... at: majd61_2009@yahoo.com © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Elderly people Older adult Health literacy Self-care Hypertension Jordan High blood pressure (HBP) or hypertension (HTN) is a primary factor in the development of stroke...

... and policymakers (KPMG Report, 2018). According to Bajpai et al. (2022) , elderly people are subject to neglect and face difficulties in their physical health and financial burden. Ageing population is an emergent and universal trend which has impact on social, economic and political development of any...

... and practices Life experience and skills Recruitment and flexible employment Elderly people The South East England Forum on Ageing (SEEFA) brings together representatives of older people and organisations working with older people. Its mission is: Making the South East work for older people – now...

... and grief but they act as a much needed antidote. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Compassion Care homes Culture Grief Changing attitudes Dementia Inequalities Older people Quality of life Elderly people Nursing homes ...

... financial austerity. Originality/value The paper is of value to practitioners and commissioners of advocacy services. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Advocacy Community building Loneliness Resilience Social networks Elderly people United Kingdom In 2008‐2010 Grapevine...

... Learning Elderly people Information technology Digital information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as mobile phones, e‐mail, the internet and digital television, have in a relatively short space of time, become central to society, economy and culture. Commercial and social uses...

... Publishing Limited 2013 Age discrimination Older people Health care Home care Social care Hospital care Elderly people The issue of ageism in the health and social care arenas – hospital care in particular – has been high on the agenda in recent months. From older patients being diagnosed...

... of intergenerational fairness is only beginning to be discussed. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Intergenerational Older people Young people Children and families Social care Age friendly society Elderly people Youth Family life and structures are changing rapidly in Britain. Squeezed...

... volunteering European year Active ageing Intergenerational solidarity Volonteurope/CSV Elderly people Volunteering organizations The UK is not alone in needing to prepare for an ageing society. Indeed, many European countries are developing effective strategies for doing this, with the EU year...

... and peace of mind. Colin R. Martin can be contacted at: colin.martin@uws.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Assistive technology Older adults Phenomenology Husserlian phenomenological approach Elderly people Social care facilities New technologies are developed...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Dignity Surveys Care Older people Wales Vulnerable Individual perception Attitudes Elderly people Social care ...

... ageing Elderly people Attitudes Individual psychology The common place “negative narrative” about older people has increasingly been challenged in public policy circles in recent years. References to “a grey tsunami” and “bed blockers” and other negative terms are beginning to diminish...

... people Elderly people Social rehabilitation Person‐centred Task‐centred practice Social care Rehabilitation There is now substantial evidence that home‐based reablement is both effective and cost effective. Not only does reablement result in improvements in users' quality of life, it begins...

... representation of Directors with technical specialisms which they could sell back into the market, or use to set up specialist businesses. Older Age Retirement Entrepreneur Working lives Pensions Elderly people Entrepreneurialism In 1948, when the Basic State Pension as we have it today...

... Older people Elderly people Qualitative research Literature review A literature search was performed within search strategies using the database of the Sweden National Library. The prefix social was added to care to limit the search and combined with the word elderly/older. The demarcation...

... into older volunteering. Julia Cook can be contacted at: julia.cook@wrvs.org.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Pensioners Elderly people Communities Volunteering Charity John is a volunteer driver and spends 2 or 3 days a week volunteering. He provides a lifeline...

... organisations. Intergenerational work Sustainability Skills Youth Elderly people This project looked at how intergenerational practice can work to help find out how we can build a sustainable future. Climate change and a foreseeable end of cheap oil will change our lives. However, a future...

... Jugendbegegnungen , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen . Youth Elderly people Intergenerational work Best practice Project management Germany The Kreisau‐Initiative (KI) was set up by East and West Berliners in the summer of 1989, before the collapse of the Berlin Wall. Its aim...