Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 5 Issue 1
Promoting excellence in services through research, policy and practice
Table of contents
Subjective age perceptions in the UK: An empirical study
Lynn SudburyThe number of years a person has lived is a poor indicator of their self‐perceptions, attitudes and behaviours. For these reasons, gerontologists have looked to alternative…
Supporting carers in paid employment: Developing a needs‐led approach
Diane Seddon, Catherine Robinson, Shirley Bowen, Mari BoyleThis paper presents some of the key findings from a study about supporting carers in employment. It describes the qualitative experiences of family carers for older people who are…
Age does not come alone: Identifying and implementing older people's views of quality in home care services
Norma Raynes, Lydia Coulthard, Charlotte Glenister, Bogusia TempleThis paper describes a study that explored older people's views and priorities on what made for quality in home care services, ways of accessing these and enabling them to become…
Quality in home care for older people: Factors to pay heed to
Charles PatmoreTwenty‐three home care providers were interviewed concerning what promotes or impedes quality aspects of service giving, as defined by older customers ‐ like service from familiar…
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- Prof Fiona Poland