Browsing School of Health Sciences by Author "Power, Martin"
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Caring about care planning: A survey of assessment and care planning tools, processes and perspectives from residential care settings for older people in the Republic of Ireland
Power, Martin; Van Lente, Eric (Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2012)Introduction: Throughout the developed world the ageing of populations has become a matter of increasing attention both for policy-makers and practitioners. Indeed, as far back as the late 1990s, the Organisation for ... -
The discursive construction of HIV stigma in Irish print media
Vaughan, Elena; Power, Martin (SAGE Publications, 2021-08-23)As interlocutors in national level discourse with the power to influence public opinion and inform policy, the news media are an important data source in understanding the constitutive roles played by culture and discourse ... -
Experiences of stigma in healthcare settings by people living with HIV in Ireland: a qualitative study
Vaughan, Elena; Power, Martin; Sixsmith, Jane (Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2020-06-16)Stigma in healthcare settings remains a barrier to accessing screening, treatment and care for HIV and is a driver of the global HIV epidemic. This study examined the stigma experiences in healthcare settings of people ... -
Legal responses to public crisis: Tribunals of inquiry and the blood crisis in the Republic of Ireland
Power, Martin (2010)This paper will outline the national and international cases of contaminated blood which have emerged as a part of the 'risk society' of modernity since the 1980s. In particular, the paper will examine the Tribunals of ... -
Perceptions around professionalisation in social care work in Ireland: A workers advisory group study
Power, Martin; Dashdondog, Saintuya (Workers Advisory Group, Social Care Ireland, 2022)Social care work is soon to be included in the list of professions regulated by the Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU), as a register for social care workers is expected to open in November 2023. Social ... -
Qualifications of non-nursing residential care staff in the Republic of Ireland.
Power, Martin; Lavelle, Mary-Joe (Emerald, 2011-03)In response to the challenge of the ageing of societies and concerns over recruitment and quality of service delivery, many nations have introduced new educational and training pathways, as well as national standards that ... -
Recruitment and retention in social care work in Ireland: A Social Care Ireland survey
Power, Martin; Burke, Charlotte (Social Care Ireland, 2021)As the first decade of the new millennium drew to a close, concerns were raised around the “dramatic growth in Higher Education social care programme providers since 2002” and the conclusion was reached that social care ... -
Risk, science and blood: Politics, HIV, Hepatitis and Haemophilia in Ireland.
Taylor, George; Power, Martin (NUI Galway, 2011-02)With Ireland's blood supply compromised in the 1980s, the impact upon its haemophiliac community was unprecedented. Thus far, academic attention has focused on apportioning blame and identifying administrative failure: ... -
Risk, science and the politics of the blood scandals in Ireland, Scotland, England and Finland
Taylor, George; Power, Martin (Royal Irish Academy, 2016-11-07)This article examines the HIV/Hepatitis C disaster that engulfed those suffering from haemophilia in Ireland, Scotland, England/Wales and Finland during the 1980s and 1990s; the largest health scandal since the ... -
Standardising assessment instruments and care planning in Ireland
Power, Martin; Van Lente, Eric (Emerald, 2014)There is wide variation in the use of standardised instruments for assessment. Within some domains, standardised instruments enjoy near universal usage. However, within other domains, standardised instruments are often ... -
Statutory registration awareness amongst social care workers
Power, Martin; D’Arcy, Patricia (Social Care Ireland, 2018)Statutory registration for health and social care professionals has become an increasing feature of regulatory systems in many nations (Allsop & Saks, 2002; Cornes, Manthrope, Huxley & Sherrill, 2007; Byrne, 2016). In ...