Events index

Numbers in brackets refer to the year (or the decade) under which the event appears on the page indicated.

1900-1909104-5 1910-1919 106-8 1920-1929 108-11 1930-1939 111-15 1940-1949 115-19 1950-1959 119-22 1960-1969122-7 1970-1979 127-9 1980-1989 129-31

Aberfan disaster 125 (1966) Abortion legalised 126 (1967) Africa 123 (1960-1969), see also

North Africa; South Africa AIDS (Acquired Immune

Deficiency Syndrome) 130 (1980-1989, 1984)

Air mail, letter service established 111 (1929)

Air travel, first transatlantic flight 108 (1919)

Aldrin, Edwin E. 'Buzz', walks in space 126 (1966)

Amin, Idi 127 (1971), 129 (1979) Angola, gains independence 128

(1975) Anguilla 129 (1979), 130 (1983), see

also St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla Antigua, becomes autonomous

state 126 (1966) Anzac Day 107 (1915) Armstrong, Neil, first man on

moon 127 (1969) Ataturk, Kemal, first president of

Turkey 110 (1923)

Atom bombs, dropped on Japan 118 (1945)

Australia 110 (1925), 111 (1926), 117 (1942)

Austria, 113 (1934), 114 (1938)

Bahamas, gain independence 128 (1973)

Baird, John Logie, first television transmission 110 (1926)

Bananas, reappear in Britain 118 (1946)

Bangladesh 124 (1964), 125 (1965), 127 (1971)

Bank holidays, 50th anniversary 109 (1921)

Banknotes, higher denomination 125 (1964)

Bannister, John, and four-minute mile 120 (1950)

Barbados, gains independence 125 (1966)

Barbuda, becomes autonomous state 126 (1966)

Battle of Britain 116 (1940) Beatles 123 (1960-1969), 125 (1965),

see also Lennon, John Beijing, see Peking Berlin, occupied by Russians 118

(1945) Berlin Wall, 123 (1961), 131 (1989) Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali, death of 129

(1979) Biafra, civil war 126 (1967) Birth control, first clinic 109 (1921)

134 Events index

Black Power Movement, in US 127 (1970)

Boxer Rebellion 104 (1900) Boy George 130 (1984) Brady, Ian 125 (1965) British Broadcasting Company

(later Corporation) formed 110 (1922)

Burma, Allied air-borne landings 118 (1944)

Cambodia 128 (1975), 129 (1978) Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

(CND), formation of 122 (1958) Canada, attains Dominion status

111 (1926) Canton 111 (1926), 114 (1938) Cars, 105 (1900-1909), 109

(1920-1929), 110 (1925), 121 (1953), 122 (1959)

Ceausescu, Nicolae, execution of 131 (1989)

Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and the Tamils 122 (1958), 130 (1982)

Chamberlain, Neville, return from Germany 114 (1938)

Chaplin, Charles 110 (1921), 128 (1975)

Charles, Prince of Wales 126 (1969), 130 (1981)

Chernobyl, nuclear plant explOSion 130 (1986)

Chiang Kai-Shek 110 (1925), 111 (1927), 119 (1949)

Chichester, Sir Francis 126 (1967) China

Boxer Rebellion 105 (1900) European areas of influence 105

(1900) formation of republic 107

(1912) civil war 110 (1922), 118 (1946) Japanese invasion 114 (1937) Communists seize power 119

(1949) land reforms 120 (1950) counter-revolutionaries 121

(1955) Great Leap Forward 122 (1958) famine 122 (1959) Cultural Revolution 126 (1967) Gang of Four condemned 128

(1976)

Tiananmen Square massacre 131 (1989)

see also Canton; Chiang Kai­Shek; Kuomintang; Mao Tse Tung; Sun Vat Sen;

Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer 116 (1940), 125 (1965)

Cinemas 113 (1931), 119 (1950-59) see also Films

CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament), formation of 122 (1958)

Common Market 127 (1970-1979) Conservative (Tory) party 110

(1924), 121 (1951), 130 (1984) see also Thatcher, Margaret

Coral Sea, battle of 117 (1942) Cricket 113 (1932), 128 (1975) Crystal Palace, destroyed by fire

