which were related to the physical environment (safety and a calm, quiet environment) and four of which were related to the social environment (meaningful activity and one-to-one contact, opportunity to use remaining abilities, flexible policy, and knowledgeable caregivers who enjoy working with persons with dementia). Staff suggested separate dementia SCUs as one approach to managing dementia care but also identified challenges in creating dementia units in small rural facilities. Results provide support for conceptual models of dementia care settings that emphasize the interaction of organizational, social, and physical factors.
Priority Setting in a Canadian Long-Term Care Setting: A Case Study Using Program Budgeting and Marginal Analysis
Authors: Mitton Craig , Donaldson Cam , Manderville Pat 
Published: November 2010

ABSTRACTCanadian health regions are required to set priorities and allocate resources within a limited funding envelope. Program budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA) was piloted in continuing care in Claresholm, Alberta, with the aim of improving overall benefit from available resources. A marginal-analysis expert panel was used to assess options for continuing-care delivery. Inputs into the decision-making process included evidence from the literature, regional and provincial reports, program budgeting information, and local knowledge. Recommendations included implementing adult, day-and-night support programs and converting long-term beds to convalescent beds. Changes were funded through allocating provincial Broda funding and altering nursing assistant and physiotherapy activity. PBMA was demonstrated to be an effective framework in aiding decision makers with redesigning services in Claresholm. This case study is one of several which indicate PBMA to be a valuable aid to priority setting in health care service provision.
Sheila M. Peace and Caroline Holland (Eds.). Inclusive Housing in an Ageing Society: Innovative Approaches. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 2001.
Authors: Chaudhury Habib 
Published: November 2010

RÉSUMÉCe livre est une importante addition au domaine du logement des personnes âgées. Le livre offre une collection de chapitres regroupant une gamme de sujets relatifs aux politiques de l'état, de la planification et des modèles, et de la livraison des services sociaux et de santé. Dans la première partie du livre, les auteurs se penchent sur plusieurs questions d'accessibilité de logements en relation aux politiques de logement, de la mise en oeuvre et des défis connexes. La deuxième partie du livre est consacrée à l'utilisation de plusieurs études de recherche pour éclaircir les vrais milieux de vie en relation à l'accessibilité, l'inclusion sociale, les choix de styles de vie et les possibilités intergénérationnelles. Les sujets des 11 chapitres comprennent : le logement du « troisième âge » ; les maisons de longévité ; les politiques de logements accessibles ; les technologies des maisons averties ; la démence et la technologie ; l'intégration versus la ségrégation ; le partage de logement ; les communautés-retraite. Les étudiants, les personnes responsables du logement et/ou des politiques, les professionnels de conception et de planification, les travailleurs sociaux, les promoteurs, les bénévoles plaidant pour les personnes âgées et les groupes communautaires profiteront de ce livre.
Stuart H. Altman and David I. Shactman (Eds.). Policies for an Aging Society. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins, 2002.
Authors: Caro Francis G. 
Published: November 2010

RÉSUMÉPolicies for an Aging Society, traite de l'avenir des deux plus importants programmes d'assurance sociale pour les personnes âgées aux États-Unis : Social Security et Medicare. Les 17 chapitres écrits par des économistes reconnus et des scientifiques politiques présentent un cadre économique, un débat animé au sujet des options politiques à l'étude au début du 20e siècle et examine les forces politiques en jeu qui ont délaissé des questions politiques importantes. Le livre est très utile lorsqu'il traite des aspects communs et des différences des politiques rattachées aux programmes de retraite et d'assurance santé de l'état. Une force du livre est la diversité des opinions représentées sur des sujets variés : par exemple, la valeur des prévisions budgétaires, l'étendue de la crise des droits d'allocation à laquelle les États-Unis font face, l'attrait présenté par le plafonnage des bénéfices de santé publics des personnes âgées et les biens-fondé de la privatisation des programmes retraites publics et du financement des soins de santé. Un auditoire international sera bénéficier de ce livre car il avance effectivement les questions fondamentales des programmes d'assurance sociale qui touchent non seulement les États-Unis mais aussi d'autres pays développés.
Dementia in Ontario: Prevalence and Health Services Utilization
Authors: Tranmer J.E. , Croxford R. , Coyte P.C. 
Published: November 2010

