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Providing Education and Support Groups for the Ageing Population
Author(s) -
MacDonald Margaret,
Lovell Robin,
McKeown Prue,
Beagley David,
Emmerson Kaye,
Coghill Dianne,
Harris Julie
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1990.tb01224.x
Subject(s) - dignity , occupational therapy , repatriation , population ageing , population , gerontology , quality of life (healthcare) , medicine , psychology , nursing , psychiatry , political science , environmental health , law
This paper highlights the changing services in occupational therapy for the veteran population at the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria. This hospital primarily treats entitled veterans of all wars, including Vietnam, and their dependants. The average age of this population is increasing. The authors hope to describe how occupational therapists, in conjunction with other paramedicals, are rising to the challenge of helping to maintain quality of life, self‐esteem and dignity for elderly patients and their care‐givers. The needs of the elderly veteran population are no different from the needs of the majority of elderly people, so the information presented will be relevant to all occupational therapists working with the elderly.