114 (1936) Cuba 122 (1959), 124 (1962) Cyclones, East Pakistan (Bangladesh)

124 (1963), 125 (1965) Cyprus

becomes British colony 110 (1925)

nationalists revolt 121 (1954) UN moves in 125 (1964) invaded by Turkey 128 (1974)

Czechoslovakia, German troops enter 114 (1938)

Dalai Lama, flees Tibet 122 (1959) Dardanelles campaign 107 (1915) D-Day 117 (1944) Decimal coinage, in Britain 127

(1971) De Gaulle, Charles 117 (1940) De Valera, Eamon 113 (1932) Dock strike 121 (1955) Dollfuss, Engelbert, murder of 113

(1934) Dominica, becomes autonomous

state 126 (1966) Dutch elm disease 128 (1975)

Earthquake, Jamaica 105 (1970) Edward VII, death of 106 (1910) Edward VIII 114 (1936), see also

Windsor, Duke of EEC (European Economic

Community) 127 (1970-1979) EI Alamein 117 (1942)

Events index 135

Elizabeth II 116 (1940), 121 (1953), 128 (1977)

Emigration, see Immigration European Economic Community

(EEC) 127 (1970-1979) Evacuation, of children 115

(1939) Everest, conquest of 121 (1953) Exxon Valdez, oil spill 131 (1989)

Falklands War 130 (1982) Family planning clinics 125 (1964) Fashion 109 (1920-1929), 117

(1943), 123 (1960-1969), 127 (1971)

Festival of Britain 121 (1951) Films 109 (1920-1929), 111 (1928),

112 (1930-1939), 116 (1940-1949), see also Cinemas

France 116 (1940), 117 (1944), see also De Gaulle, Charles

French Indo-China, occupied by Japan 117 (1940), see also Vietnam

Gandhi, Indira, assassination of 130 (1984)

Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand and visit of Prince of Wales 110

(1921) imprisonment and later release

of 110 (1922, 1924) refuses presidency of National

Congress 111 (1929) and the salt tax 112 (1930) meets George V and Queen

Mary 113 (1931) hunger strike 113 (1932) assassination of 119 (1948)

Gargarin, Yuri, first man in space 123 (1961)

Geldof, Bob, and Live Aid concert 130 (1985)

General Certificate of Education 119 (1948)

George V 113 (1931, 1935) George VI 114 (1937), 121 (1952) Germany

rising inflation 110 (1923) and the Jews 113 (1932), 115

(1939) occupation ends 121 (1952) see also Hitler, Adolf

Goa, invaded by Indian troops 123 (1961)

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevitch 130 (1985), 131 (1989)

Graham, Billy, gospel meetings 121 (1954)

Great Train Robbery 124 (1963) Greece, civil war 118 (1944) Grenada 126 (1966), 129 (1979) Guyana 125 (1966), 29 (1978)

Haiti, occupation by US 107 (1914) Hamburg, bombed by RAF 117

(1943) Heart transplant, first performed

126 (1967) Herald of Free Enterprise, sinking of

130 (1987) Hillsborough football stadium

disaster 131 (1989) Hindenburg (airship) 114 (1937) Hindley, Myra 125 (1965) Hiroshima, atom bomb dropped

on 118 (1945) Hitler, Adolf 110 (1923), 13 (1932,

1934), 114 (1936), 118 (1945) Hong Kong

falls to Japanese 117 (1941) liberated from Japanese 118

(1945) fence to stop immigrants 124

(1962) stock-market and property

prices crash 126 (1967) Houses, building plans for 109 (1920) Hungary, rising quashed by Soviet

troops 122 (1956) Hungerford, Berkshire, gunman

goes beserk 131 (1987) Hunger march 113 (1934) Hurricanes 121 (1951), 125 (1964),

131 (1988)

Immigration 108 (1920-1929), 119 (1948), 120 (1950-1959), 124 (1962)

India famine 105 (1901) Amritsar demonstration 108

(1919) tax on salt 110 (1923), 112 (1930) Hindu/Muslim riots 111 (1926), 113

(1935), 118 (1946), 125 (1964)

