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Obstacles to improving visual health in older people
- Authors:
- ILIFFE Steve, KHARICHA Kalpa, MYERSON Sybil
- Publisher:
- Thomas Pocklington Trust
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication summarises findings from research which aimed to explore the obstacles to improving visual health in an ageing population, and why screening does not lead to greater improvement. A mixed methodological approach was taken. Data from earlier health promotion studies was used and qualitative data were collected from older people. The conclusions include a proposal for an educational intervention. The research was funded by Thomas Pocklington Trust and carried out at the Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London.
Depression in later life
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, ILIFFE Steve
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 160p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The authors take a multidisciplinary approach and employ both medical and psycho-social models of depression. The medical model is used to identify symptoms, make diagnoses and work towards optimal treatment. Psycho-social perspectives provide insight into the scale and complexity of the condition and point to its social causes. The authors identify different levels of depression through in-depth analysis and consider the condition in relation to, but distinct from, dementia, psychosis and anxiety disorders, helping professionals to make the correct diagnosis. Supporting case studies show that depression, and the physical symptoms often linked to it, are amenable to treatment. The authors provide practical guidance for health and social care practitioners and suggest numerous coping strategies.
Primary care and dementia
- Authors:
- ILIFFE Steve, DRENNAN Vari
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 155p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Part of a series of good practice guides produced by the Bradford Dementia Group at the University of Bradford, this practice and training guide is written with the needs of health and social care professionals working with people with dementia in mind. Drawing together theoretical considerations and examples of good practice, the guide explains how to: make the initial diagnosis (including guidelines for distinguishing dementia from depression); convey the diagnosis to the person with dementia and their family (outlining the use of cognitive tests and the role of anti dementia drugs); support the user through lifestyle adjustments; care for people with dementia as it progresses, both in their own homes and in care home settings. The guide is illustrated with case studies and includes a chapter on understanding and responding to the needs of the carer and the effect on their own health as well as outlining the shared knowledge base required by health and social care practitioners.