EVENTS
Carers Week Sunday 15 - Saturday 21 October 2006: "Anyone Anytime"
Carers Week is designed to support carer groups run events and activities
across NSW to celebrate carers and the work they do. The aim of these activities
is to raise awareness of carers and to encourage them to seek services and support.
Carers NSW has prepared a package of information to help carer groups
register and advertise their local activities. This year the theme for
Carers Week is "Anyone Anytime" - anyone can become a carer at anytime.
See more details at the Carers NSW website.
To request a package of information (before Friday October 6) contact
Rob Craig rob@carersnsw.asn.au
Mental Health Week Carer Luncheon Thursday 12 October: " Relationships
at Work and at Play"
A luncheon, presentation and discussion will take place in Bathurst for family
carers of a person with a mental illness. Support workers are also invited
to attend this event which is hosted by the Bathurst Mental Health Carers Support
Group as part of the Carers NSW Family & Carer Mental Health Program. Please
notify Erica of your attendance before Friday 6 October so that catering can
be arranged.
When: Thursday 12 October 2006 12.00
- 1.30pm
Where: Centacare, 107 William St,
Bathurst
Details: See this flyer
Contact: erica@carersnsw.asn.au
Ph:
6360 7890 or mobile: 0427 006 326
CONFERENCE
Extension for Abstracts. Carers NSW Health Conference: "Partnerships
for Better Health Outcomes. Carers and professionals working together"
Carers NSW is organising a conference in March 2007 for professionals who
work in health and community care. The conference will focus on supporting
carers; carer recognition and participation; and the benefits of working with
carers. Those wishing to present papers should note that the deadline for abstracts
has been extended to Friday 6 October 2006 and that abstract details should
be provided on this
form .
When: Thursday 8 and
Friday 9 March 2007
Where: Dockside, Cockle
Bay, Sydney
Details: Home page www.carersnsw.asn.au
under "Health Conference 2007"
Contact: conference@carersnsw.asn.au
02 9280 4744
Community Transport Organisation Annual Conference: "Crossroads of Challenge"
Community Transport provides non-profit passenger transport services for
people who cannot use existing private or mainstream public transport.
Those who have a medical condition, their carers and those in remote,
poorly serviced areas have an interest in the improvement of these services.
Registrations close 17 October 2006.
When: Wednesday 25 - Friday 27 October
2006
Where: Wentworth, near Mildura, NSW
Details: Community Transport Organisation website
Contact: Phil or Irena (02) 9699 2228 or email admin@cto.org.au
NSW Palliative Care Conference: "Unexplored Territory"
The Palliative Care Association of NSW is inviting abstracts for a conference
dealing with the less often explored aspects of palliative care such as working
in isolated communities or using art as a form of expression.
When: Thursday 2 and Friday
3 November 2006
Where: Orange, NSW
Details: See Registration Brochure
at this website
Contact: Lara McLaughlin Lara.McLaughlin@gwahs.health.nsw.gov.au
or phone 6363 8033
WHAT'S NEW
Carer Eligibility and Needs Assessment Trial 2006
The Commonwealth Government is currently attempting to streamline services and
procedures to create a fairer system for older people requiring care to stay
at home. The focus of reform is on programs funded through the Australian Government
Department of Health and Ageing and is being trialled with the cooperation of
service providers in State and Territory Home and Community Care (HACC) programs,
in the Aged Care Assessment Program and in the National Respite for Carers Program
(NRCP). Field testing of the changes is being conducted between July and
October 2006 with reports to be submitted in December 2006. Read
more
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Review of the Mental Health Act 1990
Families and carers are to benefit from proposed changes to the Mental Health
Act 1990. One of the many changes proposed include the assurance that
carers will be notified when a patient is admitted to or discharged from hospital.
To see a summary of the draft changes to the Act go to this media
release or visit this website.
Multicultural Carers Online
Internet courses will soon begin for carers at Woodville Community Services.
The courses are designed for Vietnamese, Chinese, Arabic, Assyrian and Turkish
speaking carers. It is hoped that participants will be able to socialize
globally with other carers in their native languages and thereby create an online
carers community.
When: October or November 2006
Where: Woodville Community Services
Details: Refer to this brochure
Contact: Joyce info@woodville.org.au
or phone (02) 9724 3807
JOURNAL ARTICLES
This is a selection of articles published recently in various health and social sciences journals. Abstracts are provided as a link under the title of each article. To obtain a copy of any journal article, you will need to contact your nearest library:
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Articles are under the subject headings listed below. Click on the heading to view articles about each subject.
Carers Generally
Nursing Homes and Hospitals
Carers of the Mentally Ill
Parent Carers of Children with Disabilities
Palliative Care
Carers of those with Specific Chronic
Illnesses
CARERS GENERALLY
User and carer involvement in the training and education of health professionals:
A review of the literature
Julie Reppera and Jayne Breezeb
International Journal of Nursing Studies, In Press
Abstract
Respite care. An explorative study of demand and use in Dutch informal caregivers.
