... 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...

... Licensed re-use rights only Social care Quality of life Older people Health care Technology Home care No external funding. The nurse call system – NCS – is a system found close to the patient’s bedside that allows patients in care to always call for help from nurses or other health...

... Mental health Health care GPs Health care services The negative impact on famliy caregivers of dementia caregiving on health as well as on personal and social issues is well documented (Ask et al., 2014 ; Goto et al., 2023). The life of people with dementia is characterized...

...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 respite care: 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 Community services Service provider Older adult education Working with older adults...

... 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. The National Statistical Office (2018) found that older adults account for 16.7...

... 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 through the urethra, through the malfunction of the bladder...

... the residents more in order to meet their person-centred needs […] it can be quite challenging when you know your resident needs nutrients, but they’re not having it, based on their confusion, on dementia and they don’t understand. Nutrition Champion Care homes Older people Social care Health care...

...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...

... relevant institutions to establish policies and programs that strengthen the care provided for an ever-growing and vulnerable group. Education Older people Care homes Health care Quality of life Oral health According to the World Health Organization, the ageing process is a biological...

... Health care This at scale progress was supported through a cross-sector improvement network (Joint Improvement Team, 2013). In 2012, the improvement network and the ALLIANCE cohosted a learning event with a focus on active ageing to mark the European year for active ageing...

... people 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...

... to evaluate the adaptation of older people at the time of relocation (hereafter abbreviated to “scale”), with the reliability of the scale as a whole obtaining 0.87 on Cronbach's α. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Transition Dementia Older people Health care Hospital...

... needed to be done (Care & Social Services Inspectorate for Wales and Health Inspectorate for Wales, 2012). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Health care Older people Policy Ageing well Whole system A public health challenge may be defined by two parameters, namely...

... priorities for action and thereby inform local decision making and investing. Caroline Bernard can be contacted at: caroline.bernard@ndti.org.uk Age discrimination Older people Health care Home care Social care Hospital care Elderly people The issue of ageism in the health and social...

... involving the client, their representatives and the Agency. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Domiciliary Care Culture Audit Outcomes Person centred care Relationships Interfaces United Kingdom Social care Public policy Health care Current health and social care...

.... This inexpensive and readily achievable approach has advantages. 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 of the four...