Volunteers are able to spend time listening to elderly people whether in hospital or in a home, time which professional staff and even relatives are unable to spare. If used effectively on a hospital ward, volunteers can relieve some of the pressure which staff may feel in being unable to ...
This publication contains reports on a series of twelve conferences held at the Hospital Centre between June-December 1970 on the subject of services for the elderly in hospital and community. These reports have been prepared largely at the request of the conference participants who asked for a record of the ...
In 1962, sixty women living alone took part in a seven-day weighed diet survey. When the dietary intake of women in their early and late seventies was compared it was found that there was a decline in dietary intake of as much as 30 per cent in some nutrients between ...
This book consists of a series of papers on various aspects of day hospitals for elderly people in Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1970. The author stresses that the reason for and the primary role of the day hospital are therapeutic and the major reasons for their use are ...
This purpose of this booklet is to illustrate some of the good ideas and practices that have already been introduced, or are being planned, in the provision of services for elderly people in hospital, community and the home. The information was collected in preparation for an exhibition and conference held ...
The precise nutritional needs of old people are unknown. In an attempt to discover levels of intake compatible with health it was decided to carry out a survey of the dietary needs of elderly women living alone, and to make a clinical assessment of the subjects. The survey results are ...
This booklet is for wardens and matrons who are catering for elderly people in residential accommodation and who seek guidance about changes in diet which may be necessary. the first few paragraphs are concerned with general principles of feeding elderly people and the remainder of the booklet gives more detailed ...
This document reports the results of a Committee of which the terms of reference were : to ensure in Lewisham full co-operation between all services for the elderly, to ascertain what gaps existed and how they could be best filled. The Special Committee agreed to look particularly at the application ...