J van Exel, M Moree, M Koopmanschap, T S Goedheijt, and W Brouwer
Health Policy, October 1 2006; 78(2-3): 194-208
Abstract
'Right' way to 'do' illness? Thinking critically about positive thinking.
C McGrath, C F Jordens, K Montgomery, and I H Kerridge
Internal Medicine Journal, October 1, 2006; 36(10): 665-9
Abstract
Change in care regimes and female migration: the ‘care drain’ in the
Mediterranean
Francesca Bettio, Annamaria Simonazzi, Paola Villa
Journal of European Social Policy, 2006; 16(3): 271-285
Abstract
NURSING HOMES AND HOSPITALS
An Iranian Perspective on Patients' Rights
Soodabeh Joolaee, Alireza Nikbakht-Nasrabadi, Zohreh Parsa-Yekta, Verena Tschudin,
Iman Mansouri
Nursing Ethics, 2006; 13(5): 488-502
Abstract
Professional Perspectives on Decision Making about the Long-term Care of Older
People
Brian J Taylor and Michael Donnelly
British Journal of Social Work, 2006; 36(5):807-826
Abstract
CARERS OF THE MENTALLY ILL
Involving mental health service users in nurse education through enquiry-based
learning
Brenda Rush, and Janet H Barkera
Nurse Education in Practice, September 2006; 6(5): 254-260
Abstract
Medication Adherence in Schizophrenia: Exploring Patients', Carers' and Professionals'
Views
Martijn J Kikkert, Aart H Schene, Maarten W J Koeter, Debbie Robson, Anja Born,
Hedda Helm, Michela Nose, Claudia Goss, Graham Thornicroft and Richard J Gray
Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2006; 32(4): 786-794
Abstract
Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Processes in Psychosis: Refining Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy for Persistent Positive Symptoms
Elizabeth Kuipers, Philippa Garety, David Fowler, Daniel Freeman, Graham Dunn
and Paul Bebbington
Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2006; 32: S24-S31
Abstract
Cognitive Predictors of Social Functioning Improvements Following Cognitive
Remediation for Schizophrenia
Clare Reeder, Nicola Smedley, Kate Butt, Diana Bogner and Til Wykes
Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2006; 32: S123-S131
Abstract
Carer participation in mental health service delivery.
M Cleary, A Freeman, and G Walter
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, September 1, 2006; 15(3):
189-94
Abstract
PARENT CARERS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
Impact of a Child's Chronic Illness on Maternal Sleep and Daytime Functioning
Lisa J Meltzer, Jodi A Mindell
Archives of Internal Medicine, September 18, 2006; 166(16): 1749-1755
Abstract
Are the dangers of childhood food allergy exaggerated?
Allan Colver
British Medical Journal, September 2, 2006; 333: 494-6
Full Text
Problems experienced by children with cognitive visual dysfunction due to cerebral
visual impairment – and the approaches which parents have adopted to deal
with these problems
Elisabeth McKillop, David Bennett, Gillian McDaid, Barbara Holland, Garth Smith,
Katherine Spowart, Gordon Dutton
British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2006; 24 (3): 121-7
Abstract
PALLIATIVE CARE
Family Focused Grief Therapy: A Randomized, Controlled Trial in Palliative Care
and Bereavement
David W Kissane, Maria McKenzie, Sidney Bloch, Chaya Moskowitz, Dean P McKenzie,
Imogen O’Neill
American Journal of Psychiatry, July 2006; 163: 1208-1218,
Abstract
Deaths on acute hospital wards
Letter by young patient's mother
B ritish Medical Journal, July 8, 2006; 333: 98
Abstract
CARERS OF THOSE WITH SPECIFIC CHRONIC
ILLNESSES
Developing More Flexible Approaches to Respite for People Living with Dementia
and Their Carers
Chris Shanley
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 2006;
21( 4): 234-241
Abstract
Teaching doctors about disability
Paul Dieppe, Elizabeth Anderson, Margaret Byron, Linda Marks
British Medical Journal Career Focus, 2006; 333: 113-5
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WEBSITES
Carer Statistics
The Department of Human Services, through the Centrelink Data Services,
keeps an account of how may people receive carer benefits in each Federal electorate.
These figures (Carer Allowance, Carer Payment and Wife Pension
DSP) may be more useful in some instances that the Australian Bureau of Statistics
carer data and are current to 1 July 2005. To view the
figures go to this website.
Advance Care Planning (ACP)
ACP as a process that allows a competent individual to express their views in
relation to future health care decisions when the capacity to express those
views is lost. It can play a critical role in reducing the stress to families
that participation in health care decisions can cause. For more information
visit this website
.
Work and Families Act United Kingdom
In June 2006 The Royal Assent was given to
the Work and Families Act in the United Kingdom giving carers the right to more
flexible work arrangements.
Read
more.
RESEARCH
National Evaluation of the Aged Care Innovative Pool Dementia Pilot
The National Evaluation of the Aged Care Innovative Pool Dementia
Pilot: Final Report by C Hales , L Ross L and C Ryan has recently been released
by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. This evaluation report
describes the range of new care choices for older Australians with dementia
and their carers and presents evidence that these new service offerings have
helped clients to remain at home for as long as possible. To view the
report online click here.