Joseph Rowntree Foundation publications

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Residential care home workforce development

Involving local users in commissioning services

Talking Mats® help involve people with dementia and their carers in decision making

Telling the story of Hartfields

Care and support for older people and carers in Bradford

Funding care: how can each generation pay its fair share?

Funding social care: what service users say

Can equity release help older home-owners improve their quality of life?

Better life investigations

Unequal ageing

The Policy Press has just published a new book: 'Unequal ageing', edited by Paul Cann and Malcolm Dean.

This much-needed book analyses money, health, place, quality of life and identity, and demonstrates the gaps of treatment and outcomes between older and younger people, and between different groups of older people. It provides strong evidence of the scale of current disadvantage in the UK and suggests actions that could begin to change the picture of unequal ageing.

For more information please see the policy press website where the book is currently available with a 25% discount.

Latest issue of Stroke Matters now available

Produced by The Stroke Association, Stroke Matters is a quarterly e-publication for professionals with an interest in stroke. It covers interesting and accurate news on stroke issues, carefully selected by an expert multidisciplinary editorial board comprising of leading stroke specialists.

This issue includes updates on stem cells in stroke, childhood stroke, the use of telemedicine and skills training for stroke care, along with research updates across the stroke care pathway.

The fourth issue is now available. To subscribe for free, please visit www.stroke.org.uk/strokematters and complete the online subscription form.

The implications of longevity for society

A special edition of "Quality in Ageing" Volume 10, Issue 2, guest edited by James Goodwin (published June 2009) is available online by clicking here.

Independent Healthy Ageing (13th November 2008)

Conference presentations and feedback available by clicking here. 

Working with Older People

In touch with best practice, Working with Older People offers unbiased and up-to-date information on housing, employment, research, education, training, health and well-being.  This easy-to-read colour journal features a mix of articles, news, comment and research written by and for people working in the older people field.  To view an article for free, visit: www.pavpub.com/wwopflyer and click on 'view/download issue'.

Housing for People with Sight Loss – A Thomas Pocklington Trust Design Guide

Thomas Pocklington Trust, in association with Habinteg (the Housing Association for disabled people), has produced a design guide for developing housing for people with sight loss.

For full press release and further information, visit: http://www.pocklington-trust.org.uk/lightinganddesign/newdesignguide.htm

The future of ageing research in the UK: A vision for action SPARK Workshop, 21 to 23 May 2006, Hotel Des Indes, The Hague.  Sponsored by Unilever. 

This workshop resulted in the following academic and non academic papers:

  • Ten commandments for the future of ageing research in the UK: a vision for action by Oscar H Franco, Thomas BL Kirkwood, Jonathan R Powell, Michael Catt, James Goodwin, Jose M Ordovas and Frans van der Ouderaa BMC Geriatrics, 7:10 (03 May 2007) http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/7/10

  • Ageing Research in the UK by Leon Kreitzman - A review