Improving mental health in later life: the role of service user involvement
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2016. Purpose To describe service user involvement, explain some of the key issues that define, affect or protect mental health in later life and show how involvement may contribute to to better mental health in later life. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews existing definitions of involvement and mental health in later life; provides a more detailed review of some examples of involvement at a range of levels and illustrates how these could have a positive impact on mental health. Findings Active involvement and engagement at all levels offers s...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - July 27, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Understanding and alleviating loneliness in later life: perspectives of older people
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2016. Purpose There is extensive empirical literature that has sought to establish the prevalence of, and risk factors for, loneliness and social isolation in later life. Traditional empirical gerontological approaches have characterized loneliness as a linear experience that is both pathological and easily relieved with external intervention. In this paper we explore the potential of qualitative interview data to reveal the possible complexities in understanding loneliness, including conceptual considerations for the dynamic and multi-dimensional aspects of...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - July 27, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Sustaining the self in the 'fourth age': a case study
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2016. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illuminate from the perspective of an older person (Harriet) the factors that support and jeopardise mental wellbeing in the fourth age. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on unstructured narrative interviews with an older woman who was originally interviewed for a previous research study 15 years ago. At that time she was aged 82; she is now aged 97. This paper explores themes of change and continuity in her experience of ageing with a view to re-evaluating the model of sustaining the self developed...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - July 27, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Editorial
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2016. (Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults)
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - July 27, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
The role and influence of micro-cultures in long-term care on the mental health and wellbeing of older people: a scoping review of evidence
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/qaoa/17/3" > Volume 17, Issue 3 < /a > , September 2016. < br/ > Purpose This paper explores evidence about the role played by micro-cultures in long term care settings in shaping residents ’ mental health and wellbeing. Design/methodology/approach A Scoping Review on micro-cultures in long-term care, including & #xD; database search of academic and grey literature using pre-determined combinations of key terms and specific inclusion/exclusion criteria. The review followed the methodological framework of Arksey and O'Malley (2005). Find...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - July 27, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Hospital discharge: lost opportunities to promote or maintain older people's mental health
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/qaoa/17/3" > Volume 17, Issue 3 < /a > , September 2016. < br/ > Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of hospital discharge on the wider wellbeing of older people, drawing out implications this can have on mental health. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on research from the Healthwatch England Special Inquiry into hospital discharge. The paper focuses on the experiences of 1,300 older people, with the majority of the research being undertaken by the local Healthwatch network. The 58 local Healthwatch who...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - July 27, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Improving mental health in later life: the role of service user involvement
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/qaoa/17/3" > Volume 17, Issue 3 < /a > , September 2016. < br/ > Purpose To describe service user involvement, explain some of the key issues that define, affect or protect mental health in later life and show how involvement may contribute to to better mental health in later life. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews existing definitions of involvement and mental health in later life; provides a more detailed review of some examples of involvement at a range of levels and illustrates how these could have a positive impact on menta...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - July 27, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Understanding and alleviating loneliness in later life: perspectives of older people
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/qaoa/17/3" > Volume 17, Issue 3 < /a > , September 2016. < br/ > Purpose There is extensive empirical literature that has sought to establish the prevalence of, and risk factors for, loneliness and social isolation in later life. Traditional empirical gerontological approaches have characterized loneliness as a linear experience that is both pathological and easily relieved with external intervention. In this paper we explore the potential of qualitative interview data to reveal the possible complexities in understanding loneliness, includi...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - July 27, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Sustaining the self in the 'fourth age': a case study
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/qaoa/17/3" > Volume 17, Issue 3 < /a > , September 2016. < br/ > Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illuminate from the perspective of an older person (Harriet) the factors that support and jeopardise mental wellbeing in the fourth age. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on unstructured narrative interviews with an older woman who was originally interviewed for a previous research study 15 years ago. At that time she was aged 82; she is now aged 97. This paper explores themes of change and continuity in her experience of...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - July 27, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Editorial
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/qaoa/17/3" > Volume 17, Issue 3 < /a > , September 2016. < br/ > (Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults)
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - July 27, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Working with changes in ageing
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, < a href="http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/qaoa/17/2" > Volume 17, Issue 2 < /a > , June 2016. < br/ > (Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults)
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - May 25, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Being self in later life: maintaining continuity in the face of change
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, < a href="http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/qaoa/17/2" > Volume 17, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 141-150, June 2016. < br/ > Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to build upon existing knowledge of personalisation through an improved understanding of how the use of personalised social care services can support older people’s sense of self. It contains perspectives that are helpful to the development of personalisation polic y and practice and to the future commissioning of social care services. Design/methodology/approach – The research involved a qualitative study with eight particip...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - May 25, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Mobility changes during the first years of retirement
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, < a href="http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/qaoa/17/2" > Volume 17, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 131-140, June 2016. < br/ > Purpose – Mobility is an important aspect of well-being, activity and participation. Retiring from paid work is a transition in later life when people need to adjust to a new daily structure and fill the day with activities other than work. Life-course transitions influence demands for mobility and choice of travel mode as people adapt to new circumstances and learning processes. The purpose of this paper is to explore how mobility strategies develop during the first yea...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - May 25, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Educating a health service workforce about dementia: a qualitative study
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, < a href="http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/qaoa/17/2" > Volume 17, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 119-130, June 2016. < br/ > Purpose – People who are living with dementia are core health service users, but there are ongoing concerns about the quality of their care and the need for improved education of healthcare staff. The purpose of this paper is to report a qualitative study that investigated staff perspectives on an ethnodr ama (“Barbara’s Story”) which was used to educate an entire health service workforce and promote a person-centred approach to care. Design/methodology/approach ...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - May 25, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Connected communities? LGB older people and their risk of exclusion from decent housing and neighbourhoods
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, < a href="http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/qaoa/17/2" > Volume 17, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 107-118, June 2016. < br/ > Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the way in which the housing and neighbourhood accessibility and neighbourhood connectedness of older lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people aged 50 and over, differ compared to non-LGB older people. Design/methodology/approach – This paper utilises data collected as part of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing as well as theories around social exclusion to explore these issues, using information from 5,442 surve...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - May 25, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