136 Events index

India contd wants Dominion status 111

(1928) railway electrification Bombay to

Poona 111 (129) equality for untouchables 113

(1930) rejection of British plans 117

(1942) talks with British delegation 118

(1946) partition and independence

118-19 (1947) becomes republic 120 (1950) fighting on Chinese border 124

(1962) hurricane 125 (1964) see also Gandhi, Indira; Gandhi,

Mohandas; Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal

Influenza epidemic 108 (1918) Insulin, discovery of 110 (1921) IRA bombs 128 (1974), 130 (1984) IranlIraq war, start of 130 (1980) Ireland

Sinn Fein Easter uprising 107-8 (1916)

and Home Rule 107 (1911, 1912), 108 (1917), 109 (1920)

partition planned 108 (1919) tanks patrol streets 110 (1921) amnesty 110 (1922) Free State declared 110 (1922) Free State renamed Eire 114

(1937) see also De Valera, Eamon

Irish Republican Army, see IRA Israel 118 (946), 119 (1947)

Jamaica 105 (1907), 121 (1951), 124 (1962), 131 (1988, 1989)

Jews, in Germay and Poland 113 (1932), 115 (1939), 117 (1940)

Jutland, battle of 107 (1916)

Kashmir 125 (1965) Kennedy, John Fitzgerald,

assassination of 125 (1963) Kenya 121 (1951), 125 (1963), 126

(1968) Khmer Rouge, seize power in

Cambodia 128 (1975) Kidney transplants 124 (1963)

King, Martin Luther 124 (1963), 126 (1968)

Korea 118 (1945), 120 (1950), 121 (1953)

Kuomintang takes control 108 (1920-1929),

110 (1925) unifies most of China 111 (1927) united front against Japanese

114 (1937) defeat of 118 (1946)

Labour Exchanges established 106 (1910)

Labour Party 110 (1924), 111 (1929), 118 (1945), 120 (1950)

Labour-saving devices 106 (1910-1919)

Lady Chatterley's Lover, unexpurgated version 123 (1960)

Lebanon, invaded by Israel 130 (1982)

Lenin, Vladimir llyich Ulyanov, death of 110 (1924)

Lennon, John, death of 130 (1980) Life styles 104-5 (1900-1909), 106

(1910-1919), 112 (1930-1989), 119 (1950-1959)

Liverpool's Catholic Cathedral opened 126 (1967)

Long March 113-14 (1935)

MacCarren Walter Act 120 (1950-1959)

Malaya, occupied by Japanese 117 (1942)

Malta, gains independence 123 (1961)

Manchester United Football Club, Munich plane crash 122 (1958)

Manchuria, Japanese occupation 113 (1931)

Mandela, Nelson 123 (1961), 124 (1962), 125 (1964)

Manley, Michael, becomes Jamaica's Prime Minister 131 (1989)

Mao Tse Tung 113 (1935), 120 (1950), 128 (1976)

Margaret, Princess, not to marry Townsend 121 (1955)

Events index 137

Maternity benefits, introduction of 107 (1913)

Mau Mau 121 (1951) Mental institutions 105 (1900-1909) Mersey Tunnel opened 113 (1934) Midway, battle of 117 (1942) Monroe, Marilyn, death of 124

(1962) Moon, first man and vehicles on

127 (1969), 1970) Moors Murders 125 (1965) Moseley, Sir Oswald 113 (1931) Motorways, M1 opens 122 (1959) Mountbatten of Burma, Earl, death

of 129 (1979) Mozambique, gains independence

128 (1975) Munich, Manchester United

Football Club plane crash 122 (1958)

Music 106 (1910-1919), 109 (1920-1929), 112 (1930-1939), 116 (1940-1949), 119 (1950-1959), 123 (1960-1969)

Mussolini, Benito 110 (1921), 118 (1945)

Myxomatosis 121 (1954)

Nagasaki, atom bomb dropped on 118 (1945)

National Health Service 119 (1948, 123 (1961)

Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal, becomes Prime Minister of India 124 (1962)

New Zealand, attains Dominion status 111 (1926)

Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia, abdication and death 108 (1917)

