Browsing Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (Scholarly Articles) by Author "Walsh, Kieran"
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Ageing in changing community contexts: cross-border perspectives from rural Ireland and Northern Ireland
Walsh, Kieran; O'Shea, Eamon; Scharf, Thomas (2012)Ongoing demographic, social, economic and cultural changes point to the dynamic and continually changing contexts of rural areas in Ireland and Northern Ireland. However, the influence of such changes on the lives of older ... -
Care relationships, quality of care and migrant workers caring for older people. Ageing & Society
Walsh, Kieran (Cambridge Journals Online, 2013)Migrant care workers make a substantial contribution to older adult care in Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK). However, little is known about the relational aspects of care involving migrant care workers and older people. ... -
Composite measures for assessing multidimensional social exclusion in later life: Conceptual and methodological challenges
Keogh, Sinéad; O’Neill, Stephen; Walsh, Kieran (Springer, 2021-01-25)Although there are a number of approaches to constructing a measure of multidimensional social exclusion in later life, theoretical and methodological challenges exist around the aggregation and weighting of constituent ... -
Imagery and imaginary of islander identity: Older people and migration in Irish small-island communities
Scharf, Thomas; Walsh, Kieran (2013)This article examines the imagery and imaginaries of islander identity and makes an original contribution to the fields of gerontology and nissology. Drawing on data collected through in-depth interviews with 19 older ... -
Is rural Ireland a good place in which to grow old?
McDonagh, John; O'Shea, Eamon; Scharf, Tom; Walsh, Kieran (First Trusk Bank, 2010-12)The theme of ageing in rural areas has gained increasing attention from policy makers and researchers in the last few decades in a situation where older people now often comprise a disproportionately larger share of ... -
Negotiating User Preferences, Discrimination, and Demand for Migrant Labour in Long-term Care
Walsh, Kieran (Oxford Journals, 2012-01)The restructuring of long-term care for older people has been marked both by the role of the market and by the role of migrant labor. This article develops the analysis of these processes at the microlevel of the provision ... -
Perceived neighbourhood context, disability onset and old age
Walsh, Kieran (Elsevier, 2011-10)National household and individual level data are used to explore perceived neighbourhood characteristics (PNC) and neighbourhood social participation (NSP) associations with later life disability onset (DO). The sample ... -
Perceptions, preferences, and acceptance of information and communication technologies in older-adult community care settings in Ireland: A case-study and ranked-care program analysis
Walsh, Kieran; Callan, Aoife (Springer, 2010-10)Abstract As the Irish population ages, the potential role of information and communication technologies (ICT) to assist with community care has gained prominence, as it has in many Western nations. However, little is known ...