ABSTRACTTo understand the impact of ongoing reform of mental health and dementia care in Ontario, an examination of prevalence and health services utilization rates is needed. However, there exists a gap in current prevalence and health services research specific to dementia care in Ontario. The objective of this study was to address these concerns using linked administrative databases to determine the incremental use of health services by elderly Ontarians with dementia. Overall, study results demonstrated that individuals with dementia used services in a pattern similar to non-demented persons, albeit at a higher level. Exceptions were women's use of hospital and home care services, where the most elderly women received significantly fewer services. Thus, the study provided important insight regarding the relative levels of health services used by demented Ontarians. Research in this area will become increasingly important as the population ages and the settings integral to dementia care and management shift and evolve.
Caregiver Resources and Facilitation of Elderly Care Recipient Adherence to Health Regimens
Authors: Greenberger Haya , Litwin Howard 
Published: November 2010

ABSTRACTWe studied the relationship between caregivers' personal and social resources and facilitation of adherence by elderly care recipients to a prescribed health regimen. Adherence facilitation was measured among 240 caregivers on a 45-item instrument constructed for this research. The facilitation score was regressed on caregivers' role-specific self-concept (e.g., caregiver competence), informal social network support, utilization of the informal network as a lay referral system, formal network support, and reported health status of the care recipient. Background variables and health beliefs were considered as control variables. The resource variable best correlated with adherence facilitation was the personal resource of caregiver competence — perception of oneself as a good caregiver — followed by two social resources: support of the professional health care provider and the presence of a lay referral system (R2= 0.37). Thus, although the care recipient is the beneficiary of adherence facilitation, the caregiving characteristics of the caregiver appear to affect its extent.
Marion Stephenson and Eleanor Sawyer (Eds.). Continuing the Care: The Issues and Challenges for Long-Term Care. (rev. ed.). Ottawa: CHA Press 2002.
Authors: Shapiro Evelyn 
Published: November 2010

RÉSUMÉIl est extrêmement difficile de présenter une perspective nationale sur les soins prolongés lorsqu'il n'existe pas de programme « national », que le système continue d'évoluer, que les politiques varient d'une province à l'autre et qu'il n'y a pas de consensus national sur la nomenclature et la terminologie. Les nombreux auteurs ayant participé à cet ouvrage traitent, avec plus ou moins de bonheur, de divers aspects de cette question. Quoiqu'il en soit, l'ouvrage nous donne un bon aperçu de la situation actuelle dans le domaine des soins prolongés au Canada.
Integrating a Performance-Based Observation Measure of Functional Status into a Population-Based Longitudinal Study of Aging
Authors: Finlayson Marcia , Havens Betty , Holm Margo B. , Van Denend Toni 
Published: November 2010

ABSTRACTOver the past 15 to 20 years there has been discussion and debate in the gerontological literature about the relative merits of self-report versus performance-based observational (PBO) measures of functional status. In 2001 the Aging in Manitoba Longitudinal Study had the opportunity to add a PBO measure of functional status and use it together with two self-report measures on a sub-sample of 138 participants. The PBO measure that was used was the Performance Assessment of Self-Care Skills, Version 3.1 (Home). Using ranks of the proportion of participants who were independent in nine different tasks, no significant correlations were found between the performance measure scores and either of the self-report measures. This finding suggests that using self-report data rather than performance data could lead program developers and policy makers to different conclusions about the extent of need for assistance among older adults.
Les motifs du suicide gériatrique: une étude exploratoire
Authors: Legris Luc , Préville Michel 
Published: November 2010

