Supporting older military veterans in the rural US
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of rural older veterans in the USA and discuss how the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is increasing access to health care for older veterans in rural areas. Design/methodology/approach This is a descriptive paper summarizing population and program data about rural veterans. Findings VA provides a variety of health care services and benefits for older veterans to support health, independence, and quality of life. With the creation of the Veterans Health Administration Office of Rural Health (ORH) in 200...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - October 15, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Professional associations can nurture interdisciplinary partnerships to better serve rural-dwelling older adults
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a case study that illustrates how professional associations can provide the context for development of formal and informal interdisciplinary collaboration and promote advancement and dissemination of useful knowledge among disciplines and across geographic boundaries. This paper reports the work of the Rural Aging Special Interest Group of the Gerontological Society of America to develop and disseminate approaches that leverage existing resources to address the challenges of providing services to rural – dwelling older ad...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - September 19, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Relevance of urban green space for physical activity and health-related quality of life in older adults
This study is one of the first to examine the relationship between UGS, physical activity and HRQoL in older adults. (Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults)
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - September 19, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Professional associations can nurture interdisciplinary partnerships to better serve rural-dwelling older adults
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a case study that illustrates how professional associations can provide the context for development of formal and informal interdisciplinary collaboration and promote advancement and dissemination of useful knowledge among disciplines and across geographic boundaries. This paper reports the work of the Rural Aging Special Interest Group of the Gerontological Society of America to develop and disseminate approaches that leverage existing resources to address the challenges of providing services to rural – dwelling older ad...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - September 19, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Professional associations can nurture interdisciplinary partnerships: serving rural elders, a case study
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a case study that illustrates how professional associations can provide the context for development of formal and informal interdisciplinary collaboration, and promote advancement and dissemination of useful knowledge among disciplines and across geographic boundaries. This case study reports work of the Rural Aging Special Interest Group of the Gerontological Society of America to develop and disseminate approaches that leverage existing resources for the provision of services to rural elders. The roles of networks in deve...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - September 19, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Relevance of urban green space for physical activity and health-related quality of life in older adults
This study is one of the first to examine the relationship between UGS, physical activity and HRQoL in older adults. (Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults)
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - September 19, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
How could discourse theories of identity formation critically engage patient-centered care in older adults?
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how discourse theories can contribute to the concept of identity formation within a patient- or person-centered care (PCC) orientation, to enable more critical engagement with PCC in older people. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper. Findings This paper concludes that the discourse literature has important insights for understanding identity formation in older people as operationalized in the context of PCC in three particular ways: accounting for multiplicity in patients ’ identity; exploring “the ...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - September 17, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Interdisciplinary partnerships for rural older adults ’ transitions of care
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, Ahead of Print. Purpose Integrated transitions of care for rural older persons are key issues in policy and practice. Interdisciplinary partnerships are suggested as ways to improve rural-care transitions by blending complementary skills of disciplines to increase care ’s holistic nature. Yet, only multidisciplinary efforts are frequently used in practice and often lack synergy and collaboration. The purpose of this paper is to present a case of a partnership model using nursing, gerontology and public health integration to support rural-residing elders as a par t of building an Adult...
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - September 14, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Editorial
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 19, Issue 2, Page 85-86, June 2018. (Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults)
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - August 15, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Developing a Relational Model of Care for Older People: Creating Environments for Shared Living
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 19, Issue 2, Page 156-156, June 2018. (Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults)
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - August 15, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Editorial
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults,Volume 19, Issue 2, Page 85-86, June 2018. (Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults)
Source: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults - August 15, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
