The essential features of meeting centres: development of the UK criteria for community support for people affected by dementia
Shirley Evans, Jennifer Bray, Dawn Brooker, Nathan Stephens
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Meeting centres (MCs) are a complex community-based psychosocial intervention to support people affected by dementia. The purpose of this paper is to describe the process of identifying the essential features of MCs from a UK perspective.
The essential features were examined within a concept analysis framework, which combines both static and evolutionary methods, enabling multiple stakeholder groups to be included in the process in an iterative manner.
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Source: Working with Older People - September 13, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Shirley Evans
Jennifer Bray
Dawn Brooker
Nathan Stephens Source Type: research
Retirement experience, retirement satisfaction and life satisfaction of baby boomers
In this study, 103 Singapore baby boomer retirees were interviewed and a questionnaire was administered.
Results showed that voluntary retirement and high social–emotional resources had significant positive associations with retirement satisfaction, and that financial resources and retirement satisfaction had significant associations with life satisfaction.
Based on this study’s findings, a synthesized conceptual model was designed to illustrate the different roles and associations of resources with retirement satisfaction and life satisfaction. A retirement trajectory model was also created to cater for poli...
Source: Working with Older People - September 13, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Amberyce Ang
Cynthia Chen
Kalyani Mehta Source Type: research
Promoting the person-centred aspects of dignity and well-being: learning from older persons ’ experiences of living in residential care facilities
This study had a qualitative approach, and individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 older persons living in RCFs. Data were analysed using inductive content analysis.
To experience dignity and well-being older persons emphasized the importance of preserving their identity. To do this, it was important to be able to manage daily life, to gain support and influence and to belong to a social context. However, the findings indicate a need for improvements.
Insights into older persons’ experiences of important aspects for experiencing dignity and well-being in RCFs can be used by first-line manag...
Source: Working with Older People - September 10, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Charlotte Roos
Anna Swall
Lena Marmst ål Hammar
Anne-Marie Bostr öm
Bernice Skytt Source Type: research
Social capital and health outcomes among older adults in India: a multilevel analysis
Jyoti Jyoti, S.P. Singh, Manzoor Ahmad Malik
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The social capital theory is increasingly being looked at as a valuable paradigm to understand if community socioeconomic factors influence health behaviours and outcomes. This requires an understanding of the forms in which social capital manifests and the levels at which it operates.
Thus, the purpose of this paper is to study if social capital is associated with health outcomes among older adults in India and providing an estimate of the extent to which the neighbourhood...
Source: Working with Older People - September 10, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jyoti Jyoti
S.P. Singh
Manzoor Ahmad Malik Source Type: research
Health-care system in Jordan: challenges and solutions
This study aims to explore the challenges in the Jordanian health-care system and the potential solutions for these challenges.
A narrative literature review was conducted.
The challenges of the health-care system in Jordan related to geriatric care are the new emergence of nursing homes; the limited health-care services and supplies; the growing aging population; the dramatic change in the family structure. There are many credible approaches used to solve those challenges, including social networking, advocacy, education and research, lobbying and financial support.
There is a lack of research studies exami...
Source: Working with Older People - September 8, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Mohammad Rababa Source Type: research
A case study of implementing interprofessional education in care home settings
Melanie Stephens, Lydia Hubbard, Siobhan Kelly, Andrew Clark, Lorna Chesterton
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to report on an interprofessional (IPE) student training scheme recently conducted in three care homes across the Northwest of England. The intervention was designed as a feasibility study to explore the impacts such schemes have on residents, students and care home staff. Additional lessons emerged that contribute to the design and direction of future IPE initiatives in other care homes and care settings.
This ...
Source: Working with Older People - September 8, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Melanie Stephens
Lydia Hubbard
Siobhan Kelly
Andrew Clark
Lorna Chesterton Source Type: research
Dispersed communities in age-friendly work: an intersectional approach to place-based working
Sarah Wilkinson, Luciana Lang, Sophie Yarker
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to present alternative ways of addressing inequality in age-friendly work by drawing attention to the limitations of place-based approaches in meeting the needs of dispersed communities.
A case study of the age-friendly programme Ambition for Ageing (AfA) is used to explore three examples of working with minority communities.
Place-based age-friendly development risks further marginalising older people belonging to dispersed communities of ...