Nigeria 124 (1962), 126 (1967) Nixon, Richard Milhous 127

(1970-1979) North Africa, Allied invasion 117

(1943) Northern Ireland

Belfast bomb attack 128 (1978) and Home Rule 107 (1911,

1912), 108 (1917), 109 (1920) rioting 109 (1920), 126 (1968,

1969) state of emergency 122 (1957) IRA calls off violence 124 (1962)

Notting Hill Carnival 131 (1989) Nuremburg trials 118 (1945)

Oil supplies, effect of Middle East war 128 (1973)

Olympic Games 114 (1936), 128 (1972, 1976), 130 (1984)

Orphanages 105 (1900-1909)

Pakistan 118-19 (1947), 124 (1963), 125 (1965), 128 (1977), see also Bangladesh; Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali

Palestine, see Israel Paris 116 (1940), 117 (1944) Parking restrictions 122 (1958) Parliament, first woman member

106 (1910-1919) Paul VI, Pope, in Bombay 125

(1964) Pearl Harbor, attack on 117 (1941) Pedestrian crossings 121 (1952) Peking, Japanese occupy 114 (1937) Pensions 105 (1909), 121 (1951) Petrol 120 (1950), 122 (1956) Philippines, occupied by Japanese

117 (1942) Poland, invasion of 115 (1939) Police, cars to replace horses 109

(1920) Post 111 (1929), 126 (1968) Powell, Enoch, anti-immigration

speech 126 (1968) Presley, Elvis, death of 129 (1977)

Race Relations Act 128 (1976) Race riots 108 (1919) Radio programmes 116

(1940-1949), 119 (1950-1959) Railways 111 (1929), 122 (1959),

124 (1963) Rastafarianism, start of 108

(1920-1929) Rationing 116 (1940), 117 (1941,

1943), 118 (1946), 120 (1951), 121 (1952, 1953, 1954), 122 (1956)

Records, long-playing 121 (1951) Romania, see Ceausescu, Nicolae Rushdie, Salman, and The Satanic

Verses 130 (1987), 131 (1989)

Russia

138 Events index

Russia contd abdication and death of Tsar

Nicholas II 108 (1917) beginnings of Communism 108

(1917) civil war 108 (1919) emigration 108 (1920-1929) first Five Year Plan 111 (1928) famine 113 (1932) invaded by Germany 117 (1941) revolution 105 (1905), 108 (1917) see also Lenin, Vladimir; Stalin,

Joseph

St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla 126 (1966), 129 (1979), see also Anguilla

St Lucia, becomes autonomous state 126 (1966)

St Vincent, becomes autonomous state 126 (1966)

Shanghai, Japanese overrun 114 (1937)

Shows 112 (1930-1939) Sickle-cell anaemia, discovery of

119 (1949) Sickness benefits, introduction of

107 (1913) Singapore 117 (1942), 118 (1945) Six Day War 126 (1967) Sobers, Garfield, knighted 128 (1975) Somme, battle of the 107 (1916) Songs, see Music South Africa

formation of Union 107 (1911) foundation of African National

Congress 107 (1912) attains Dominion status 111

(1926) Black political organisations

outlawed 123 (1960) riots in Soweto 128 (1976)

Space flights first US satellite 122 (1958) first manned flight 123 (1961) Telstar satellite transmits TV

pictures 124 (1962) first space walk 126 (1966) first man on Moon 127 (1969) Challenger craft explodes on

takeoff 130 (1986) Spain, civil war 114 (1937) Sri Lanka (Ceylon), and the Tamils

122 (1958), 130 (1982)

Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovich 110 (1924), 121 (1953)

Stalingrad, Germans defeated at 117 (1943)

Stock market crashes 111 (1929), 126 (1967), 131 (1987)

'Storm of the century' 131 (1987) Strikes 108 (1919), 109 (1920), 110

(1926), 121 (1955), 128 (1973) Suez Crisis 122 (1956) Suffragettes 105 (1906), 107 (1912) Sun Yat Sen 107 (1912), 108

(1920-1929), 110 (1921) Sutcliffe, Peter, conviction for

murder 130 (1981)

