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Elderly people: [independence and preventing social isolation]
Author(s)Gillian Crosby
Corporate AuthorCentre for Policy on Ageing - CPA
Journal titleResearch Matters: a digest of research in social services, issue 6, October 1998-April 1999
PublisherCommunity Care, Sutton, October 1998-April 1999
Pagespp 50-52
SourceResearch Matters Subscriptions, FREEPOST CN2908, Reed Business Information, Quadrant House, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5BR.
KeywordsIndependence ; Living in the community ; Participation ; Isolation ; Telephone ; Information technology ; Accessibility ; Research ; Literature reviews.
AnnotationAwareness of the value of preventive services as a way of helping older people to remain in their own homes, and halting unnecessary admissions to institutional care are highlighted in three recent reports. `That bit of help: the high value of low level preventative services for older people' by Heather Clark, Sue Dyer and Jo Horwood (Policy Press, 1998) considers the value older people attribute to low level care and support services. `Alone but not isolated', an interim report for RSVP (Retired and Senior Services Volunteers) by Gillian Crosby and Nat Lievesley (Centre for Policy on Ageing - CPA, 1998) looks at how telecommunications can help prevent older people becoming socially isolated. In another project funded by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre, (BLRIC, 1998), `The Internet and older people', Monica Blake explores the possible contribution of the the Internet to older people's lives. Whilst telecommunications provide a means of contact for older people enabling them to maintain independence, only 12% of pensioner couples and 2% of pensioners living alone have access to information technology. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-981102003 A
ClassmarkC3: K4: TMB: TP: UJ: UVB: 5CA: 3A: 64A

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