The factor of resident safety culture in nursing homes in Indonesia
This study aims to examine factors related to resident safety culture in nursing homes located in Indonesia.This study used a cross-sectional research design and involved 13 nursing homes in East Java province, Indonesia. Multistage cluster samplings were used to determine the respondents of this study. The respondents included 219 employees: managers, health care, supportive and administrative staff. The Indonesian version of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire was used to measure safety culture.Most of the respondents (68.5%) had a positive perspective on the nursing home’s safety culture. Staffs who had worked for six ...
Source: Working with Older People - February 10, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Retno Indarwati Rista Fauziningtyas Nur Sayyid Jalaludin Anis Fauziah Ferry Efendi Source Type: research
Attitude and post-retirement work intentions: a mediator-moderator effect of job satisfaction and education
This study aims to examine the role of attitude, job satisfaction and education in post-retirement work intensions.A questionnaire was administered for collecting the data. It was submitted to the 300 government retirees. Data was analyzed by using Process macro. Intention toward work was used as an outcome variable. Attitude as a predictor variable, job satisfaction as a mediator and education as a moderator variable were used. The impact of attitude on intentions toward work was examined through job satisfaction and education.The findings of the research showed the significance of experimented model. Therefore, the posit...
Source: Working with Older People - February 7, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Preeti Tarkar Source Type: research
Positive ageing in institutional homes: towards a de-stigmatization process
This study also examines the lifeworld of the older adult in these OAHs in an attempt to find out whether OAHs are conducive to positive ageing. Derivatively, the authors study their engagement/time use pattern and social networking patterns in the OAHs. Finally, the research seeks to learn whether OAHs are slowly substituting older adult care given within the family by offering the best of the facilities and services.This qualitative research was conducted in two private OAHs in Lucknow, India. The findings of the study are based on 28 qualitative interviews conducted with the inmates, administrative staff and caretakers....
Source: Working with Older People - January 28, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Satish Kr Gupta Anirban Mukherjee Source Type: research
Outreaching to find and engage older people “no-one knows”: a necessary element of work to address social isolation and loneliness
Helen MacIntyre, Annabel Collins, Jo Stapleton Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this paper is to share a model of skilled outreach working to find and engage the hidden group of socially isolated and lonely older people who are reluctant or unable to access community activities, formal services or support. The model can inform the practice of community development, housing or other workers concerned with initiating behaviour change among older people to increase their social connectedness.This practice-focused paper presents a description of key elements of the Ageing...
Source: Working with Older People - January 25, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Helen MacIntyre Annabel Collins Jo Stapleton Source Type: research
Health promoting behaviors and associated factors among older adults: a narrative review
This study aims to examine the recent literature on health-promoting behavior, health needs and associated factors among older adults.
An massive search of five databases involving documents in the past decade was commenced.
This review showed a significant relationship between older adults’ demographic characteristics (marital status, income, chronic disease, education level and smoking status) and health-promoting behaviors. This review showed that older adults with a high level of education, high income, chronic diseases and smoker and married older adults are associated with better health-promoting behavior...
Source: Working with Older People - December 12, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Mohammad Rababa
Nahla Al-Ali
Ayat Shaman Source Type: research
Community long-term care services in Taiwan: a qualitative study based on provider ’s perspectives
Community long-term care services in Taiwan: a qualitative study based on provider’s perspectives
Yi-Fen Wang, Ya-Hui Lee, Jing-Yi Lu
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This qualitative study aims to explore the experiences of Taiwan’s community-based long-term care service stations.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight managers selected from stations located in the counties with the highest proportion of elderly people.
The results are as follows: the main services offered by the stations include health promotion activities, co...
Source: Working with Older People - December 5, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Yi-Fen Wang
Ya-Hui Lee
Jing-Yi Lu Source Type: research
Knowledge and practice toward basic life support among nurses working with SARS-CoV-2 patients in Jordanian hospitals
This study is the first study that examined the level of knowledge and practice of BLS skills during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Jordan. (Source: Working with Older People)
Source: Working with Older People - November 12, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Ahmed Mohammad Al-smadi
Salam Bani Hani
Abedalmajeed Shajrawi
Ala Ashour
Marwa Halabi
Areej Mousa
Mustafa Mohammad Al Smadi Source Type: research
The benefits of independent older people ’s representation and why its development should be supported
The benefits of independent older people’s representation and why its development should be supported
Steven George Milsom
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this papers is to set out the advantages to local communities of independent representation of older people by older people through active and vibrant older people’s forums and groups and the rationale for Councils in Wales to support their revitalisation and development.
This paper describes how semi-structured action research and follow-up discussion and analysis over a two-yea...
