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Publication date: 1 January 2012

Nancy Kelly‐Gillespie and Frances Wilby

The purpose of this study is to assess the volunteer component of the Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN) program, a service program designed to assist community‐residing older…

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Purpose

The purpose of this study is to assess the volunteer component of the Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN) program, a service program designed to assist community‐residing older adults to remain in their homes and avoid premature institutionalization. The study seeks to examine how meaningful and satisfying the volunteer experience has been for individuals involved with NHN.

Design/methodology/approach

This study employed an exploratory cross‐sectional survey format developed specifically for NHN for descriptive purposes. A purposive sample of 26 NHN volunteers completed the survey examining their experiences with the NHN program.

Findings

A total of 91 percent (21) volunteers reported being “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with their volunteer experience and 70 percent felt that they had made a difference in their community.

Social implications

Programs such as NHN may be promising service models to meet the needs of older adults by building communities from the inside‐out.

Originality/value

This study provides new knowledge concerning the satisfaction of volunteers in a unique community‐based program serving older adults.

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Working with Older People, vol. 16 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1366-3666

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Publication date: 8 June 2012

Frances Wilby and Cathy Chambless

This paper aims to identify the characteristics of 260 adults, 65 and over, who applied for services through an Area Agency on Aging in a western state in the United States, and…

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This paper aims to identify the characteristics of 260 adults, 65 and over, who applied for services through an Area Agency on Aging in a western state in the United States, and to determine the conditions that resulted in referral to the state‐funded Home and Community Based Alternatives Program (Alternatives) or the Medicaid Aging Waiver (Waiver) program.

Design/methodology/approach

The study was an exploratory one utilizing quantitative data from an existing database of older adults who sought home and community based services from Mountainlands Area Agency on Aging (AAA) between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2007.

Findings

Although most of the sample lived at or near poverty levels, results suggest that higher monthly income and living alone predict referral to the Alternatives program, whereas greater need for assistance with bathing and performing heavy housework are the primary determinants of referral to the Medicaid Waiver program.

Originality/value

This study adds to the body of knowledge concerning the characteristics of people who access home and community based services. Most people in this study, who were seeking assistance from public programs, were living at or below the US Federal Poverty Line. One home and community based program was more likely to serve people who lived with others and had cognitive impairments, and referral to a Medicaid home and community based program was more likely for people who needed assistance with bathing and heavy housework.

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Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, vol. 13 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1471-7794

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Publication date: 1 April 2012

Nancy Kelley‐Gillespie, Frances Wilby and O. William Farley

The purpose of this study is to examine the satisfaction of older adults in the services they receive from the Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN) program – a program designed to…

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Purpose

The purpose of this study is to examine the satisfaction of older adults in the services they receive from the Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN) program – a program designed to assist older adults to remain independent in their homes and communities.

Design/methodology/approach

A questionnaire examining various domains of service was developed and administered to 49 older adults who had been receiving assistance from NHN for at least six months.

Findings

Findings revealed that 87 percent (41) of the participants were satisfied with services and believed that NHN helped them remain independent in the community.

Research limitations/implications

The study was a cross‐sectional design and did not look at change over time based on a pre/post test research design. Therefore, no causation can be implied. Another limitation is that the study was conducted internally by NHN; program participants may have responded in a socially desirable way in order not to reflect negatively on the program.

Practical implications

Findings from this study may have implications for developing sustainable home‐ and community‐based support programs for older adults.

Social implications

With the aging of societies and cutbacks in government social services, it is important to examine how the needs of aging citizens can be met.

Originality/value

The paper shows that the NHN model is innovative in its use of students, community‐building approaches, and volunteers in meeting the needs of older adults. The NHN program provides an innovative model that can be replicated by other universities or other community‐based organizations around the country.

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Working with Older People, vol. 16 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1366-3666

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Publication date: 1 April 2012

Deborah Klee

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Working with Older People, vol. 16 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1366-3666

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Publication date: 8 June 2012

Ron Iphofen

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Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, vol. 13 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1471-7794

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Publication date: 18 April 2016

Lucy Cradduck

The purpose of this paper is to reduce the potential for litigation by improving valuers’ awareness of water risks. As part of a valuer’s due diligence, the paper provides…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to reduce the potential for litigation by improving valuers’ awareness of water risks. As part of a valuer’s due diligence, the paper provides guidance as to how to identify such risks by explaining the different types and examining how online search tools can be used in conjunction with more traditional methods to evaluate the probability of these risks occurring.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper builds on prior research, which examined the impact of water to and for valuations. By means of legal/doctrinal analysis, this paper considers relevant issues from the perspective of managing client expectations and needs. In so doing it identifies online tools available to assist in identifying at risk properties and better informing clients.