Teenage gangs 125 (1964) Television 110 (1926), 125 (1964),

130 (1982) Test-tube baby, first 129 (1978) Thames, River 111 (1928), 116

(1940) Thatcher, Margaret Hilda 128

(1975), 129 (1979), 130 (1983) Theatre 112 (1930-1939) Three-day week in Britain 128

(1973) Tiananmen Square massacre 131

(1989) Tibet 120 (1950), 122 (1959) Titanic, sinking of 107 (1912) Traffic lights, in London 111

(1929) Trinidad and Tobago, gain

independence 124 (1962) Trolley buses 113 (1931) Turkey, becomes republic 110

(1923) Twiggy 125 (1966)

Uganda 127 (1971), 128 (1972), 129 (1979)

Ulster, see Northern Ireland Unemployment 109 (1921), 112

(1930), 130 (1982) Welsh miners march to London

111 (1927) Jarrow march 114 (1936)

United States enters World Wars 108 (1917),

117 (1942) prohibition 108 (1919), 113

(1933)

Events index 139

and the 'talkies' 111 (1928) see also Nixon, Richard Milhous

Universal Negro Improvement Association, founding of 107 (1914)

Universities, admission of women 127 (1972)

USSR, see Russia

V2 rockets 117 (1944) Victoria, Queen, death of 105

(1901) Vietnam

division of 121 (1954) US forces join war 123 (1960) bombed by US 125 (1965), 128

(1972) Australian troops arrive 126

(1966) Saigon falls and war ends 128

(1975) first 'boat people' leave 129

(1977) see also French Indo-China

Wall Street, stock market collapse 11 (1929)

Watergate 127 (1970-1979) Weather 111 (1927), 116 (1940), 118

(1947), 128 (1976), 131 (1987), see also Cyclones; Hurricanes

West Indian Federation, founding of 122 (1958)

West Indies, see individual countries Whisky, differing viewpoints in

Scotland 109 (1920) Windsor, Duke of 114 (1937), see

also Edward VIII Women, votes and Parliament 106

(1910-1919) World War I

casualties 106 (1910-1919) start of 107 (1914) internment of aliens 107 (1915) armistice 108 (1918) see also specific names, events and

topics World War II

start of 114-15 (1939) call-up 116 (1940) German advance into France

116 (1940) end of 118 (1945) see also specific names, events and

topics

Yalta conference 118 (1945) York Minster, fire in 130 (1984) 'Yorkshire Ripper', conviction for

murder 130 (1981)

Zimbabwe, gains independence 130 (1980)

Subject index

Africa books on 89 videos 90

Afro-Caribbean groups, examples of reminiscence 20-21

Age Concern 82, 83 Age Exchange 82 Ageing

differing rates of 1 disabilities associated with 5 factors in 1 positive approach to 2 see also Mental health problems

Ages of man, a fourth age 2 Anger, right to express 27 Assessment of the elderly

assessment schemes 9 by local authorities 4-5

Audio recordings, for life history books 58

Bangladesh, geography, history and culture 94-7

BASE (British Association for Services to the Elderly) 82

Belfast, HMS 83 Bereavement 6-7 Black groups, examples of

reminiscence 20-21 Books

on Black Africa 89 on the Caribbean 89 on China and Hong Kong 89 on grief and death 86-7 on history and mythology 90 on India and Pakistan 89-90 large print 90 on life in Britain and France 88

on lives of old people 87-8 on mental and physical health

85-6 on people in society 85 on war 88-9 on ways of working with old

people 87 on working with old people

85-7 Britain, life in

books on 88 videos 91

Britain at War Theme Museum 83 British Association for Services to

the Elderly (BASE) 82

Carers distress to 54 fears of effect of reminiscence

23-4 need for 54 need for sensitive listening 56 support for 54

Caribbean books on 89 geography, history and culture

99-101 China, books on 89 Churches, and reminiscence work

84 Clifton Assessment Procedures for

the Elderly (CAPE) 9 Communication

covert and latent 47 cross-cultural 27-9 across generations 27, 29 helping with expression of

feelings 26-7

142 Subject index

Communication contd interactive aspects 47 need for genuine interest 23 non-verbal 27 overt and manifest 47 pace of 31 practical aids to 31-2 within reminiscence groups

