Adaptation to care dependency in community care
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 18, Issue 4, Page 254-264, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the lived experiences of adapting to care dependency among adults receiving health and social care in ordinary housing. Design/methodology/approach This was done by conducting a phenomenological study by interviewing ten adults, receiving home care services in ordinary housing. Findings Participants not only adapted by becoming a “good patient” but they had four strategies they used: sociability, distance, competence and compliance, contributing to a sense of dignity and personal safety...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - November 27, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Meeting the needs of older people living at home with dementia who have problems with continence
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 18, Issue 4, Page 246-253, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the question of how to meet the needs of older people living at home with dementia who have problems with continence. The paper is focused on social care practice in community settings. Design/methodology/approach This paper is practice focused and draws on the authors ’ research and experiences in clinical care, workforce development and service improvement. Findings This paper summarises research on incontinence and its negative effects on quality of life and care relationships. It desc...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - November 27, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Multidisciplinary attitudes to people with dementia; training and environmental factors play a role in caring for people with dementia in a Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 18, Issue 4, Page 235-245, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore multidisciplinary attitudes and environmental factors affecting dementia care in the Cardiac Catheter Laboratory (CCL). Design/methodology/approach Questionnaires (n=87) were distributed in a hospital CCL in the North of England. The authors utilised the Dementia Attitudes Scale which incorporates two subscales: Social Comfort and Dementia Knowledge. In addition, a newly devised questionnaire asking about perceptions of how the CCL environment affected care of patients with dementia was adde...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - November 27, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Helpless helpers: primary care therapist self-efficacy working with intimate partner violence and ageing women
This study is the first to suggest a framework that is grounded in practitioner experience with capability to transfer to a range of professionals working with mid-to older-aged women such as forensic, medical and specialist psychologists. (Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults)
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - November 27, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Editorial
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 18, Issue 4, Page 221-221, December 2017. (Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults)
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - November 27, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Adaptation to care dependency in community care
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 18, Issue 4, Page 254-264, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the lived experiences of adapting to care dependency among adults receiving health and social care in ordinary housing. Design/methodology/approach This was done by conducting a phenomenological study by interviewing ten adults, receiving home care services in ordinary housing. Findings Participants not only adapted by becoming a “good patient” but they had four strategies they used: sociability, distance, competence and compliance, contributing to a sense of dignity and personal safety...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - November 27, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Meeting the needs of older people living at home with dementia who have problems with continence
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 18, Issue 4, Page 246-253, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the question of how to meet the needs of older people living at home with dementia who have problems with continence. The paper is focused on social care practice in community settings. Design/methodology/approach This paper is practice focused and draws on the authors ’ research and experiences in clinical care, workforce development and service improvement. Findings This paper summarises research on incontinence and its negative effects on quality of life and care relationships. It desc...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - November 27, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Multidisciplinary attitudes to people with dementia; training and environmental factors play a role in caring for people with dementia in a Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 18, Issue 4, Page 235-245, December 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore multidisciplinary attitudes and environmental factors affecting dementia care in the Cardiac Catheter Laboratory (CCL). Design/methodology/approach Questionnaires (n=87) were distributed in a hospital CCL in the North of England. The authors utilised the Dementia Attitudes Scale which incorporates two subscales: Social Comfort and Dementia Knowledge. In addition, a newly devised questionnaire asking about perceptions of how the CCL environment affected care of patients with dementia was adde...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - November 27, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Helpless helpers: primary care therapist self-efficacy working with intimate partner violence and ageing women
This study is the first to suggest a framework that is grounded in practitioner experience with capability to transfer to a range of professionals working with mid-to older-aged women such as forensic, medical and specialist psychologists. (Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults)
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - November 27, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
International insights on researching and providing for longer-lived communities
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 169-170, September 2017. (Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults)
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - September 7, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Perception of risk of adverse outcomes of older people: comparison between nursing homes, day centers and home care services
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 212-220, September 2017. Purpose In Portugal, the three main kinds of care services available for older people are nursing homes, day centers and home care services. The use of these care services is mostly based on complex socioeconomic and functional criteria; however it is not clear if this placement corresponds to a higher/lower risk of adverse outcomes. The purposes of this paper are: to characterize clients of each type of service; to estimate the proportion of individuals at perceived risk of each adverse outcome according to type of service; to assess the...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - September 7, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Notes from the hospital bedside: reflections on researcher roles and responsibilities at the end of life in dementia
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 201-211, September 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the ethical and practical dilemmas faced by an experienced researcher in undertaking research with a person with dementia (whom we have called Amy). Amy died shortly after a period of observation had ended and the family subsequently consented to the data being shared. Design/methodology/approach This individual case study presentation was nested within a larger study conducted in England and Scotland between 2013 and 2014. The overall aim of the main study was to investigate how he...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - September 7, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Structural relationship between emotional and social support for young adult carers towards intergenerational care of the multi-ethnic elderly
This study sends a strong message to policy-makers in developing countries about the need to consider within their National Policy for the Elderly, improvements in the national action plan for a holistic and integrated approach to ensure the well -being of caregivers and the elderly. Originality/value The results of the study help young adults to understand the importance of emotional and social support in boosting their relationships with parents and families and motivating intergenerational efforts in the care of the multi-ethnic elderly . Harmony within families is an important ideal in any circumstance, but in the sce...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - September 7, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Transit accessibility for older adults in the Greater Lansing, Michigan region
This study area is typical of many small towns in the USA and underlines the need for more policy- and community-led transit initiatives to address this critical barrier to optimal ageing. Originality/value This paper fulfils an identified need to s tudy the transit infrastructure of a range of urban areas and ascertain whether it currently fulfils mobility needs of older adults who do not drive. (Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults)
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - September 7, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Challenges in morbidity and mortality statistics of the elderly population in Tanzania: a call to action
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 171-174, September 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the challenges in the reported statistics of diseases and deaths in the rapidly expanding elderly cohort of Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach A rapid appraisal of available gaps from known facts and figures targeting the old age cohort of Tanzania. Findings There appears to be no available mechanism(s) to generate reliable statistics on diseases and death patterns in the elderly population of Tanzania. The few available ones are largely hospital-based statistics as well as findings f...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - September 7, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
