Browsing School of Health Sciences by Subject "Older people"
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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
(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 ... -
Concepts of illness causation and attitudes to health care among older people in the Republic of Ireland.
(Elsevier, 2002-01)Fifty-one older people (26 of them women) in the Republic of Ireland were interviewed using a semi-structured schedule on their health and illness experiences at three different time points in their lives; as children, as ... -
Social exclusion and ageing in diverse rural communities: Findings from a cross-border study in Ireland and Northern Ireland
(Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, 2012-02)Currently, our understanding of social exclusion and how it affects the lives of older people in diverse rural settings in Ireland and Northern Ireland is poorly developed and based primarily on anecdotal and fragmented ... -
Social welfare, housing and health policy and the determinants of quality of life for older people in the Republic of Ireland
(2010)Improving quality of life (QoL) for older people calls for public policy initiatives which have a positive impact on the determinants of quality of life. This paper presents a review of current social welfare, housing and ... -
Standardising assessment instruments and care planning in Ireland
(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 ...