46-8 respect for others' values 27

Community, numbers of old people in 5

Community care services 4-5 Community Education Service 84 Community publishing 17 Crichton Royal Behavioural Rating

Scale (CRBRS) 9 Culture, and death 31 Cyprus, geography, history and

culture 102-4

Death books on 86-7 facing 6 and religion and culture 31 talking about 30-31

Demography 2-3 ethnic 3-4

Dependency 4-5, see also Structured dependence

Depression and psychiatric help 25-6 reminiscence groups as help

with 8 see also Sadness

Disengagement theory 14

Education, see Community Education Services; Schools

English Tourist Board 83 Ethnic groups

Caribbean and West Indies 99-101

Cyprus 102-4 Hong Kong Chinese 97-9 Pakistan and Bangladesh 94-7

Ethnic minorites demography 3-4 problems of the old 3 and religion 7

Events of the twentieth century, see separate Events Index

Existentialism 5-6

Film reviews and extracts, on video 90

France, books on life in 88 Fulfilment, in old age 2

Genetics, and ageing 1 Grief, books on 86-7 Grieving process 6-7 Groups

characteristics of 35-6 compulsory 36 formed 36 group bond 41 group mind 36-7 members' need for satisfaction

36 natural 36 psyche groups 36 socio groups 36 types of 36-7 see also Reminiscence groups

Health, mental and physical books on 85-6 see also Mental health problems

Hearing, impaired 5 Help the Aged 82 Historical interest, places of 83 History

books on 90 see also Museums; Oral history

Hodgkinson Mental Test Score (MTS) 9

Hong Kong books on 89 geography, history and culture

97-9 Household objects

to revive memories 8 sources of 84

Imperial War Museum 82 India, books on 89-90 Integrity, in old age 14 Isolation, leading to depression 8

Libraries 84 Life course, and ageing 1 Life history books

audio recordings 58 availability vs safekeeping 57,

64 contents 56-7

Subject index 143

difficulties with memory impairment 62-3

examples of 68-71, 71-3 as joint family effort 57, 61-2,

63 length of 56 as link after enforced separation

59-61 the making of 64-5 and mental health problems 8 photographs for 56, 57, 65 preparation time and method

58-9, 64-5 questions to jog the memory 59,

64-5 reasons for making 55 verification of facts 57

Life reviews a comfort and a healing process

55 decisions influenced by

experience 53-4 of interest to others 55 a normal task of old age 15 reservations about 53 a validation of life 55 value of 53-6

Life style, effect on ageing 1 Listening 30 Local authorities, assessment of

and help for the elderly 4-5 Local history groups and societies

84 Local studies 84 Loss

from bereavement 6-7 from retirement 6

Manchester Reminiscence Project 82

Memory impairment, and life history

books 62 reliability, and oral history

18-19 short-term difficulties 8

Mental Deficiency Act (1913) 20 Mental handicap institutions,

examples of reminiscence 19-20

Mental health, books on 85-6 Mental health problems

assessment schemes 9

definition 7 incidence of 7-8 short-term memory difficulties

8 types of 7-8

Mental Test Score (MTS) 9 Museums

HMS Belfast 83 Imperial War Museum 82 local 83 oral history collections 19 reminiscence project 75-6 Winston Churchill's Britain at

War Theme Museum 83 Mythology, books on 90

National Sound Archive 82 Newspapers, local 84 Newsreels, on video 90-91 Northern Irish Tourist Board

83 Nostalgia Unlimited 82

Old age, two subdivisions of 2 Oral history

and community publishing 17 and memory problems 18-19 museums 19 vs reminiscence work 13 tradition of 16 vs written history 16-17

Oral History Society 18 Organisations

local 83-4 national 82-3

Pakistan books on 89-90 geography, history and culture

94-7 Photographs, for life history books

56, 57, 65 Physical health, books on 85-6 Projects

by a local community 73-4 museum exhibition 75-6 professional theatre production

76-7 value of 67 ways of undertaking 67

Psyche groups 36 Psychiatric illness, see Mental

health problems

144 Subject index

Religion and bereavement 7 and death 31 differing cultures 7

Religious groups, and reminiscence work 84

Reminiscence carers' fears of effect of 23-4 change in attitude to 14-15 examples of 26, see also Life

