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Improving older people's oral health
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. Faculty of Dental Surgery
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Surgeons. Faculty of Dental Surgery
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
This report raises concerns about the significant impact that poor oral health is having on older people’s general health and quality of life. It makes a number of recommendations to improve oral healthcare for older people in England. They include: that key health and social care professionals should receive training in oral health; for regulators to make standards of oral care part of their assessments of hospitals and care homes; and for Government, health services, local authorities, care providers, regulators and the oral health profession to work together to improve access to dental services for older people. Although primarily applicable to England, a number of the recommendations also relevant for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. (Edited publisher abstract)
Well-being of older people in ageing societies
- Author:
- ZAIDI Asghar
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 318p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Part 1 of this book sets the context with an introduction and chapters on conceptualising well-being of older people, methodological choices in measuring well-being and the British pension and social benefit system. Part 2 gives empirical findings on coupling of disadvantages - income deprivation and limiting health in old age, income mobility in old age, covariates of income mobility in old age, and a comparative investigation of income mobility of the elderly in Britain and the Netherlands. Part 3 has a single chapter consisting of a synthesising discussion and conclusions. Much information is given in figures and tables.
Quality of life in older people
- Authors:
- LIVINGSTON G., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 2(1), February 1998, pp.20-23.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Discusses how measurement of health related quality of life (HQoL) has been developed as a way of describing health states in terms of an individual's perception of his/her position in life. Psychiatric morbidity, physical disability and quality of life were assessed by standardised questionnaire in older people living at home in an inner-city area. Argues that there is a clear need to develop measures of HQoL appropriate for older people. The IHQL in its presents version does not however show concurrent validity in older people in the community, suggesting that IHQL data should not be used in resource allocation decisions where older people are involved.
A consensus on healthy ageing
- Authors:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND, CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 9
- Place of publication:
- London
A statement which defines the shared commitment of signatory organisations to five principles for healthy ageing in England. The five principles are: Putting prevention first and ensuring timely access to services and support when needed; Removing barriers and creating more opportunities for older adults to contribute to society; Ensuring good homes and communities; Narrowing inequalities; and Challenging ageist and negative language, culture and practices. Signatory organisations cover the areas of health, employment, housing and communities, and are from academia, local government, the NHS, and the public and voluntary sectors. (Edited publisher abstract)
Where does Quality of Life (QoL) fit in the future of technology in the 21st Century?
- Authors:
- MARSTON Hannah R., FREEMAN Shannon, MUSSELWHITE Charles
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 25(3), 2015, pp.8-14.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
There is great opportunity to leverage existing technologies to measure Quality of Life (QoL). This article considers the value and use of Quantified Self (QS); also called self/life logging. The QS is a field or movement that enables individuals to incorporate and/or utilise technologies which are wearable. Types of QS may include physical and psychological characteristics such as heart rate and number of steps walked, places visited and tasks completed, dietary choices and number of calories consumed, sleep habits, and self-perceived mood. (Edited publisher abstract)
Fertility history and quality of life in older women and men
- Authors:
- READ Sanna, GRUNDY Emily
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 31(1), January 2011, pp.125-145.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper investigates the associations between the fertility histories of older British women and men and their quality of life. Data was included from men and women born between 1923 and 1949 as drawn from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). Quality of life in 2001 was measured for 6,374 individuals using four subscales: control; autonomy; pleasure; and self-realisation. The aspects of fertility history investigated were number of children born and parents' ages at birth of first and last child. Other factors included: age; education; marital status; tenure status; smoking; co-residence with one or more children; perceived social support; and health limitations. Findings revealed that early entry to parenthood were related to poorer quality of life. These associations were mostly mediated by socio-economic, social support and health factors. Compared to women with two children, women who had never had children expressed a higher level of autonomy, and both women who had never had children and those with four or more children a higher level of self-realisation.
How do you feel about...? Health outcomes in late life and self-perceptions of health and well-being
- Author:
- BLAZER Dan G.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 48(4), August 2008, pp.415-422.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Research has shown over the years that the self-perceptions of older adults about their health and well-being may be at least as important as objective data for predicting the course of their health over time. The author reviews a series of studies that span 30 years in which older adults in the community have been asked about their self-rated health and well-being across a spectrum of parameters, including self-rated health, social support, and mood (both negative and positive), and about whether their basic needs are being met. The social environment shapes perceptions of health and well-being, as does the body. Feelings, such as feelings about health and well-being, are therefore a key (but not the only) psychological–behavioural bridge between the body (genome and physiology) and society (environmental stressors and social context). Following a review of these studies, the author attempts to place these perceptions of health and well-being in a social context, a context critical to understanding the consistency and strength of these studies documenting the association between answers to the question "How do you feel about...?" and health outcomes over time.
Ageism and minority populations: strengths in the face of change
- Authors:
- YANG Frances M., LEVKOFF Sue E.
- Journal article citation:
- Generations, 29(3), 2005, pp.42-48.
- Publisher:
- American Society on Aging
The author focuses on the relationship between ageism and the health related disparities that exist for older minority populations as compared to older non-minority populations. The article also reviews how older minorities overcome some common stereotypes that potentially limit their access to a better quality of life and recommends ways by which ageism in minority populations can be counteracted on multiple social levels. The article is written from an American perspective.
Validation and normative data of health status measures in older people: the Islington study
- Authors:
- PETTIT T., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16(1), January 2001, pp.1061-1070.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Health related quality of life scales have been developed to measure a global picture of health and well-being from the patient's perspective. Examines the validity and acceptability of two health status measures the 12-item Health Status Questionnaire (HSQ-12) and 12-item Short Form Health Survey SF-12, and presents population norms in older people. Uses a door-to-door survey in Islington, a borough of inner London. The first 135 people who completed the HSQ-12 were visited approximately 18 months later. Data was collected on health and social care, and subjective health problems. Results found the SF-12 and HSQ-12 were acceptable and valid as health status instruments in large community-based studies of older people. The HSQ-12, but not the SF-12, was acceptable and valid for people with dementia.
Enhancing the quality of extended life years. Identification of the oldest old with a very good and very poor quality of life
- Authors:
- GRUNDY E., BOWLING A.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 3(3), August 1999, pp.199-212.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The objective of the study was to investigate quality of life in very old age by analysing what proportion of older people had cumulative difficulties across several domains of quality of life, what proportion had no or few problems, and how these distributions changed over time. The study confirms the great diversity of the elderly population, and the need to adopt a multidimensional perspective on quality of life in old age. The study is unique in its longitudinal analysis of a very elderly population, and in adopting a multi faceted approach, rather than analysing each domain of quality of life separately.