In sickness and in health: A qualitative study of elderly men who care for wives with dementia

It is estimated that approximately 1,000,000 elderly men care for spouses with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of cognitive impairment, yet we have only a limited understanding of their work, and central questions arise. What do men caregivers do, and what meanings do they ascribe to their work? What are their distinctive strengths and vulnerabilities, and what can we learn about men and caregiving from their stories? This qualitative study was based on in-depth, open-ended interviews with 14 elderly men who are primary caregivers to wives with dementia. All interviews were taped, transcribed, and manually coded. The resulting information then underwent analysis from which three major themes emerged: feelings of isolation and invisibility of their care work, a style of caregiving that jointly utilizes management and nurturing, and feelings of commitment, responsibility, and devotion.     

城市社区老人心理健康服务现状调查——来自重庆市主城社区的调查数据

以重庆市主城社区老人为调查对象,从老人的基本情况、心理健康状况、心理健康服务需求、心理服务支持系统等方面的调查数据进行详细分析,得出了家庭、邻里同辈群体是老人心理健康的重要支持系统、需要建立完善的城市社区老人心理健康服务体系等结论。     

广州市社区居家养老模式探索

社区居家养老是中国社会养老保障体系的必要补充,也是解决城市养老问题的重大战略选择。近几年广州市社区居家养事业取得显著成绩,成为全国的样板。社区居家养老工作要持续、快速、健康发展,必须走政府、社会、家庭相结合的养老保障道路。     

数据仓库在决策支持系统中的应用

本文分析了在决策支持系统中引入数据仓库的必要性,论述了决策支持系统中数据仓库的运作流程,并强调了数据分析与决策的关键技术OLAP技术和数据挖掘技术.     

论产业发展中的中小企业金融支持

近年来,中小企业发展问题倍受政府部门和理论界的关注.本文认为,只有从产业发展战略的高度来认识中小企业在国民经济中的作用和地位,中小企业的发展才能真正得到重视和政策支持.目前,困扰我国中小企业发展的主要障碍是融资难,只有从法律、政策、体制、机制等多方面采取综合措施才能从根本上逐步解决这一问题.     

21世纪我国老年人口规模与老年人力资源开发

21世纪上半叶将是老年人口数量及老龄化突进的时期。老年人力资源是人力资源构成的重要组成部分 ,建立市场机制 ,把老年人愿为现代化建设作贡献的主观愿望和能力 ,与社会发展对老年人力资源的客观需要 ,合理、有效地结合 ,促进人口经济协调发展     

城市居民理想养老居住方式的选择--基于南京等四城市抽样调查的实证研究

本文基于一项在扬州、南京、镇江、泰州四城市进行的老年生活状况调查,描述了这四城市居民理想养老居住方式的选择情况,并且利用Logistic回归分析方法试图研究影响居民理想养老居住方式选择意愿的主要因素。得出的基本结论是:人们在年老时,其理想的居住方式受多方面因素的影响和制约,但基本上可以归结为三个方面:观念因素、经济因素和体制因素。其中观念因素主要体现在文化程度变量上,是影响居民选择意愿的最主要因素。经济因素和体制因素体现在个人月收入和职业变量上,体制因素比经济因素在影响居民的选择意愿方面起到更加重要的作用。     

社会网络对企业管理人员职业生涯成功影响的实证研究

本文从社会网络的角度出发,基于社会交换理论,建立了社会网络对企业管理人员职业生涯成功的作用模型,并指出社会网络对职业成功两者之间的关系是通过网络利益(资源和职业支持)的中介作用实现的.本文以407位企业管理人员为研究对象,采用结构方程模型对假设模型进行检验,研究结果验证了网络利益(资源和职业支持)的中介效应.研究同时得出,社会网络各指标会对网络利益产生影响.相对于网络规模和网络异质性,网络密度和关系强度对于网络利益的获取有更为重要的影响.在网络利益对职业生涯成功作用的过程中,网络资源仅对管理人员职业满意度产生显著的正向影响,而职业支持对管理人员的职业生涯成功各指标都有显著的影响.文章最后指出了研究的局限性和未来研究方向.     

中国老年人低就业率成因:与俄罗斯的跨国比较

在老龄化加速和劳动年龄人口下降的背景下,开发我国老年劳动力资源具有重要意义。本文基于1988-2013年住户调查数据,通过与俄罗斯较长时期的跨国比较,发现中国老年人就业率偏低且持续下降,并进一步利用Oaxaca方法分解了就业率下降的贡献来源,由此解释了中国城镇老年人就业率较低的原因。研究发现,文化和制度因素的影响并不显著,而劳动力市场禀赋及其分化才是我国老年人就业率较低且持续下降的主要原因。相对于俄罗斯,中国城镇居民财富积累更快,收入结构更加多元化,再加上年轻外来劳动力涌入形成的挤出效应,带来中国老年人就业意愿和就业竞争力的双重下降,由此就使得中国老年人就业率逐渐降低。因此要打破劳动力市场分割,让老年劳动力顺利实现职业转换和工作岗位转变;改善小微企业营商环境,扩大老年人非正规就业机会;增加老年人职业培训以提高就业竞争力,鼓励获得较高教育技能的老年人工作更长的年限,并成为劳动力市场的重要补充。     

Charging and Quasi-Markets in Community Care: Implications for Elderly People with Dementia

Social services authorities in the UK are increasingly involved in charging and fee collection activities with clients in receipt of community care services. This article explores the implications of these developments for elderly people with dementia. The starting point of the article is a critique of existing legal and administrative options for handling other people's money, including the difficulties and dilemmas raised for both paid and unpaid carers by the existing arrangements. This is then related to the failure of charging and fee collection systems which have developed as a result of the community care reforms to address the particular needs of elderly people with dementia. A case study of policies in one local authority is outlined and this is followed by the presentation of the view of 37 fieldlevel professionals who were interviewed in focus groups. The concerns of these respondents included the complexity of the assessment task, conflicts between care managers and finance/revenue staff, the difficulty of defining and responding to financial abuse, and dilemmas over the extent to which relatives and carers should be trusted. The final section of the article considers the implications of a move to quasi-markets in social care for elderly people with dementia, particularly in terms of their vulnerability to financial exploitation.