History Books help for uncommunicative 14 not for everyone 24 pleasurable, cathartic and

therapeutic 13-14 research studies 14, 15

Reminiscence (magazine) 82 Reminiscence groups

avoidance of compulsion 36, 40-41

communication within 46-8 definining tasks 43 endings of 48-50 group contract 40 help against depression 8 leader's role 37-8, 41-2 location of meetings 44 members, types of 40 members roles 41-2 preparation for meetings 46 reasons for initiating 38-40 relationship with pre-existing

groups 37 resource provision 43-4 seating arrangements 44-5 sessions, number and structure

of 43 size of 40 sources of help 42-3 sub-group alliances 47-8 themes for 44 timing of meetings 45 see also Groups; Projects

Research studies 14, 15 Residential care 25

numbers in 5

Resource networks 79-81, see also Organisations

Retirement, effect on individual 6 Royal British Legion, Pilgrimage

Department 83

Sadness caused by reminiscence 23-4 loss of friends and partners

24-5 see also Depression

Schools, reminiscence work as part of curriculum 84

Scottish Tourist Board 83 Self-esteem, importance of 2 Shape Network 82 Sight, impaired 5 Socio groups 36 Structured dependence 4

collapse of 6 Students, to help with

reminiscence work 84

Television programmes, on video 91

Tourist Boards 83

University of the Third Age 82

Videos 90-91 Vision, see Sight Vulnerability of the old 2

War, books on 88-9 WEA (Workers Educational

Association) 84 Welsh Tourist Board 83 West Indies

books on 89 geography, history and culture

99-101 Winston Churchill's Britain at War

Theme Museum 83 Workers Educational Association

(WEA) 84 World War II, see Britain at War

Theme Museum

Ageing, Healthy and in Control

An alternative approach to maintaining the health of older people

S Scrutton. Social Work Manager. Northamptonshire Social Services Department. UK

This book challenges conventional approaches to meeting the health needs of older people. It examines the neglect, despair and pessimism that so often surround the subject. 'Medicalization' of caring for older people, which so often appears to remove them from personal responsibility for their own health, is also discussed.

The book recommends that older people. sometimes with the support of carers. take a more pro-active role in the maintenance of health as they grow older. It does this by: critically examining the role of conventional medical ideas and practice. particularly in relation to the health of older people; promoting the idea of self-help through exercise, nutrition, continuing social engagement and the adoption of practical, preventative measures in an individual's lifestyle; examining the potential value and benefit to older people of many alternative medical disciplines such as homoeopathy, herbal medicine. acupuncture and others.

Key Features

• directed at the over 65 age group

• analyses conventional health treatment and reviews complementary therapies

• focuses on the subject of ageism and how this affects the health of older people

Contents: Nature and the importance of good health In old age. Medical ageism: expectations of health In old age. Allopathic medicine: the medicallzatlon of old age. An holistic approach: the causes of illness In old age. Escaping the psychology of medical ageism: reasserting personal control. Maintaining social engagement: combating loneliness and loss. Diet and nutrition. Physical aspects of good health: exercise. posture and relaxation. Alternative medicine: the fall and rise of traditional medical practice. Treating the Ulnesses of old age. An approach to loss. death and dying. The role of the professional carer. Useful addresses. References. Index.

Therapy in Practice Series 29

(Series Editor: Jo Campling)

August 1992: 216x138: 240pp Paperback: 0-412-38890-1: £12.95

CHAPMAN & HALL

Elder Abuse Concepts, theories and interventions

G Bennett, Consultant Geriatrician, Royal London Hospital, UK and P Kingston, Lecturer in Nursing, North Staffordshire College of Nursing, UK

The concept of elder abuse and neglect as a social problem continues to remain elusive. A major impediment has been the absence of research and clear definition of the problem. and a book which summarises what is known about elder abuse has been needed for a long time. Drawing on examples from the US and the UK. this book is a major contribution to research and information currently available.

