The Elderly • Read the bullet points as you go through the

Power Points.• Can you write something about each?• NO - Look at you class jotters.• Click on a symbol to see a video clip on the

topic.• Click on the symbol to go to a web site.• Make notes / write a few sentences / write

figures about each topic in your revision notes from the video clips.

Remember to ….

Open the Box

for any KU question.

You must add more to the topic in the question and write a story about it with examples.

Statistics • Rising numbers of elderly

• More elderly women than men

• Falling number of young workers

• Ageism – Why wrong?

–‘Old Enough – Good Enough’?

4 Different Elderly [Main Need]• James Owens

– Widowed, Government and Works Pension, well-off, mobile, fit, active, Sheltered Housing [COMPANY]

• The Goodwins– Government Pension, Poverty Trap, Council House,

cannot afford luxuries, keep busy [MONEY]

• Elizabeth McKane– Paralysed by a stroke, cared for by her grand-daughter

in the family home, Care in the Community [CONSTANT CARE and ATTENTION]

• Miss Grant– Low Income, Housing Benefit, poor eyesight,

sheltered housing [CARE]

Physical / Health Needs

Good Health

Body and Health

Good Mobility

Constant Care

Physical / Health Problems

• Eyesight fails

• Hearing gets worse

• Arthritis

• Senile Dementia

Entrance Stairs or Steps

Hard to turn on taps

Low plugs and sockets

Bath difficult to get into

House problems increasedby poor health.

Stairs in house to bedroom

Financial Needs

A Better state pension

No Poor Housing

No Poverty Trap No Fuel Poverty

Money and Living Standards Needs• Good Pension• Good Job / Works Pension• Good Housing• Good Living Standards• WOOPIE

Emotional Needs

No Loneliness

No Fear of Crime 1

Self Defence for the Elderly

Elderly Protection

How you feel about yourself.

Elderly worry about crime but they are the group least likely to be victims of violent crime.

No Fear of Crime 2

1 - Own House Adaptions.

Meeting the needs of some elderly

2 - Family help 4 - Residential / Nursing Home.

3 - Sheltered Housing.

6 - Voluntary / Charity help.

5 - Government Help / Care in the

Community.

• Ramps• Easy taps and plugs

Personal Alarms

Walk in Baths CCTV at front door

Stair Lift

1 House Adaptions

Looking after elderly

Selling Family Home to pay for care

Visiting and Company

2 Family Help

• Look after your self• Do your own cooking, cleaning etc.• Warden for emergencies • Alarms• Raised sockets

Warden 1

Road Safety

Warden 2

3 Sheltered Housing

• Full Time Care• Not able to look after yourself• May need medical care• May need nurses to help• HANOVER HOUSING

Award Winning Care Home

Contact by Computer

An Unusual Entertainer

Memory Help

4 Residential / Nursing Home

• State Pension• Housing Benefit• Free Central Heating• Winter Fuel Payments• Free TV License• Free Bus travel• Care in the Community Winter Fuel P

ayments

National Bus Pass 1

Free Central Heating

5 Government Help

Free TV License

National Bus Pass 2

Cost of Care in the Community

Free Personal Care for the Elderly in Scotland [Started 2002]• Personal Hygiene - Bathing, showering, hair washing, shaving, oral hygiene, nail care

• Continence Management - Toileting, skin care, incontinence laundry, bed changing

• Food and Diet - Assistance with the preparation of food and the fulfilment of special dietary needs

• Problems with Immobility - Dealing with the consequences of being immobile or substantially immobile

• Simple Treatments - Assistance with medication, application of creams and lotions, simple dressings

• Personal Assistance - Assistance with dressing, surgical appliances, mechanical and manual aids, Assistance to get up and go to bed

• Nursing Care services

2 - Free Personal Care for the Elderly [ Feb 2008]

5 Scottish Parliament Help

1 - Free Personal Care for the Elderly [ Mar 2006]

FREE

• Help The Aged• Age Concern

Help the Aged [Isolation]

Help the Aged [Heating]

6 Charity / Voluntary Help

Age Concern [Luxuries]

Age Concern [Unclaimed Benefits]

• New Technology can help the Elderly

Modem Technology in the Home

Tele Health

A Walking Chair

The Elderly and New Technology

Hear Ear

Silver Surfers

Still Game[Makes you laugh but they are based on real life]

p.s. apologies for some of the language• Cauld 1

– Winter Fuel Payments, Free Central Heating

• Courtin 1 – Loneliness, Friendship, Company

• Flittin 1 – Good Housing

• Family 1 – Family, Lonliness

The Zimmers 1 The Zimmers 2