Mental health status and factors related on mental health status of the older adults living alone
This study aims to describe the mental health status and factors related to the mental health status of older adults living alone.
This is a descriptive correlational study. Older adults living alone from the urban area of the Northeast of Thailand were recruited randomly from within a stratified sampling frame and received a questionnaire. Data were collected using a demographic form, way of coping, social support, family relationship, and Thai Mental Health Indicator-15 (TMHI-15). Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, and Chi-square test.
The mental health sta...
Source: Working with Older People - April 21, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Sarinrut Juntapim
Ampornpun Theranut Source Type: research
What determines the willingness of older Polish employees to learn?
Karolina Pawłowska-Cyprysiak, Katarzyna Hildt-Ciupińska
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The issue of educational activity of elderly people is very important. It is an area not only closely related to the productivity of the employees in the company and their retention but also to the broadly understood quality of life of the elderly. The purpose of this study was to develop a model of conditions for the willingness to learn in the case of older employees.
The study group consisted of employees aged 50+, the so-called older employees. The selectio...
Source: Working with Older People - April 18, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Karolina Paw łowska-Cyprysiak
Katarzyna Hildt-Ciupi ńska Source Type: research
Broadcasting, through TV, social services information to older persons
Telmo Silva
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to depict the field trial to evaluate the usability and usefulness of an Interactive TV platform that aims to promote the info-inclusion and quality of life of Portuguese older adults by delivering informative content about public and social services.
The present paper reports the process of a field trial conducted to test an iTV platform’s usability and user experience along with 21 senior users. A high-fidelity prototype was tested with potential users for two weeks to coll...
Source: Working with Older People - April 7, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Telmo Silva Source Type: research
Decent work in care homes: lessons and implications of the pandemic experience from Scotland
Stephen Gibb, Hartwig Pautz
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to identify lessons and implications on the theme of decent work in social care. This has long been highlighted as integral to improving social care for the elderly. The COVID-19 pandemic experience reveals lessons and implications about the systemic absence of decent work in one place, Scotland, in care homes. The main lesson and implication is a need for change beyond the focus on levels of pay and systemic advocacy of decent work as it is conventionally understood...
Source: Working with Older People - April 5, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Stephen Gibb
Hartwig Pautz Source Type: research
Family involvement in low-salt diet for hypertensive older adults
Andi Masyitha Irwan, Suharno Usman, Rosyidah Arafat
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of family involvement in the educational sessions and follow-up meetings on compliance with the low-salt diet for hypertensive older adults.
Randomized controlled trial was used in this study with a total of 30 hypertensive older adults divided into two groups (n = 15). The intervention group involved one family member during the educational sessions and follow-up meetings. Conversely, no family member was involved ...
Source: Working with Older People - March 31, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Andi Masyitha Irwan
Suharno Usman
Rosyidah Arafat Source Type: research
Buffering role of positive religious coping against the helplessness of elderly people under Covid stress
This study aims to understand the relationship between Covid stress and helplessness among the elderly people in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India, and moreover, whether positive religious coping can have any influence on this relationship.
Following a field study approach, data were collected from 187 elderly people aged more than 60 years in different parts of the Tirunelveli district. Moderated regression analysis was carried out to examine the moderating role of positive religious coping on the relationship between Covid stress and helplessness.
In line with the formulated hypoth...
Source: Working with Older People - March 31, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: M.J. Antony Wilson
Surendra Kumar Sia Source Type: research
Classifying elders neglect, insult and abuse through financial hardship and physical health
This study aims to identify the measures of physical health and financial hardship and classifies elders under neglect, insult and abuse categories.
The propositions of existence and classifying elders under neglect, insult and abuse categories were tested by using discriminant analysis and their profiling was done by perceptual mapping technique.
The elder neglect category identified as a prominent category due to physical health while elder insult and abuse were caused by physical health and financial hardship both. The present study portrays the multi-dimensional facets related to elders’ ill-treatment. The ...
Source: Working with Older People - March 30, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Naval Bajpai
Kushagra Kulshreshtha
Prince Dubey
Gunjan Sharma Source Type: research
Family caregivers ’ experiences of providing care for hospitalized older people with a tracheostomy: a phenomenological study
Family caregivers’ experiences of providing care for hospitalized older people with a tracheostomy: a phenomenological study
Watchara Tabootwong, Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen, Pornchai Jullamate, Edwin Rosenberg, Hannele Turunen
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to describe family caregivers’ experiences of providing care for older people with a tracheostomy during hospitalization.
A descriptive phenomenological approach was used in this study. A total of 40 family caregivers were interviewed face-to-face in medical-surg...