Findings

While the internet provides a variety of tools to gain access to relevant information, this information most commonly is only provided subject to disclaimer. Valuers need to ensure that blind reliance is not given to use of these tools but that the tools are used in conjunction with individual property inspections.

Research limitations/implications

Although the examples considered primarily are Australian, increasing water risks generally make the issues considered relevant for any jurisdiction. The research will be of particular interests to practitioners in coastal or riverine areas.

Practical implications

Valuation reports are sought for a variety of purposes from a variety of clients. These range from the experienced, knowledgeable developer looking to maximise available equity to the inexperienced, uneducated individual looking to acquire their home and thinking more often than not with their heart not their head. More informed practices by valuers will lead to valuation reports being more easily understood by clients, thus lessening the likelihood of litigation against the valuer for negligence.

Originality/value

The paper highlights the issue of water risks; the need for valuers to properly address potential and actual risks in their reports; and the corresponding need to undertake all appropriate searches and enquiries of the property to be valued. It reinforces the importance of access to the internet as a tool in the valuation process.

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Property Management, vol. 34 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-7472

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Publication date: 6 September 2018

Behdad Alizadeh and James Hitchmough

Urban landscapes play a significant role in supporting municipal, ecological and social systems. Besides, valuable environmental services and urban green spaces provide social and…

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Urban landscapes play a significant role in supporting municipal, ecological and social systems. Besides, valuable environmental services and urban green spaces provide social and psychological services, very important for the liveability of modern cities and the well-being of urban residents. It is clear that the area of green space in a city, the method of designing urban landscape and access to urban green space potentially affect the health, happiness, comfort, safety and security of urban dwellers. Urban landscape plays a significant role in providing habitats for wildlife, and an important vegetation type in doing this is species-rich herbaceous vegetation that provides pollen and nectar plus physical habitat for native fauna. Any factor that makes an impression on the urban landscape (such as climate change) will affect people’s lives directly or indirectly. There is a universal consensus that the temperature has increased in most of the world over the past century the investigation of climate change impacts on the urban landscape is the purpose of this study.

Findings

Understanding the process of climate change adaptation is necessary to design plant communities for use in public landscapes. Increased CO2 and air temperature in conjunction with the changing rainfall conditions, as the three important factors of climate change, potentially alter almost all world ecosystems. Climate change provides new opportunities, and in some cases, an obligate need to use non-native plant species in conjunction with native plant species, not only to reduce the side effects of climate change but also to increase the species diversity and aesthetic value in meadow-like naturalistic planting design.

Originality/value

The authors confirm that this work is original and has not been published elsewhere. In this paper, the authors report on the effects of climate change on urban landscape and suggest different kind of solutions to reduce the effects. The paper should be of interest to readers in the areas of landscape architecture, landscape ecologist, landscape planner, landscape managers and environmental designer.

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International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, vol. 11 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1756-8692

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Publication date: 1 June 2003

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Kybernetes, vol. 32 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0368-492X

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Publication date: 1 December 2012

Fuad H. Mallick and Monjur Mourshed

The interdependence and feedback between climate impacts mitigation and adaptation to the inevitable changes in climate are the key challenges for the built environment in the…

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The interdependence and feedback between climate impacts mitigation and adaptation to the inevitable changes in climate are the key challenges for the built environment in the coming decades. These challenges are more pronounced in the interface between science and society, in which scientific knowledge and evidence are transformed into policy actions. This editorial looks at current and growing evidence base on the impacts of climate change and the means to adapt buildings, as well as the interface between policies and evidence base while summarising the contributions to this special issue.

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Open House International, vol. 37 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0168-2601

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Publication date: 1 January 1992

Peter J. Marcer

Pioneering work into Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) and the theory of computation reveals a new revolution. Quantum physics is essential to the understanding of deuces with…

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Pioneering work into Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) and the theory of computation reveals a new revolution. Quantum physics is essential to the understanding of deuces with two stable states and to how theoretically, classical Turing computation is physically possible. Furthermore, completely novel quantum‐mechanical computational devices utilizing dimensional confinement can be made; similar mechanisms may well exist in natural biological systems and brains. Shows that this new quantum‐mechanical perspective yields the basis for a model of conscious machinery, with correspondingly well defined processes specifying the nature of perception, cognition and information, for which as yet computer science has no agreed definitions.

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Kybernetes, vol. 21 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0368-492X

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