ABSTRACTFive semi-structured interviews were conducted, using the psychological autopsy method, in order to document the causes of geriatric suicide and to describe the interaction among suicidal elderly persons, their personal and social environments, and health care professionals. The results of this study support our hypothesis that elderly persons view suicide as a means of alleviating the psychological suffering associated with the frustration they experience on account of their inability to satisfy their basic needs. Three types of basic needs that affect the suicidal tendency of elderly persons were identified: the need to self-actualize, the need to belong, and the need to feel safe. The results also show that the people who make up the social and personal environment of elderly persons have a limited role in the prevention of suicide. This is due to their unfamiliarity with the problems surrounding the fulfilment of the basic needs of the suicidal elderly. Furthermore, as revealed in the cases studied here, the intervention of the health care system has centred mainly on the use of medication as a treatment for symptoms of psychological distress. The health care system pays little attention to the dissonance associated with the frustration suicidal elderly persons experience on account of their inability to satisfy their basic needs. Finally, the outcome of this qualitative study suggests that understanding the basic needs of the elderly can be very useful in understanding geriatric suicide.
Steady As You Go (SAYGO): A Falls-Prevention Program for Seniors Living in the Community
Authors: Robson Ellie , Edwards Joy , Gallagher Elaine , Baker Dorothy 
Published: November 2010

ABSTRACTThis study was an implementation and community trial of a new falls-prevention program for seniors called Steady As You Go (SAYGO). The program, designed in the Capital Health region of Alberta, integrated the knowledge gained from successful falls-prevention research into a brief community intervention. SAYGO included a multifactorial, risk-abatement approach, as well as a cognitive-behavioural and environmental focus. The target population was relatively healthy and mobile, community-dwelling seniors. The randomized community trial was conducted in urban and rural areas in Alberta, with 660 seniors participating. Seniors who completed the program made significant reductions in eight of the nine risk factors addressed in the program. Over a 4-month follow-up period, the proportion of seniors who fell was lower in the treatment group (17%) than in the control group (23%). Among those seniors who had reported a fall in the previous year, a significantly lower proportion of those in the treatment group experienced a fall in the follow-up period (20%) as compared to those in the control group (35%).
Deborah Kestin van den Hoonaard. The Widowed Self: The Older Woman's Journey through Widowhood. Walterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2001.
Authors: Davidson Kate 
Published: November 2010

RÉSUMÉDans ce livre, van den Hoonaard fait état des résultats de sa recherche qualitative auprès d'un échantillon de femmes âgées canadienne vivant un veuvage. Pour le lecteur, l'occasion d'entendre la voix de ceux qui sont typiquement nonentendus (par exemple, les veuves, malgré leur prédominance au sein de la population âgée) démontre le caractère exceptionnel de ce livre. Le livre est bien structuré. L'introduction montre le décor de la recherche et justifie avec compétence, le choix de la méthodologie qualitative de van den Hoonaard. L'introduction est suivie de trois sections qui examinent le trajet des retombées de la perte d'un conjoint, de la relation et aspects émotifs du veuvage et des dimensions pratiques de vivre seul. Les enquêtes des relations entre une veuve et ses beaux-fils/belles-filles adultes sont surtout touchantes. À travers le livre, les aperçus théoriques et conceptuels sont liés aux données empiriques. Cette approche non-conventionnelle permet à l'auteur de communiquer une compréhension de la complexité de la transition de l'épouse à la veuve comme processus plutôt qu'un événement immuable et démographique. Par conséquent, l'auteur réussi à joindre la théorie sociologique aux récits autobiographiques afin de présenter un aperçu accessible et sans jargon dans la vie de celles sous enquête. Je recommande fortement ce livre aux étudiants de la gérontologie sociale; il est un exemple exemplaire du croisement réussi de la théorie et de la méthodologie (c.-à.-d. l'interaction symbolique et la recherche qualitative). Le livre est aussi important pour ceux qui oeuvrent avec les personnes affligées. Étant donné que le récit est pertinent pour les veuves âgées, la force de ce livre repose dans sa capacité d'adresser ces dernières et leurs familles dans un langage accessible et significatif. Nous accueillions un livre à la fois attirant pour le lecteur profane, l'universitaire et le praticien.
Sex of Target and Sex of Subject Effects on the Perception of 25, 45, 65, and 85 Year Olds
Authors: Gekoski William L. , Jane Knox V. , A. Johnson Edward , R. Evans Kenneth 
Published: November 2010

