... was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha. Findings This study identified four key factors: health-care access, transportation, community activity and satisfaction with accessibility. The results of this study showed high communalities in these areas, highlighting their importance in fostering age-friendly...

... interviews with 15 experienced health-care employees (assistant nurses and health-care assistants) from a large public organization in Sweden. Findings The findings show that values emphasizing uniformity in workload, responsibility and rewards are central to assistant nurses’ psychological contracts...

... of the objects or beings to which the transmitter is attached. The RFID identification technology is set to gradually replace barcodes. The communication systems available to nurses evolved to address patient and health-care staff call flow issues with innovative solutions, resulting in improved patient...

... to support family caregivers better. This will help tailor the interventions to their needs. Well-being Dementia Familiy caregivers Older people Mental health Health care GPs Health care services The World Health Organization (WHO) strongly recommends addressing the dementia challenge...

...Pooja Kansra; Amiya Abdul Khadar Purpose Population ageing is a demographic transition and burdens every country’s health sector. A lack of social security combined with low government health-sector spending has made health-care utilisation difficult among elderly in many developing countries like...

... and systematized analytical approaches which serve as a reference for policy formulation (Mullan et al., 2008). Jing-Yi Lu can be contacted at: mislu@asia.edu.tw © Emerald Publishing Limited. 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Long-term care Health care...

... the country could be easily done by coordinated efforts by legislatures, administrative agencies, community groups and health-care infrastructure. Originality/value As opposed to varied methods used, which undermine the broad application of results, research should primarily use the proposed three-pronged...

... for older adults organize activities to promote the good health and self-esteem of older adults, obtain social support for them and provide them with convenient access to health-care facilities to improve their QoL. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Older people Health care Incontinence Urinary incontinence is one of the most important and complex health problems of the 21st century, especially in people over 65 years of age. It is defined as the involuntary and uncontrolled loss of urine...

... interventions delivered to, in and around the homes. Many of these interventions were already in place in some areas of the country, but the EHCH Vanguards were charged with bringing these together in a coordinated way (NHS England, 2016) to improve residents’ health care. A major evaluation of the Vanguard...

...Md. Shahidul Islam Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between social capital (SC) and health care access problem among the older people in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach This study applied a random sampling method to select 310 older adults (all aged...

... Social San Camilo, Casa del Divino Niño and San José are among the care facilities in which some of the older people are financially supported by Villavicencio Town Hall. The older citizens are given basic medical coverage that is provided by the Colombian Health Care System, but they receive no dental...

... and policy makers were: Anne Hendry can be contacted at: anne.hendry@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Collaboration Co-production Ageing well Wellbeing Community building Health care The WHO...

... Safeguarding Health care On 30 April 2014 the BBC broadcast Behind Closed Doors: Elderly Care Exposed. The Panorama programme in question reported on the use of hidden cameras to provide evidence of abuse in a number of care homes in England. The programme shocked its viewers who were...

... on the results of this study, older people's adaptation to their new environment can be promoted, and this may aid nurses in supporting older people in returning to their homes. Figure 1 A typical model for understanding relocations of the health-care facility for the elderly in Japan...

..., impaired vision, type and severity of dementia, behavioural disturbances, functional impairments, fall history, neuroleptics and low bone mineral density (Härlein et al., 2009). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Health care Older people Policy Ageing well Whole system...

... 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...

..., 2011). Domiciliary care agencies are expected to provide a widening range of social care tasks during visits but sometimes without being given the necessary authority to access the help the client may require from primary health care providers. Clarification of lines of communication...

.... The focus of this might be best placed on outcomes for patients. Gareth Morgan can be contacted at: morgan@fforrdbeck.fsnet.co.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Health care Welsh Health Boards National Service Framework Older people Social care Wales Wales is one...