Facilitating Future Planning for Ageing Adults with Intellectual Disabilities Using a Planning Tool that Incorporates Quality of Life Domains

Abstract

When ageing families of an adult with a lifelong disability embark on a process of planning for the future, they generally think in terms of making hard and fast decisions about: (1) where the person with the disability is going to live when “the time comes”; and (2) who will take on their direct care. However, there is common trepidation among many families when it comes to launching their son or daughter with a lifelong disability. Generally, many families ignore, neglect, or simply do not engage in making any formal plans at all. When ageing families do make plans, they often focus only a place to live. This can mean that other significant aspects of a person's life (i.e., quality of life factors) are negated or neglected. Reviewing population demographics for both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, it was ascertained that a sizable number of parents will be aging in the near future and that some formalized assistance for future planning was needed. To this end, a planning instrument, What the Future Holds, was developed in order to help families and other carers with planning for the future and involving a variety of quality of life domains, including health, financial, vocational, social, civil, and residential well-being.     

北朝至唐的"尚武"之变与西域乐舞"东传"

北魏时期，传入中原的西部乐舞中的“尚武”之韵，已不再是游牧部族“野蛮”的代名词。到了唐代．它则凝聚了中原文明更多的精髓，既可代表社会集团强力实施的政治、军事行为，又在追求和谐、安宁的大一统中，彰显个体生命的自由意志，并历经了初唐的童稚和天真、盛唐的武功盖世及开元天宝年间的青春和朝气、中唐离乱哀思中的冲动和热烈，直至晚唐，其“尚武”虽在落日黄昏中多幻化为形式，演绎为宫廷艳舞．盛极奢靡之风，但仍不乏将其“老骥伏枥”之志，稀释于艺术的“本真”和“纯然”之中而至生命的超然。     

陕北文化的分期及其基本特质

陕北文化是陕北人历数千年而创造的独具特色的地域文化，是中华文化的重要组成部分。陕北文化的发生、发展，可以按照历史的自然演进序列划分为远古到秦汉、魏晋到宋辽金元以及明清时期三个阶段，每一阶段又可细分为若干历史时期。陕北文化的基本特质表现为文化的开放性和多元性，浓重的军事文化色彩，以及文化中的原始性和历史延续性。这些基本特质赋予了陕北文化顽强的生命力和丰富绚烂的神奇魅力。     

Mobilities‐Based Urban Planning in the North of England

Abstract

This article explores the suggestion by architect Will Alsop that the future prosperity and influence of Northern English cities will be best achieved through merging into one discrete urban entity facilitated by the M62 motorway corridor. The article will locate Alsop’s plan within the concerns of literature drawn from the mobilities strand of social science research, as well as architectural theories of urbanism and contemporaneous governmental policy. The article concludes by looking at the Northern English region and Alsop’s plan within a national, European and global context.     

论宋夏战争对北宋咏史怀古词创作的影响

历经百余年的宋夏战争,激发了北宋词人的忧患意识与人格精神,这不仅孕生了"以诗为词"的创作理论,同时也促发了以古喻今、感慨兴衰的创作实践,从而将咏史怀古词的创作推向了创作高峰。通过揭示宋夏战争与北宋咏史怀古词之间的有机联系,可以深入发掘北宋词的嬗变轨迹与时代内涵,同时也印证了古代民族关系格局对文学时代风貌的深远影响。     

论北宋西北边疆地区民族法制之运作

在北宋西北边疆地区,宋夏对峙致使这一地区民族关系复杂.这种态势直接影响到北宋在西北边疆地区的司法,即由遵从少数民族习惯法到逐步推广适用北宋国家法,而边臣的言行对民族法制运作产生积极或消极的影响,这些因素共同构成北宋西北边疆地区民族法制运作实践的图景.     

北魏汝南王元悦事迹及相关问题研究

北魏皇族宗室在社会政治上占据重要位置,对北魏政治发展也起到了重要影响,元悦可为较为典型之个案。元悦性致狂逸,对于儒学、佛教以及方术都有不同程度的接触。元悦所历官职大多崇重,也符合元魏宗室任职的一般特点。元悦依制开设官府所荐用的僚佐大多出自名门士族,但僚佐与府主之间的结合关系较为疏散。在北魏末年,元悦本身的政治野心和孝文帝之子的这一身份引起孝武帝的疑忌,遂引来杀身之祸。     

北大荒文化生成的独特机制探析

北大荒文化的生成是有其特殊机制的,它的最初孕育有其特殊性,是一种成熟的文化形态(军旅文化)突进式地植入,并直接成为这一地域的核心文化和主流文化。北大荒文化的生成发展也有其特殊性,历史上两次成规模团块状人群的进入,形成了军旅文化、中原文化、城市文化三种文化相互叠加累积的多元化文化结构。北大荒文化的外显形态也是特殊的,具体体现在不同的文化层面上。     

苏北地区经济发展模式的研究与对策

作为江苏省经济发展相对落后的地区,苏北地区在十二五期间,其经济发展的好坏必将影响江苏省在今后的进一步发展。根据多年来对这一地区经济发展情况的不懈研究,作者认为发展苏北经济应从利用外资、缩小城乡差距和积极发展低碳经济等方面着手。     

试论陕北面塑的生殖崇拜内涵

陕北面塑有别于其他地方的民间艺术。在造型方面它更加夸张抽象,线条刚劲有力,轮廓极度粗放,有独特的审美价值和艺术震撼力量。从寓意方面看,它是人类祈福纳祥,祭祀神灵祖先,表达美好愿望的生活追求。而透过艺术表象所呈现给我们的却是,它是原始人类生殖崇拜思想的流露。