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Inequalities in quality of life among people aged 75 years and over in Great Britain
- Author:
- ESRC GROWING OLDER PROGRAMME
- Publisher:
- University of Sheffield. Department of Sociological Studies
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
A survey of over 8,000 people aged 75 and over in 23 general practices in Great Britain was undertaken as part of a trial of the assessment and management of the health of older people in the community. Analyses were undertaken of their quality of life in relation to their socio-economic position.
Oral versus written administration of the Geriatric Depression Scale
- Authors:
- CANNON B. J., THALER T., ROOS S.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 6(4), November 2002, pp.418-422.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Forty-four female nursing home residents completed the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) twice, using both oral and written administration formats. Test-retest reliability analysis revealed a significant correlation between oral and written administrations for higher cognitive functioning participants, but no correlation for impaired participants. Therefore, the use of the GDS in a cognitively impaired elderly population is questioned.
Brain ageing and dementia: what makes the difference?
- Author:
- WHALLEY Lawrence J.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 181(11), November 2002, pp.369-371.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The boundaries between non-pathological brain ageing and the dementias are unclear and contentious. Neuropathological examination can detect occasional individuals in whom the microscopic features typical of late-onset Alzheimer's disease are present yet a clinical history of dementia is absent. On other occasions, the converse seems true: individuals seriously disabled in life by dementia show at death only mild pathological features of Alzheimer's disease.
Development and evaluation of a health-related quality of life questionnaire for the elderly with dementia in Japan
- Authors:
- TERADA Seishi, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(9), September 2002, pp.851-858.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The purpose of this research was the development of the quality of life (QOL) questionnaire for dementia (QOL-D) in Japan. Researchers performed a questionnaire survey of QOL assessment in elderly patients with dementia in Japan, and developed QOL-D. The final version consists of only 31 items grouped into six response sets, each with its own scale. Reliability is good to excellent, and validity is, to some extent, established. The six domains of health-related QOL are divided into two groups. One is the positive and the other is the negative aspects of health-related QOL. The positive aspects have been shown to correlate positively with cognitive function and activities of daily living (ADL) score, whereas the negative aspects have not. The concept of QOL for elderly patients with dementia in Japan is similar to that in Western countries.
Consumer voices steer the course of research
- Authors:
- RENVOIZE Edward, PATEL Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 10(5), September 2002, pp.37-38.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Describes how the Lancashire Dementia Research Group (LADRIG) has given people with dementia and their carers an active role in the development of research projects.
Qualitative research on admission procedures in elderly care
- Authors:
- GRAY Elaine, CAVANAGH Sylvia
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Nurse, 17(7), March 2002, pp.410-413.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
The admission process to hospital is vital in maintaining a patient's sense of independence and control of his or her situation, which then helps during the discharge procedure back to the community. This article focuses on the qualitative research techniques used to uncover the experience of older patients and their carers during and admission to hospital.
The perspectives of people with dementia: research methods and motivations
- Editor:
- WILKINSON Heather
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 256p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
People with dementia have often played a passive role in the investigation of their condition. The contributors to this book look at ways of redressing the balance and involving them in the research process. They describe the skills that researchers and care staff need and the methods they can use when seeking to draw out and validate the views of people with dementia successfully as well as discussing the ways in which such views can be included in debates about dementia methodology and policy. A number of projects are looked at which have taken different approaches to working with people with dementia in research, including a chapter examining the process of interviewing when a persons first language is not English and a chapter describing a project encouraging people with dementia to participate in the analysis of the research findings.
Adding quality to quantity: older people's views on their quality of life and its enhancement
- Author:
- ESRC GROWING OLDER PROGRAMME
- Publisher:
- University of Sheffield. Department of Sociological Studies
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
This study set out to explore older peoples' definitions of, and priorities for, a good quality of life. Nine hundred and ninety nine randomly sampled people aged 65 and over, living at home in Britain, were interviewed for the study.
Senior housing: pathway to service utilization
- Author:
- RINEHART Barbara H.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 39(3), 2002, pp.57-75.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Increasing numbers of older adults have created a demand for a range of housing options. This study was conducted to better understand the relationship between the type of housing in which older adults lived and their utilization of formal services. A modified version of the Andersen-Newman model was used to organise the independent variables with type of housing listed as a separate category for the purposes of regression analysis. People living in senior housing (age segregated) were older, poorer, more functionally impaired, more likely to have Medicaid health insurance, and more likely to use formal in-home services than those seniors living in age integrated housing. In both groups, level of need was the strongest predictor of formal service use. However, even with all the need, enabling, and predisposing variables controlled, housing type made an independent contribution in explaining patterns of service utilization. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Adult protective service use and nursing home placement
- Authors:
- LACHS Mark, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 42(6), December 2002, pp.734-739.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Adult Protective Services (APS) is the official state entity charged with advocacy for older adults who are victims of elder abuse or self-neglect. However, it has been speculated that APS intervention may lead disproportionately to nursing home placement (NHP). These analyses seek to determine if APS use is an independent risk factor for NHP. APS use is an independent risk factor for nursing home placement; persons identified by APS as self-neglecting are at the highest risk.