Source: Working with Older People - September 6, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Sarah Wilkinson
Luciana Lang
Sophie Yarker Source Type: research
Older people ’s perceptions and self-reported usage of the mobile app, “Hear Me Now”: a feasibility study
This study indicates that patient self-management apps such as HMN have the potential to enable older adults with long-term health conditions to play an active role in managing their condition. (Source: Working with Older People)
Source: Working with Older People - September 6, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Glenda Cook
Annette Hand
Jill Wales
Alexandra Kirton Source Type: research
Quality of life among post-stroke Jordanian survivors: a prospective study
This study aims to assess the quality of life (QOL) and the related factors in patients post-stroke in Jordan.
Prospective, the cross-sectional study recruited 100 participants with stroke from three public hospitals from December 1, 2021 to February 1, 2022. Patients with stroke were interviewed to fill the stroke-specific quality of life questionnaire.
Forty-five per cent of the participants were male. More than half of the participants (53%) were married, and the average age of the participants was 63.6 (SD =3.8). Most of the participants had an ischemic stroke (86%) with an affected left side (65%). The overa...
Source: Working with Older People - September 1, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Marwa N. Alhalabi
Salam H. Bani Hani Source Type: research
Sport for confidence: a collaborative programme of physical activity, sport and exercise for people with Young Onset Dementia
Mary Tilki, Charlotte Curran, Liz Burton, Lyndsey Barrett
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to showcase an innovative programme of physical activity and sport to enhance the health and well-being of people with Young Onset Dementia (YOD). It is hoped that this will inspire similar collaborations between day and activity centres and exercise/sports facilities.
A case study of a collaborative programme between Peaceful Place, a day service for people with YOD and Sport for Confidence in Essex. It draws upon the observations and reflectiv...
Source: Working with Older People - September 1, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Mary Tilki
Charlotte Curran
Liz Burton
Lyndsey Barrett Source Type: research
Verbal elder abuse in India: a descriptive phenomenological study
This study aims to understand the nature of verbal elder abuse as a social phenomenon under the theoretical framework of sociocultural paradigm and examines the causes.
The descriptive phenomenology method has been applied in this study. The study has been conducted on a sample of 60 elderly living in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The concern of using descriptive phenomenology in the present study is to understand the nature of verbal abuse against the elderly systematically by exploring cultural, situational and social aspects of verbal abuse in Indian society. This method analyzes the reality behind the verbal e...
Source: Working with Older People - September 1, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Avanish Bhai Patel Source Type: research
Impact of social isolation due to COVID-19 on vulnerable geriatric population: a study of physical and psychological wellbeing
Purvi Pujari, Anuj Kumar, Pranjali Pujari
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of the impact of social isolation due to COVID-19 on the vulnerable geriatric population.
Ten individual interviews of people above 70 years of age were conducted in 2021. The data was collected through interviews and observation. The authors observed the people from the age.
The geriatric population faced physical challenges like poor sleep and digestive health along with neglect of their persisting ailments, ...
Source: Working with Older People - July 25, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Purvi Pujari
Anuj Kumar
Pranjali Pujari Source Type: research
Older workers ’ retirement preparation and roles of corporation top leaders in South Korean workplace
Older workers’ retirement preparation and roles of corporation top leaders in South Korean workplace
Eunkyung Kim
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to explore how heads in South Korean workplace perceive the retirement preparation of older Korean workers and their roles in accordance with life design perspective.
Qualitative in-person interviews were conducted with top leaders of 15 corporations in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and analyzed by using a conventional content analysis.
Top leaders in corporations conside...
Source: Working with Older People - May 17, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Eunkyung Kim Source Type: research
Economic, social and cultural concepts for building a healthy community among residents of a Japanese shopping street
This study aims to highlight the value of economics, social relations and culture in building a healthy community by interpreting qualitative data.
A qualitative descriptive approach was used between June 2016 and May 2017 and interviews were analysed inductively. Twenty residents of a shopping street in Tohoku, a rural town in north-eastern Japan, participated in this survey. This study focused on the residents’ value of economics, social relations and culture in building a healthy community.
People acquired economic benefits in the hope of gaining irreplaceable relationships with customers and residents, incl...
Source: Working with Older People - May 10, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Yuki Ohashi
Sanae Sugawara
Akiko Ozaki Source Type: research
No fuss please! I ’m deafblind: a personal point of view and some friendly suggestions
No fuss please! I’m deafblind: a personal point of view and some friendly suggestions
Roger Wilson-Hinds
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
This paper aims to offer practical suggestions as to factors needing consideration when meeting, interacting with or assessing the needs of an older person living with acquired deafblindness.
The paper’s author draws on his personal experience of living with acquired deafblindness to offer practical suggestions.
This paper offers an experiential definition of acquired deafblindness, before providing practic...
Source: Working with Older People - April 25, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Roger Wilson-Hinds Source Type: research
