Special Dementia Unit as hostel: a residential care development in Australia

As with many other aspects of health care, specialization has become a feature of residential care. In addition to well-aged units and nursing homes there are two categories of hostel care for older people in Australia. An account is given of the development of the Special Dementia Unit (SDU) in the form of a hostel. The advantages and disadvantages of this facility are mentioned. A close association of geriatric and psychogeriatric services with nursing homes and hostels is necessary to achieve a regional service as well as further development in the several components of institutional care

International Workshop on Nutrient Balances for Sustainable Agricultural Production and Natural Resource Management in Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, 20-22 February 2001: selected papers and presentations

Soil management / Soil properties / Soil fertility / Soil degradation / Crop production / Farmers / Agricultural extension / Farming systems / Sustainability / Rice / Cassava / Vegetables / Maize / Fertilizers / Decision support tools / Economic aspects

Accounting for environmental and socioeconomic sustainability in Northeast Thailand: towards decision support for farmers and extension workers

Sustainable agricultureFarming systemsFertilizersEconomic aspectsIncome

On the magnetic variation of Hobart

It is, I believe, about 18 years since there has been determination of the magnetic variation here, at all events published. It may have been, and very probably was, observed by the American Transit of Venus Expedition in 1874; but, if so, it does not appear to have been published. The most recent authentic observation I can find is that of Dr. Geo. Neumeyer in April, 1863, as included in his "Results of the Magnetic Survey of the Colony of Victoria.