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Valuing the person’s story: Use of life story books in a continuing care setting

istvan.bessenyei-p8 — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:46:55 +0000

There is an increasing focus on promoting person-centred systems across continuing care settings, emphasizing the need to enhance the quality of life of older adults. Life story books (LSB) can provide a holistic view of older adults, promote relationship-centred care and enhance person-centred care. The process of developing LSB involve collecting and recording aspects of a person’s life both past and present. The purpose of this study was to engage residents in developing life story books in a nursing home setting and then to explore the narratives and documented life story books with residents and their families. A qualitative descriptive exploratory design was utilized for the study. Five residents and three family carers participated. Focus groups were tape recorded and thematically analyzed and a review of the LSB was conducted. The central themes from the data analysis related to the social construction of people’s lives, social roles and religious values, relationships and loss, and sense of self.

Authors:

Teresa Wills and Mary Rose Day

Year:

2008

Source location:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2682386/

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Key words:

life story books

older adults

long-term care setting

person-centred care

and relationship-centred care

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ICT for independent living and elderly care at home

istvan.bessenyei-p8 — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 06:32:11 +0000

European policies such as the Social Investment Package for Cohesion and Growth (SIP), the Employment Package for a Job-rich Recovery and the Innovation Partnership on Healthy and Active Ageing (EIPAHA), are driving the policy agenda for the coming years in the field of long-term care. Their strategy is focused on:

reducing growth in long-term care needs
increasing access to and quality of care services
increasing productivity and jobs in the care sector
reinforcing the efficiency of long-term care systems

These policies highlight the importance of information and communication technology (ICT)-based care services in achieving these objectives. These services range from assistive to robot technologies, and include telecare, social networking, virtual reality and other online services. Research has demonstrated their value in helping elderly people to be more independent and cope with their physical and mental conditions. ICT-based care services also help carers to deal with stress and to carry out their care tasks better. They can also reduce the use of more expensive care services, avoiding the need for hospital admissions and shortening the length of stays in institutions.

However, ICT-based services for long-term care are only being used on a small scale in Europe. Little scientific evidence of their effectiveness and efficiency is available. In addition, there are technological barriers for end-users, inefficient business models, and difficulties in integrating these services into the care system. These challenges have been identified in previous IPTS research.

IPTS is therefore leading a programme of research to map and develop more systematic and scientific evidence on ICT-based services for independent living and elderly care at home. This programme aims to help European policy makers make decisions on how to design, implement and transfer successful strategies for long-term care, based on technological solutions.

Authors:

European Comission Joint Research Centre

Year:

2015

Source location:

http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/EAP/eInclusion/carers.html

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Key words:

ICT in caregiving

European projects summaries

Information and Communication Technologies in the Care of the Elderly

istvan.bessenyei-p8 — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 06:20:15 +0000

Background

The interest in applying information and communications technology (ICT) in older adult health care is frequently promoted by the increasing and unsustainable costs of health care services. In turn, the unprecedented growth of the elderly population around the globe has urged institutions, companies, industries, and governments to respond to older adults’ medical needs.

Objective

The aim of this review is to systematically identify the opportunities that ICT offers to health services, specifically for patients with dementia and their families.

ICT applications aimed at the primary caregiver.

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Authors:

Catarina Reis and Franka Meiland

Year:

2016

Source location:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5454565/

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Key words:

assistive technologics

dementia

ICT in caregiving

eHealth

Community care for older people: Knowledge sharing workshop

istvan.bessenyei-p8 — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:39:42 +0000

They offer a variety of services that provide vulnerable older people an active and positive support system. I learnt a lot from this course, and am definitely taking some best practice learning back with me for our programmes in Moldova.

Read more about our projects with older people in Moldova.

Our work in Moldova began in 2000 through our partner Second Breath and the HelpAge office in Chisinau was set up in 2005. We have a network of 15 organisations involved in our work and over 300 volunteers. We also work with 15 older people's groups and across 15 project sites in Moldova.

