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‘I feel so much safer’: unravelling community equipment outcomes
- Authors:
- SAINTY Mandy, LAMBKIN Christopher, MAILE Louise
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 72(11), November 2009, pp.499-506.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study looks at the impact of community equipment services on the health and wellbeing outcomes of choice and control, quality of life, and personal dignity. Questionnaires were sent out to 483 adults who had been prescribed community equipment by social or primary care services to meet mobility needs (97), domestic activity needs (99), bathing needs (150), toileting needs (93) and sensory needs (44). A response rate of 52% was achieved. Seventy-eight per cent of respondents reported that they were using all the equipment prescribed. Of those who were using the equipment, 91% reported feeling safer and over 80% said that it made a positive difference to their independence, quality of life or ability to do things when they wanted. Bathing equipment was either very successful or not used at all, and the authors suggest that there is scope to maximise the effective use of bathing equipment. The provision of equipment had less of an impact on reducing the need for assistance at home, particularly from paid carers.
Back to the real sensory world our 'care' has taken away
- Author:
- MACDONALD Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 10(1), January 2002, pp.33-36.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Reflects on research into the effects of multisensory stimulation. Argues that care environments and practices have developed in a way that excludes people with dementia from the pleasurable sensory experiment to compensate for this deprivation, the author argues we should try to bring so me normal experiences back.
Promoting well-being and independence for people with dementia
- Author:
- WOODS Bob
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(2), February 1999, pp.97-109.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article reviews the research evidence relating to non-pharmacological interventions with people with dementia aiming to improve well-being and independence. Increased independence does not necessarily lead to greater well-being, and it is clear that the greatest potential for increasing function is in tackling the excess disability which many care giving situations in effect impose on the person with dementia. Highlights the needs for further development of methods of measuring well-being in people with dementia is also required.
Active and non-active agents: residents' agency in assisted living
- Authors:
- PIRHONEN Jari, PIETILA Ilkka
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 38(1), 2018, pp.19-36.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Culturally, institutional care has been seen to strip older people of their status as full adult members of society and turn them into ‘have-nots’ in terms of agency. The substantial emphasis in gerontology of measuring the activity and functional ability of the elderly has unintentionally fostered these stereotypes, as have traditional definitions of agency that emphasise individuals’ choices and capacities. The aim of this paper is to discover what kind of opportunities to feel agentic exist for people who have reduced functional abilities and therefore reside in assisted living. In this paper, agency is approached empirically from the viewpoint of Finnish sheltered housing residents. The data were gathered using participant observation and thematic interviews. This study suggests that even people with substantial declines in their functional abilities may feel more or less agentic depending on their functional and material surroundings and the support they receive from the staff, relatives and other residents. The perception that residents’ agency in assisted living cannot be reduced to measurable activity has methodological implications for gerontological research on agency. Care providers can utilise our findings in reasserting their residents’ quality of life. (Publisher abstract)
Wales: a good place to grow old?
- Authors:
- BEVAN FOUNDATION, AGE ALLIANCE WALES
- Publisher:
- Age Alliance Wales
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
In Wales, more than half a million people are aged over 65, nearly one in five of the population; and for the first time, in 2010, there were more older people than children under 16. This report calls for public bodies in Wales to take action to support and promote the independence of older people, through a mixture of appropriate social care services, financial inclusion and ability to travel. It cites key indicators from Welsh Government and other statistcal sources to support its argument. The report includes case studies of individuals who have experienced good quality care or have come into contact with people and organisations that have helped them be less isolated and contributed to their independence, well-being or quality of life. (Original abstract)
A new vision for older people
- Author:
- STEVENSON Annie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.10.08, 2008, p.32.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Key issues on promoting well-being and independent lives for older people are outlined. The article highlights the importance of making connections between a wide range of services and continuing to engage effectively with older people.
Older people: independence and well-being: the challenge for public services
- Author:
- AUDIT COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Audit Commission
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 34p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report summarises a series of five reports that explore the nature of change required from public services in relation to the independence and wellbeing of older people. This covers both the majority who have no need of care services (but who have a wide range of other concerns), and the minority of frail older people who may need support and care.
Making the case for retirement villages
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
There has been a growing policy emphasis on promoting independence for older people, offering them choices, and improving their quality of life. Retirement villages appear to serve current policy agendas very well. They offer purposefully designed barrier-free housing with its associated autonomy, a range of facilities and activities that are not care related which generate opportunities for informal and formal social activity and engagement, alongside a range of care and support services that can respond quickly and flexibly to a range of care needs over time.
The role of autonomy in explaining mental ill-health and depression among older people in long-term care settings
- Author:
- BOYLE Geraldine
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 25(5), September 2005, pp.731-748.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper examines the extent of mental ill-health and probable depression among older people in long-term care. It presents selected findings from a study in Greater Belfast, Northern Ireland, that compared the quality of life, autonomy and mental health of older people living in nursing and residential homes with those of older people living in private households who were receiving domiciliary care. Structured interviews were conducted with 214 residents in institutions and 44 older people receiving domiciliary care. The study found that those in private households were more severely physically-impaired and had a higher level of mental ill-health than the residents of institutional homes. It is suggested, however, that the mental ill-health effects were associated less with physical impairments than with the restrictions placed on the older person's decisional autonomy, and that long-term care environments that constrain the older person's autonomy contribute to the development of depression. Although the UK National Service Framework for Older People specified that those with depression should be given treatment and support, priority should also be given to preventing the depression associated with living in long-term care settings.
Perceived risks to independent living: the views of older community-dwelling adults
- Authors:
- MACK Ruthanna, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 37(6), 1998, pp.729-736.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Gather the perceptions of older, community-dwelling adults about factors they considered essential for them to remain living within the community. In-depth interviews were conducted with 103 men and women over the age of 65 years who were living in their own home or apartment, within an urban centre in the United States of America. Factors such as finances, health, family support, a sense of identify, and a feeling of independence were perceived by older adults to contribute to their ability to remain living in the community. Importantly, older adults viewed threats to this continued independent living as both (a) factors connected to losses and maintenance of capability, but also (b) as impediments to further growth of their personal well-being.