Modelling the comparative costs of Namaste Care: results from the namaste care intervention UK study
Jennifer Bray, Dawn Brooker, Isabelle Latham, Darrin Baines
Working with Older People, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp.131-140
The purpose of this paper is to populate a theoretical cost model with real-world data, calculating staffing, resource and consumable costs of delivering Namaste Care Intervention UK (NCI-UK) sessions versus “usual care” for care home residents with advanced dementia.
Data from five care homes delivering NCI-UK sessions populated the cost model to generate session- and resident-level costs. Comparator usual care costs were calculated based on expert opinion and observationa...
Source: Working with Older People - February 22, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jennifer Bray Dawn Brooker Isabelle Latham Darrin Baines Source Type: research
Family experiences of caregiving to patients with Alzheimer
Eman Al-Zyoud, Mahmoud Maharmeh, Muayyad Ahmad
Working with Older People, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp.115-122
This paper aims to describe and understand the family experience of caregiving to their Alzheimer patients and to explore the impact of caregiving on the family’s caregiver well-being.
The study involved eight family caregivers from the outpatient department, specifically from the neurology-medical clinic. A descriptive phenomenological approach was used for data collection through in-depth semi-structured interviews.
Four themes emerged: caregiver perception, tension, the sense of d...
Source: Working with Older People - February 22, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Eman Al-Zyoud Mahmoud Maharmeh Muayyad Ahmad Source Type: research
Workforce ethnic diversity in older people ’s care services: thinking back and thinking ahead in COVID-19 times
Workforce ethnic diversity in older people’s care services: thinking back and thinking ahead in COVID-19 times
Jill Manthorpe, Jo Moriarty
Working with Older People, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp.170-178
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on long-standing, structural race inequality in Britain. This paper aims to review historic patterns of ethnic diversity among the workforce employed in services for older people to present some of the lessons that can be learned from the pandemic.
A historical overview was undertaken of research about ethnic diversity in the social care workforce.
Too of...
Source: Working with Older People - February 15, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jill Manthorpe Jo Moriarty Source Type: research
Keeping together: older people in longitudinal research studies, the case of TwinsUK
This study could only include data from responding participants, answers to open question also included comments from participants regarding their twin.
An anonymous questionnaire was sent to all individuals in the Keeping Together project. It was therefore not possible to identify if responses were from both members of a twin pair.
Maintaining participation in longitudinal studies is of crucial importance to enhance the value of data. Retention of participants in studies may change as people age and health becomes impaired. Suggestions for maintaining and improving the retention of older participants have been i...
Source: Working with Older People - September 8, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Gill Mein Taha Bhatti Sarah Bailey Claire J. Steves Deborah Hart Paz Garcia Anthea Tinker Source Type: research
Connections with nature for people living with dementia
Working with Older People, Ahead of Print. Purpose The benefits of “green dementia care”, whereby people living with dementia are supported to connect with nature, are increasingly being recognised. Evidence suggests that these benefits span physical, emotional and social spheres and can make a significant contribution towards quality of life. However, care set tings often present specific challenges to promoting such connections due to a range of factors including risk-averse cultures and environmental limitations. The purpose of this paper is to report on a project that aims to explore the opportunities, benefits, b...
Source: Working with Older People - June 17, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
The “Cameos of Care Homes” project – care home staff’s Vanguard involvement and reflections
Working with Older People, Ahead of Print. Purpose The Cameos of Care Homes project is an opportunity to use the medium of film to showcase the experiences and reflections of frontline care home staff whose employers participated in the National Health Service (NHS) England Vanguard programme. Reflecting on their involvement in one of the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Vanguards, 12 staff describe, in front of the camera, the impact on themselves and their colleagues, on their care for their older residents, and on the wider culture of the care home. The paper aims to discuss this initiative. Design/methodology/approach T...
Source: Working with Older People - May 2, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Personal care and practical support at home: a systematic review of older people ’s views and experiences
Working with Older People, Ahead of Print. Purpose Considering the views of service users is important to identify their needs as this helps providers to develop appropriate and responsive services. For older people receiving home care, recognising their needs is the first step towards supporting them to maintain independence and promote wellbeing. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach A systematic review was conducted in 2014 to explore the personal experiences of older people in England about the care and support they received at home. Studies published between 2004 and 2013 were identifie...
Source: Working with Older People - May 2, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
The “Cameos of Care Homes” project – care home staff’s Vanguard involvement and reflections
Working with Older People, Ahead of Print. Purpose The Cameos of Care Homes project is an opportunity to use the medium of film to showcase the experiences and reflections of frontline care home staff whose employers participated in the National Health Service (NHS) England Vanguard programme. Reflecting on their involvement in one of the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Vanguards, 12 staff describe, in front of the camera, the impact on themselves and their colleagues, on their care for their older residents, and on the wider culture of the care home. The paper aims to discuss this initiative. Design/methodology/approach T...
Source: Working with Older People - May 2, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Personal care and practical support at home: a systematic review of older people ’s views and experiences
Working with Older People, Ahead of Print. Purpose Considering the views of service users is important to identify their needs as this helps providers to develop appropriate and responsive services. For older people receiving home care, recognising their needs is the first step towards supporting them to maintain independence and promote wellbeing. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach A systematic review was conducted in 2014 to explore the personal experiences of older people in England about the care and support they received at home. Studies published between 2004 and 2013 were identifie...
Source: Working with Older People - May 2, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
The importance of sources of meaning in life of community dwelling psychologically frail older people
Working with Older People, Ahead of Print. Purpose Psychological frailty adds most to overall feelings of frailty, but is often neglected, although meaning in life is important for psychological well-being. The purpose of this paper is to explore the sources of meaning in life within psychologically frail older people. Design/methodology/approach Data (n= 16,872) generated from the Belgian Ageing Studies were collected, using the Comprehensive Frailty Assessment Instrument and the Sources of Meaning Profile (SOMP-R) instrument. Psychometric properties of the SOMP-R were explored using factor and reliability analysis and ...
Source: Working with Older People - April 14, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
The shared decision making of older adults in healthcare
Working with Older People, Ahead of Print. Purpose The research question is: what are older adults ’ experiences of shared decision making (SDM) in a healthcare setting? This involved exploring older adults’ experiences and opinions of decision making in a healthcare setting, and understanding what SDM means to older adults. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative study using face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with adults over 65 years was conducted. Thematic analysis was used. Findings Three broad themes were identified which ascribed roles to individuals involved in de...
Source: Working with Older People - January 8, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Social capital and health care access among the older adults in Bangladesh
This study applied a random sampling method to select 310 older adults (all aged 60 years) in Bangladesh. Exploratory factor analysis was employed to extract SC dimensions. Logistic regression was applied to measure the association of SC dimensions and access. Findings The logistic regression result shows that with a one-unit increase in social network, norms of reciprocity, and civic participation, health care access problem will be decreased by OR= 0.732 (95% CI =0.529 –1.014); OR=0.641 (95% CI = 0.447–0.919); and OR=0.748 (95% CI = 0.556–1.006) units. Respondents who have economic hardship were 3.211 (OR=3.211, C...
Source: Working with Older People - January 3, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
