...Roiyah Saltus; Christalla Pithara Purpose – Research evidence indicates the need for studies that explore the salience of dignity from the perspective of older people from a range of ethno-linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Drawing findings from a mixed-methods study on social-care expectations...

... This article originally appeared in Volume 12 Number 2, Quality in Ageing and Older People Outstanding Reviewer Dr Fiona Poland University of East Anglia, UK This paper reports on an ethnographic study to explore the experience of dignity in the acute care of older people...

...Roiyah Saltus; Elizabeth Folkes Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on a qualitative exploratory study conducted in Wales to explore what dignity and care mean from the perspectives of men and women aged 50 years and older who self‐identified as being either African‐Caribbean/West...

...Win Tadd; Alex Hillman; Sian Calnan; Mike Calnan; Tony Bayer; Simon Read This paper reports on an ethnographic study to explore the experience of dignity in the acute care of older people in four acute NHS trusts. It explores the prevalent view that acute care is not the right place for older...

... and sustainable social care. Central government leadership: maximises risk pooling; enhances budgetary control mechanisms; safeguards equity and quality control; and provides political legitimacy. Key words Long-term care; comparative policies; care reforms; universality; family care; dignity; choice...

... in 1947 and visiting my husband and parents who were patients in the same hospital over the course of the last years of their lives and of visiting friends in hospitals. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Personal experience Ageism Staff attitudes Hospital standards Dignity Acute care...

...Janet Askham This paper considers the education of social and health care professionals who work with and care for older people. It asks whether education can promote the dignity of older people, how this may be done, what factors may ease or impede the promotion of dignity within professional...

...Win Tadd; Paul Dieppe This paper describes the creation of the educational materials developed as part of the Dignity and Older Europeans Project. Following a discussion of the development process, the materials themselves are described. The materials includes a poster of the dignity balance, which...

...Gertaud Dayé This paper explores dignity from the viewpoint of older Europeans themselves. General recommendations concerning policies for older persons are considered together with commitments included in action plans on ageing, in relation to the question of to what extent these texts can be seen...

...Andrew Edgar; Lennart Nordenfelt The Dignity and Older Europeans Research Group has produced a series of recommendations on policy. We propose that these recommendations should be considered by European legislators, national governments, professional organisations and all institutions...

...Sergio Ariño‐Blasco; Win Tadd; Josep Boix‐Ferrer Professionals' views concerning the importance of dignity and how this can best be maintained is important for the planning and provision of appropriate services, especially for older people.Dignity was described as an integral part of being human...

...Lennart Nordenfelt; Andrew Edgar This paper presents the theoretical model of dignity that has been created within the Dignity and Older Europeans (DOE) Project. The model consists of four kinds of dignity: the dignity of merit; the dignity of moral stature; the dignity of identity...

... the different age groups, rather than the different countries. Five major themes were identified from the comparative data: views of dignity; old age and ageing; views of older people's lives; across the generations and adding dignity to older people's lives. Many of these findings confirmed those of the focus...

..., by drawing on the conclusions of research undertaken with chronically ill people, the paper explores what this approach might mean for an approach that stresses dignity as a core value in health care ethics. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Health care ethics Principles Ethics of care...

...Michael Calnan; Win Tadd This paper describes the methods used within the Dignity and Older Europeans (DOE) Project and in particular the approach involved in developing the bibliographical database, the philosophical methods used in creating the theoretical model of dignity, together...

...Tony Bayer; Win Tadd; Stefan Krajcik This paper reports the findings of 89 focus groups and 18 individual interviews (involving 391 older people in 6 European countries) that were held to explore how older people view human dignity in their lives. Participants were all aged over 60 years and 25...

... and suppleness. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Older people Activity Independence Functional fitness Dignity Daily living activities Staying stronger longer Julie Sobczak Julie Sobczak is an exercise leader working with older people in care home settings. ABSTRACT A growing interest in exercise...