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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.