Source: Working with Older People - March 23, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Watchara Tabootwong
Katri Vehvil äinen-Julkunen
Pornchai Jullamate
Edwin Rosenberg
Hannele Turunen Source Type: research
Evaluating inconsistency in health responses: evidence from elderly in India
This study might be helpful to design an inexpensive and easily available health measure, which is very important for a highly populated aging country with limited health-care resources.
To the best of author’s knowledge, it is the first study that has identified the sources of inconsistent health and direction of inconsistency that is where self-reported health over- or under-estimates the actual health response among the elderly in a developing country like India, where the growth rate of population aging is faster than the world. (Source: Working with Older People)
Source: Working with Older People - March 23, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Dona Ghosh Source Type: research
COVID-19 outbreak in India: age-wise analysis of patients
Rajan Kumar
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The purpose of this paper is to indicate the current situation of the COVID-19 outbreak in India, the world's second-most populous country. India reported its first COVID-19 case in the southern province of Kerala in late January 2020. Since then, the outbreak has spread to other provinces and union territories, with the highest number of cases reported in Maharashtra province as of 24 May 2020.
This paper presents the age- and gender-wise analysis of COVID-19 patients in Maharashtra province and the whole...
Source: Working with Older People - March 21, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Rajan Kumar Source Type: research
Loneliness and psychological well-being among community-dwelling elderly people: the mediating role of death anxiety
N. Sreelekha, Surendra Kumar Sia
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
The present study aims to investigate the relationship between loneliness and psychological well-being and examine whether death anxiety mediates the association between loneliness and psychological well-being among community-dwelling elderly people in the Kerala state of India.
A total of 209 participants (125 males and 84 females) were selected for this study through the convenience sampling method. SPSS (version 22) was used to estimate descriptive and correlational indices. Mediati...
Source: Working with Older People - March 16, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: N. Sreelekha
Surendra Kumar Sia Source Type: research
Differentials and predictors of hospitalisation among the elderly people in India: evidence from 75th round of National Sample Survey (2017-2018)
This study aims to examine the differential in the hospitalisation rates and its socioeconomic determinants. This study also examines the causes of diseases in hospitalisation among the elderly (≥60 years) in India.
This study used data from the 75th round of the National Sample Survey Organizations, collected from July 2017 to June 2018. The elderly samples in this survey are 42,759, where 11,070 were hospitalised, and 31,689 were not hospitalised in the past year or 365 days. This study estimated hospitalisation rates and carried out binary logistic regression analysis to examine the associations of hospitalisat...
Source: Working with Older People - March 14, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Saddaf Naaz Akhtar
Nandita Saikia Source Type: research
Attitudes toward and willingness to work with older people and its predicting factor among medical science students in Iran
This study aims to determine the medical sciences students’ attitude toward older people and its relationship with their willingness to work with this population. In addition, it sought to determine the variables that could predict students’ attitudes toward the elderly.
A cross-sectional design using a stratified random sampling method was used to recruit a sample of 305 Iranian medical sciences students with a response rate of 97.4%. The instruments for data collection were composed of three parts: socio-demographic characteristics of participants, Kogan’s Attitudes toward Old People Scale and the Willingness ...
Source: Working with Older People - March 14, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Fatemeh Rashidi
Arman Azadi Source Type: research
Ageing perception and social functioning in older adults: a narrative review
Elaheh Shoushtari-Moghaddam, Mohammad Hossein Kaveh, Mahin Nazari
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
Older people have a different perception of ageing and different factors can influence this perception. Among the factors influencing the perception of ageing are various functions including physical, mental and social functioning of the elderly. Therefore, in this study, the authors intend to investigate the relationship between the perception of ageing and social functioning.
A systematic search was conducted of four electronic databases (PubMed, Emba...
Source: Working with Older People - March 14, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Elaheh Shoushtari-Moghaddam
Mohammad Hossein Kaveh
Mahin Nazari Source Type: research
The contribution effect of learning experience on financial well-being of government retirees in North-Central Nigeria
This study aims to determine the contribution effect of learning experience on the financial well-being of government retirees in North-Central Nigeria. Special emphasis was placed on the contribution effect of the elements of the learning experience.
This study used correlational and cross-sectional research designs based on a questionnaire survey of 376 retirees drawn from North-Central Nigeria. A confirmatory factor analysis was used to identify the factors of learning experience using the Analysis of Moments of Structures (AMOS) software, version 23. The contributory effect of the confirmed sub-domains of learning...
Source: Working with Older People - March 14, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Benard Alkali Soepding Source Type: research