ABSTRACTIn a completely between subjects design 80 male and 80 female undergraduates evaluated targets which were male or female and 25, 45, 65, or 85 years old, on the Aging Semantic Differential (ASD; Rosencranz & McNevin, 1969). Findings indicated that older targets were rated less positively than younger targets on two of the three ASD dimensions and that Target Age × Target Sex × Subject Age interactions were significant for two of the dimensions. These results replicate the target age (between subjects) effects reported by O'Connell and Rotter (1979) but not those which involved target sex (within subjects) and subject sex. It was concluded that a) subject sex and target sex affect perceptions of targets of different ages elicited from young subjects and b) between subjects versus within subjects designs produce different characterizations of such targets.
The Facts on Aging Quiz: A Canadian Validation and Cross-Cultural Comparison
Authors: Matthews Anne Martin , Tindale Joseph A. , Norris Joan E. 
Published: November 2010

ABSTRACTThe “Facts on Aging Quiz” developed by Erdman Palmore has been extensively utilized as a brief, reliable, and easily administered test of factual knowledge on aging. This paper describes the applicability of the quiz in the Canadian context, and provides documentation for quiz items. Potential problems of misinterpretation of items relating to the rate of institutionalization and income levels, are noted. The paper also compares levels of knowledge and areas of misinformation among a sample (n=585) of undergraduates, university faculty, and health care professionals. The usefulness of the quiz in identifying differences in knowledge levels, is confirmed.
Mortality Rates Five Years After Admission to a Long Term Care Program
Authors: Gutman Gloria , Jackson Cheryl , Stark Annette J. , McCashin Brian 
Published: November 2010

ABSTRACTOn January 1, 1978, a new Long Term Care Program was introduced in British Columbia. Five levels of care are offered, any one of which may be provided at home or in a facility. This paper presents data from a longitudinal study of Program clients (N = 3516) in two health unit areas, one urban, one semi-rural. The period of analysis is five years from admission. By the end of the five years, 40.2 percent of clients had died; 35.0 percent were still in the Program; 24.7 percent had been discharged alive and were still alive. This paper focuses on the decedents.It was established that approximately half of the males and half of those aged 75 or over at admission were deceased within five years of admission. Regardless of level of care at admission, at least one-third had died in the five year period. More than one-third of decedents did not change level or location of service prior to death.While these data may assist care providers in identifying high risk clients, probably the most provocative finding was the similarity in the proportion and pattern of deaths among new clients admitted to care at home and those admitted to facility.
The Differentiation of Multigenerational Households
Authors: Rosenthal Carolyn J. 
Published: November 2010

ABSTRACTPrevious research on multigenerational households in later life has generally ignored the distinction between multigenerational households located in the home of a parent and those located in the home of a child. This distinction has implications for dependency on the part of the older adult and also for social policy which is primarily concerned with the child-provided type of multigenerational household. The present analysis employs the distinction of parent's home versus child's home, and investigates multigenerational households in a random sample of adults in Hamilton, Ontario. In a qualitative analysis, the two types of multigenerational households are shown to be related to different family life course phases and to differ on a number of dimensions, including family size, age, effectual and consensual solidarity, income, marital status, and gender. The analysis indicates the need for future research on multigenerational households to explicitly differentiate between the two types of households examined in this paper.
Window View, Social Exposure and Nursing Home Adaptation
Authors: O'Connor Brian P. , Davidson Heather , Gifford Robert 
Published: November 2010

RÉSUMÉDeux études ont examiné la relation entre l'environnement physique et ses conséquences sur l'état des résidents de centre d'accueil pour personnes âgées. La première, une étude longitudinale, a établi qu'une vue plus naturelle avec des fenêtres extérieures était associée à des conséquences négatives, alors qu'un emplacement en contact avec les autres donnait des résultats positifs, en ce qui concerne les résidents nouvellement admis. Ces résultats qui entrent en contradiction avec ceux d'une précédente recherche laissent entendre que l'« emplacement social » est important au cours de la première période d'adaptation à la vie en centre d'accueil. Cependant, une étude sur dossiers, portant sur d'anciens résidents du même centre d'accueil, a établi que l'« emplacement social » était associé à des séjours plus courts, juste avant un décès ou un transfert pour des soins hospitaliers. L'« emplacement social » apparaît alors comme un facteur positif au cours de la période initiale d'adaptation, mais comme un élément négatif à plus long terme.