Older people in Moldova face many challenges and are extremely vulnerable due to inadequate social security, the high prices of medicines and limited access to quality healthcare.

Annually we support over 1,600 older people directly through home-visiting and over 8,000 indirectly who are involved in our work by taking part in information sessions, community activities, social events and campaigns

Authors:

Tatiana Sorocan

Source location:

http://www.helpage.org/blogs/tatiana-sorocan-897/community-care-for-olde...

http://www.helpage.org/where-we-work/eastern-europe-and-central-asia/mol...

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Generations struggle with the transfer of knowledge

istvan.bessenyei-p8 — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:23:13 +0000

The generations are no longer as they seemed to be in the past. Changes come quickly and the knowledge and experience that parents pass onto their children is often not enough to help them solve problems in the future, said Milan Zelený, professor at Fordham University in New York, in an interview with The Slovak Spectator.

He talks about how these rapid changes impact the generations and what needs to be done to tackle these problems.

Authors:

Milan Zelený

Year:

2017

Source location:

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20603282/generations-struggle-with-the-transf...

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Key words:

knowledge change between generations

information society

Cultural Heritage Represented in Memories of the Elderly Inhabitants

istvan.bessenyei-p8 — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 11:13:09 +0000

Elderly inhabitants’ memories can be a valuable source of information about the intangible aspects of cultural heritage. Using the social psychological theoretical approach of social representations, this research project focused on the former 17th Municipality of Rome (located on the right riverbank of the Tiber River and including the neighbourhoods of Prati and Borgo close to the Vatican City). All three older people’s centres of the municipality have participated on a voluntary basis. The total of 64 persons provided demographic information, took tests assessing cognitive skills and memory, attended focus groups and participated in in-depth interviews, in line with the multi-method approach of the social representation theory. As a result, the most significant four social representations of the cultural heritage of the former 17th Municipality of Rome have been identified and described in relation to the predominant emotions evoked. The final product consists of four short documentaries that include the selected interviews with the elderly inhabitants, insights from an archaeologist and art historian, as well as local administration and authorities.

Authors:

Laura Dryjanska

Year:

2013

Source location:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262916392_Cultural_Heritage_Rep...

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Key words:

active ageing

cultural heritage

social representations

memory

Senior Care Networks

istvan.bessenyei-p8 — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:01:14 +0000

Our programs. Senior Care Network programs include the care coordination program and our50+ Health Connection membership program.
Support and resources. Speak to a Resource Center staff member, learn about caregiver support, and find resources on aging for professionals, aging adults and caregivers.
Events. Senior Care Network events include Noon Hour lectures by physicians, AARP Smart Driver events and other reservation-required special events.
Publications. Check out our 50+ Health Connection newsletter, Senior Care Network annual reports and other publications.

Source location:

http://www.huntingtonhospital.org/Community/Senior-Care-Network.aspx

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Key words:

senior care networks

care community

How new technology could transform elder care

istvan.bessenyei-p8 — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 12:54:30 +0000

The perception of giving care – often talked about as a burden – needs to change. Preparing for how to support people to live a good life means fundamentally rethinking how we care. There is a need to provide more help early on; emotional and practical support can aid people in living independently and well for longer.

Authors:

Katie Mountain

Year:

2014

Source location:

https://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2014/may/06/new-technolo...

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Key words:

support care social networks

informal carers

informal caring

The changing elderly population and future health care needs

istvan.bessenyei-p8 — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 14:47:06 +0000

The impending growth of the elderly population requires both fiscal and substantive changes in Medicare and Medicaid that are responsive to cost issues and to changing patterns of need. More emphasis is required on chronic disease management, on meaningful integration between acute and long-term case services, and on improved coordination between Medicare and Medicaid initiatives. This paper reviews various trends, including the growth in managed-care approaches, experience with social health maintenance organizations and Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly demonstrations, and the need for a coherent long-term care policy. Such policies, however, transcend health care and require a broad range of community initiatives.

Authors:

David Mechanic, PhD

Year:

1999

Source location:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3456704/

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Key words:

caring needs