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Preventive home visits to elderly people in Denmark
- Authors:
- HENDRIKSEN Carsten, VASS Mikkel
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 13(3), July 2003, pp.14-17.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
Describes the process of individual preventive home visits in primary care. Presents details of randomised controlled trials published about preventive home visits during the last 20 years and looks at the experience of home visits in Denmark.
Service provision for elderly depressed persons and political and professional awareness for this subject: a comparison of six European countries
- Author:
- BRAMSFELD Anke
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18(5), May 2003, pp.392-401.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Under-treatment of depression in late-life is a subject of rising public health concern throughout Europe. This study investigates and compares the availability of services for depressed elderly persons in Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Additionally, it explores factors that might contribute to an adequate services supply for depressed elderly people. Review of the literature and guide supported expert interviews. Analysis of the practice of care provision for depressed elderly persons and of indicators for political and professional awareness, such as university chairs, certification processes and political programmes in gerontopsychiatry. Only Switzerland and the UK offer countrywide community-oriented services for depressed elderly persons. Clinical experience in treating depression in late-life is not regularly acquired in the vocational training of the concerned professionals. Indicators suggest that the medical society and health politics in Switzerland and the UK regard psychiatric disease in the elderly more importantly than it is the case in the other investigated countries. Service provision for depressed elderly persons seems to be more elaborated and better available in countries where gerontopsychiatry is institutionalised to a greater extend in the medical society and health politics.
Sensory loss and its consequences for couples’ psychosocial and relational wellbeing: an integrative review
- Authors:
- LEHANE Christine M., DAMMEYER Jesper, ELSASS Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 21(4), 2017, pp.337-347.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Objectives: Previous research has shown that marital communication is key to couples' successful illness adjustment. However, little is known about couples' experiences of health conditions characterised by communication difficulties such as acquired hearing, vision, and dual-sensory loss. The aim of this review was to identify the effect of sensory loss, and associated communication difficulties, on couples' relational and psychosocial adjustment. Method: A systematic search was conducted to identify studies investigating the social, psychological, and relational impact of sensory loss on couples. Results: Twenty-four articles met the criteria for inclusion in the review. Significant heterogeneity in the measurements and design of the quantitative studies prevented statistical data synthesis. All but two studies reported some effect of sensory loss on couples' psychosocial or relational wellbeing. Higher levels of marital satisfaction were found to buffer against adverse psychological outcomes. Results of quantitative and qualitative studies were synthesised to form an integrative model illustrating the associations between sensory loss and couples' relational and psychosocial wellbeing. Conclusions: Although this review reports an association between sensory loss and couples' relational and psychosocial wellbeing, the results should be viewed with caution given that relatively few studies on couples' experiences of acquired sensory loss exist, and many have methodological limitations. (Publisher abstract)