The authors defme elder abuse broadly. While physical abuse is one aspect of the problem. Bennet and Kingston also study financial. emotional. sexual and psychological abuse and neglect. In addition. they cover practical concerns and recognition. intervention. prevention. and related legal issues. With its multidisciplinary approach. the book is appropriate for nurses. occupational therapists. physiotherapists. social workers. geriatricians. and all other health care professionals involved in elderly care.

* elder abuse and inadequate care is one of the main social/medical issues of the 1990s

* a multidisciplinary approach. including nursing. social work. therapy. medicine

* incorporates examples from UK and USA

Contents: Foreword. Introduction. Historical background: defmitions and theOries. The abused and the abuser. Recognition and assessment of abuse/inadequate care. Intervention. Legal issues. Health and social service cooperation. Prevention. Institution abuse and neglect. Research. Index.

Therapy in Practice Series 39 (Series Editor: Jo Campling)

October 1993: 216x138: c.184pp, 4 line illus, 4 halftone illus Paperback: 0-412-4531O-X: £14.95

CHAPMAN & HALL

Practical Psychiatry of Old Age

Second Edition

J Wattis, and C Martin, Academic Unit of Psychiatry, University of Leeds, UK

Reviews from the First Edition:

" ... this book will become very popular. Like the best vade mecums it combines theory and practice in an easily accessible and comprehensible fashion. Workers from many disciplines willfmd it use.fi11 and will want to buy it." British Medical Journal

The main focus of this new edition remains the practical assessment and management of people presenting with psychiatric symptoms in late life. The core of the book describes the common presentations of depression. confUSion. somatic preoccupation. hallucinations and delusions. Case Vignettes are used to illustrate the approach to clinical problems. There is special emphasis on the complex interaction of social. psychological and medical factors and the need for close multi-disciplinary teamwork. The new edition has been revised to: update the clinical approach. update patient management under new poliCies. provide a precise diagnostic system and structure the book in keeping with today's practice.

• illustrated with many clinical examples

• considers psychological. social and medical interventions

• emphasizes thorough assessment as the key to good management

• describes a practical approach to multi-disciplinary management

• text is built around the common clinical presentations of psychiatric disorders of old age

Contents: Introduction. Assessment. The classification of mental illness in old age. Mood disorder: depression and mania. Confusion. Somatization and hypochondriasis. Hallucinations and persecutory states. Psychological therapy with older people. Pharmacological treatment and ECT. The organization of legal services and the law in relation to treatment. Index.

October 1993: 216x138: c.264pp. 26 line illus. Paperback: 0-412-47460-3: £14.95

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Old Age in Modern Society 2nd Edition

A textbook of social gerontology

C Victor, Department of Public Health Medicine, Parkside Health Authority, UK

From a review of the previous edition: "This book merits a place in every Department of Public Health,

and every Social Services Department" - Public Health

Old age is part of the life cycle about which there are numerous myths and stereotypes. The appropriateness or otherwise of these myths is evaluated by Christina Victor using detailed statistical material from a biographical and anthropological perspective.

The new edition of this readable and thoughtful review of the present and future needs of the elderly provides an up-to-date overview of the position of older people in late 20th century Britain. It examines their social and economic circumstances and the main policy issues including pensions, housing, health and social care.

Data from Britain and other countries complete the revision of this standard work for social and health workers, sociologists and social policy analysts at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. A wide audience will find this a useful introduction to the characteristics of older people in a modem industrial society.

Contents: Introduction to the study of ageing. Approaches to the study of ageing. Methodological aspects of the study of ageing. Historical and cultural perspectives on ageing. Images of ageing. The demography of ageing. Housing and the elderly. Work and retirement. Standards of living. Family and social networks. Health and illness. Services for the elderly. Issues in the politics of ageing. Bibliography.

» contains the latest statistical census material to provide the reader with all the statistics they need on social gerontology

» provides an up-to-date overview of the position of older people in late 20th century Britain

» examines the main policy issues: pensions, housing, health and social care to give a clear guide to policy decisions

Apri11994: 234x156: c.288pp Paperback: 0-412-54350-8: £19.99

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