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Cautionary tales: accounts of dementia in fiction
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 13(4), July 2005, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Discusses whether people with dementia are actually empowered through their representations in contemporay fiction, and considers the scope of this medium to offer a genuine resource for training dementia care staff.
‘I live for today’: a qualitative study investigating older people’s attitudes to advance planning
- Authors:
- SAMSI Kritika, MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 19(1), January 2011, pp.52-59.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) enables adults with capacity to make plans and decisions in advance. It allows them to arrange proxy decision-making and provides safeguards for those who might lose the capacity to make decisions in the future. This paper investigated the attitudes of 37 healthy older people about their views on documenting their decision-making preferences. Results indicated that most individuals had a personal preference towards planning, guided by personality, beliefs, living situation and the relevancy of planning to their situation. Financial plans and funeral arrangements were most common; health and social care plans least common. Housing and residential care were important for all. However, few participants had heard of the MCA. The family doctor was cited as trustworthy and a potential place to begin inquiries. Considering the onset of certain debilitating conditions encouraged participants to think about planning. The authors conclude that the study has implications for education campaigns that could potentially impact on older people who are interested in making plans but are unaware that legal safeguards and practical support are available.
Elderly people's perspectives on health and well-being in rural communities in England: findings from the evaluation of the National Service Framework for Older People
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 16(5), September 2008, pp.460-468.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Addressing the problems of meeting the needs of ageing populations in rural areas is recognised as a political and service delivery challenge. The National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People (NSFOP) set out a series of service standards to raise quality, to redress variations in service use and to enhance the effectiveness of services across health and social care in England and alluded to the challenges of meeting such standards in rural communities. This paper reports findings from the consultations undertaken with 713 elderly people as part of the midpoint review of the NSFOP in 2006, presenting and analysing the views and experiences of elderly people from rural areas. The consultations to engage with elderly people employed a mixed methodology that included public events, focus groups and individual interviews. The data reveal participants' views of how different patterns of social change in diverse country areas in England influence health and well-being in later life. The costs and benefits of centralization of services, and the pivotal issue of transport are important themes. The findings raise questions about the unclear and contradictory usages of the term 'rural' in England and the portrayal of rural ageing as a homogeneous experience.
‘We are not blaming anyone, but if we don't know about amenities, we cannot seek them out’: black and minority older people's views on the quality of local health and personal social services in England
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 29(1), January 2009, pp.93-113.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Improving access to culturally-appropriate services and enhancing responses to the needs of older people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds were among the aims of the National Service Framework for Older People (NSFOP) that was introduced in England in 2001. Progress in meeting the aims of the NSFOP was evaluated by a mid-term independent review led by the Healthcare Commission, the body responsible for regulating health-care services in England. This paper reports the consultation with older people that underpinned the evaluation. It focuses on the views and experiences of older people from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups and of the staff that work in BME voluntary organisations. A rapid appraisal approach was used in 10 purposively selected local councils, and plural methods were used, including public listening events, nominal groups and individual interviews. In total 1,839 older people participated in the consultations and 1,280 (70%) completed a monitoring form. Some 30 per cent defined themselves as of a minority ethnic background. The concerns were more about the low recognition of culturally-specific and language needs than for the development of services exclusively for BME older people.
Seventeen steps: the dementia strategy
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, ILIFFE Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, April 2009, pp.25-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The authors discuss the aspirations of the National Dementia Strategy and the challenges that need to be faced if the ideas are to become a reality. The discussion focuses on the three main themes of the Strategy: public and professional awareness; early diagnosis and improving the quality of care. The article includes the views of leading commentators.
Older people
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 19, April 2005, pp.35-40.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Reviews research in the areas of working together between agencies, elder abuse, fuel poverty and suicide among older people. Considers the studies in the context of accessibility to interventions and the belief systems of older people.
Volunteers in intermediate care: flexible friends?
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 11(6), December 2003, pp.31-39.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Intermediate care services generally focus on health and social care organisations as the key commissioning and providing agencies. This article outlines features of intermediate care that may or may not be attractive to volunteers. Reports on a survey of volunteer perceptions of their role in one voluntary sector intermediate care service. Recommendations are made for voluntary groups, intermediate care workers and their managers, and policy makers.
Eating out: dementia carers' views on the pleasures and pitfalls
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, WATSON Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 10(6), November 2002, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
This article uses examples from a content analysis of the Food for Thought survey (Alzheimer's Society 2000) to explore the experiences of family members when with their relative with dementia in a social setting.