Source: Working with Older People - November 2, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Steven George Milsom Source Type: research
Resilience in later life: the impact of social exclusion on access to networks of support
Kirsty Bagnall, Sophie Yarker
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The aim of this paper is to respond to a gap in the literature around resilience in later life for older people from minority groups of identity or experience. Specifically, it argues that we need to pay greater attention to how access to different types of social capital may leave some older people more or less able to cope with adverse events and how experiences of social exclusion can limit access to important networks of support during times of crisis.
This paper draws on research con...
Source: Working with Older People - November 2, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Kirsty Bagnall
Sophie Yarker Source Type: research
Understandings of mild cognitive impairment (MCI): a survey study of public and professional perspectives
Heather Yemm, Elizabeth Peel, Dawn Brooker
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to report the findings of a survey study exploring perceptions about cognitive impairment. These findings are relevant to public health campaigns and education programmes.
A survey exploring respondents’ views and knowledge about mild cognitive impairment (MCI) was circulated via UK networks. A total of 417 respondents completed the survey, including people living with cognitive impairment (n = 10), care partners (n = 23), older adults (n = 83), younger adul...
Source: Working with Older People - October 31, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Heather Yemm
Elizabeth Peel
Dawn Brooker Source Type: research
Exploring the triggers of psychological distress among Jordanian patients with heart failure: a phenomenological study
This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of triggers of psychological distress among Jordanian patients with heart failure (HF).
A phenomenological study was adopted. In-depth, semi-structured, audio-taped interviews were conducted for 25 patients with HF. The analysis was done using interpretative phenomenological analysis.
The main theme of the findings can be expressed as “faced with stressors that are unable to cope with”, which encompasses circumstances and contexts associated with the psychological distress they faced. The following four sub-themes emerged from the data: being endorsed in signific...
Source: Working with Older People - October 26, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Yasmeen Mohammad Abu Sumaqa
Ferial A. Hayajneh
Mohammad Alnaeem
Sajeda Alhamory
Ibrahim R. Ayasreh
Manar Abu-Abbas Source Type: research
Need-driven dementia compromised behavior theory and health belief model: a theory critique
Mohammad Rababa
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to critique and evaluate need-driven dementia compromised behavior theory and the health behavioral model using Meleis’ (2010) criteria of theory evaluation.
Theory critique using Meleis’ (2010) criteria of theory evaluation.
This paper provides a conclusion about each theory in terms of agitation in the elderly. Meleis’s (2010) criteria will be used for both theories to evaluate different components such as the relationship between structure and function, diagra...
Source: Working with Older People - October 25, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Mohammad Rababa Source Type: research
Dysphagia in nursing home residents: a cross-sectional study
Isabel de Jesus Oliveira, Flávio Filipe Sousa Ferreira, Licínia Vanessa Rodrigues Fernandes
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to disseminate the results of research aiming to identify the prevalence of dysphagia and related clinical factors in nursing home residents.
A cross-sectional descriptive study was developed, including 99 residents in five nursing homes. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Gugging Swallowing Screen for dysphagia screening were used for data collection.
The prevalence of dysphagia was 59.59%. A signi...
Source: Working with Older People - September 22, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Isabel de Jesus Oliveira
Fl ávio Filipe Sousa Ferreira
Lic ínia Vanessa Rodrigues Fernandes Source Type: research
Exploring dialogic analysis and thematic analysis of place conversations with older adults
Joyce Weil
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Although thematic analysis is a commonly used technique, this paper aims to explore the potential advantages (and drawbacks) of both thematic analysis and a dialogic approach to qualitative data analysis.
Initially, the epistemology and application of each design, thematic analysis and dialogic analysis are compared. Then, examples of coding segments of narrative data from 85 open-ended interviews with older adults exploring the meaning of place and place-attachment are presented through both thematic and d...
Source: Working with Older People - September 15, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Joyce Weil Source Type: research
Factors predicting burden among male caregivers of older adults with stroke
This study aims to examine the factors predicting burden among the male caregivers of older adults with stroke.
This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. A simple random sampling technique was used to recruit 98 male caregivers in the outpatient department’s neurological clinic, at Banphaeo General Hospital. Data was collected using six questionnaires: the demographic questionnaire, the center for epidemiologic studies depression scale, the perceived health status interview form, the caregiver and patient relationship interview form, the Barthel ADL index and the Zarit burden interview. Descriptive statistics an...
Source: Working with Older People - September 13, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Sirinthip Nimitphuwadon
Pornchai Jullamate
Naiyana Piphatvanitcha
Sivasankari Nadarajan
Watchara Tabootwong Source Type: research
