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All eyes on Wales
- Author:
- DOBSON Alex
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 25.01.05, 2005, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at early ideas for the role of an Older Peoples Commissioner. Also highlights progress in Wales whose Commissioner for Older People is scheduled for appointment in 2007.
Network first
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.4.94, 1994, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Research in Wales has been done to help understand older people's informal networks. Identifies the following types of informal networks: local family dependent, locally integrated support, local self-contained support, wider community focused support and private restricted support. Describes these types and reports on the ways practitioners can build on them.
Rapid assessment of the impact of the National Service Framework for Older People in Wales
- Author:
- MORGAN Gareth
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 16(1), 2012, pp.41-44.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper reports on the first rapid assessment that has been undertaken on the Welsh National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People, and focuses on the perceptions of healthcare staff from Welsh Health Boards. A questionnaire was sent to key colleagues in each of the seven Health Boards. Anonymity was vital to allow colleagues to score their questionnaires honestly. Overall, the impact of the NSF was perceived as too difficult to assess. The most promising element of the NSF appeared to be a perception on the impact on joint health and social care working. Also, the NSF urgently needs to provide evidence of positive impact. The next stage, based on a focussed approach, offers an opportunity to progress this. The authors concluded that a rapid assessment exercise, using existing networks that are built on trust, can yield valid and useful information which can help policy development.
Addressing the nutritional needs of older people in residential care homes
- Authors:
- MERRELL Joy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 20(2), March 2012, pp.208-215.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Malnutrition in older people is a significant and continuing problem. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the factors that influence the nutritional care provided to residents in 2 different types of residential care homes. There is concern that national guidelines regarding the nutritional care of older people in residential care homes are not always implemented. One of the homes had communal dining rooms, and the other had 8 bedded units with their own kitchen and dining facilities. The sample of 45 participants comprised 19 staff (managers, care and catering staff), 16 residents and 10 residents’ relatives. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews, focus groups, observation and documentary review. This paper focuses on the findings relating to how the staff assessed and addressed residents’ nutritional needs. In both care homes, staff strove to be responsive to residents’ dietary preferences, working in partnership with residents and their families to provide nutritious food in a homely environment. Neither home conducted nutritional screening to identify those at risk of malnutrition, but relied on ad hoc observation and monitoring. The staff’s knowledge of special dietary needs was limited. A need for further training for care home staff regarding the importance of nutrition in maintaining health in older people and the use of nutritional screening was identified.
Hearing older voices
- Author:
- SOUTHGATE Jaki
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, 126, January 2012, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Older Voices, is a three year project funded by Comic Relief that is working with 17 people with a learning disability over the age of 50. The project is running a series of workshops to make the older people aware of their rights to services and give them the confidence and skills to change things, such as discrimination. This article provides a brief overview of the project which is being run by Mencap Wales.
What Wales can teach the world
- Author:
- MORDEY Marc
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 15(4), 2011, pp.153-163.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Welsh Assembly Government published its 10-year Older People’s Strategy in 2003. In the first 5 years, the principle aims were to increase awareness of older people’s concerns and to establish processes and structures for delivering longer term action. The second phase, launched in 2008, focused on increasing the health and wellbeing of older people and finding ways by which they can stay independent and active for longer. The purpose of this paper is to explore the development and implementation of the Older People's Strategy for Wales and the role of the Older People's Commissioner for Wales; and to identify lessons for other countries that are considering different approaches to implementing ageing strategies. Based on round table discussions held during the summer of 2011 with key people involved in the development and delivery of the Older People's Strategy, it sets out the key factors for a successful policy and practice approach to developing effective ageing strategies and public services for older people. The paper concludes by focusing on the significant issues, challenges and opportunities ahead.
Comparison of elderly suicide rates among migrants in England and Wales with their country of origin
- Authors:
- SHAH Ajit, LINDESAY James, DENNIS Mick
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(3), March 2009, pp.292-299.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The black and minority ethnic (BME) elderly population size in England and Wales has progressively increased over the last three decades. A study comparing suicide rates among elderly migrants in England and Wales and in their country of origin using the latest available mortality data from the Office of National Statistics and the World Health Organization was conducted. There were wide variations in standardised mortality ratios for elderly suicides among migrants from different countries compared with those born in England and Wales and in their country of origin. There was convergence towards elderly suicide rates for England and Wales in some migrant groups in males in the age-bands 65-74 years and 75 + years, and in females in the age-band 75 + years. However, males aged 75 + years from most migrant groups had higher rates than those born in England and Wales. A more detailed analysis of suicide of older people from migrant groups is required to determine vulnerability and protective influences.
Impact of late-life self-reported emotional problems on Disability-Free Life Expectancy: results from the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study
- Authors:
- PERES Karine, JAGGER Carol, MATTHEWS Fiona E.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(6), June 2008, pp.643-649.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Depression in old age is a major public health problem though its relationship to onset of disability and death is not well understood. The authors' aim was to quantify the impact of late-life self-reported depression and emotional problems on both the length and quality of remaining life by means of a longitudinal analysis of 11,022 individuals from the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study multi-centre longitudinal study on ageing in individuals aged 65 and older living in England and Wales. Individuals have been followed at intermittent time intervals over ten years. Subjects reporting at baseline that they had consulted about emotional problems for the first time since the age of 60 years were considered, along with a subgroup where a GP suggested depression. Disability was defined as an Instrumental Activities of Daily Living or Activities of Daily Living disability that required help at least once a week. Total and Disability-Free Life Expectancy (TLE and DFLE) were calculated using multi-state models, separately by gender, and with presence of emotional problems/depression and multimorbidity as covariates. The results showed that emotional problems had a greater impact on DFLE than TLE, reducing DFLE by 1.8 years, but TLE by only 0.5 years at age 65 with the effect increasing with age. The effect was most marked in older people reporting other co-morbidities where emotional problems in addition resulted in a reduction of 0.9 years in total and 2.6 years disability-free. It was concluded that although emotional problems were only self-reported, these results highlight the burden of late-life depression on the quality of remaining years of life.
Ready to make her mark
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.03.08, 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author talks to the new commissioner for older people in Wales about what the job is likely to entail.
Retaining independence and autonomy in a rural area: older people's preferences for specialised housing
- Authors:
- BURHOLT Vanessa, WINDLE Gill
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 25(1), 2007, pp.13-26.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This paper aims to identify older people's preferences from a range of supported living environments. It compares the importance of privacy and physical space, physical care, domestic services, security, social activities, and control or autonomy in future accommodation. Random sampling procedures were used to draw a proportional sample of 423 people aged 70 years and over from each rural community in Gwynedd, North Wales a part of the HAPPI (Housing for an Ageing Population: Planning Implications) project. A questionnaire was administered through face-to-face interviews. The findings show that more participants rated privacy and physical space and control of life as important, compared with the other domains. Participants were most likely to indicate that sheltered housing would meet their needs in each of the domains. The paper concludes with the implications for planning of supported living environments.