Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 10 Issue 1

Editorial

Alisoun Milne, Tom Dening

Considerably better than the alternative: Positive aspects of getting older

Jane Garner

Older people tend to be viewed negatively ‐ as being needy, dependent and frail. Such assumptions may be reinforced by policies that, despite good intentions, focus on the…

Recognition and response: Approaches to late‐life depression and mental health problems in primary care

Steve Iliffe

The boundaries between what is a healthy response to stress and anxiety and what is abnormal are often difficult to determine, especially in primary care. Even symptoms of…

Suicide and self‐harm in older people

Michael Dennis

Suicide is a tragic cause of death and causes considerable distress for families, carers and healthcare professionals. Thankfully, suicide rates in older people in the UK have…

Working with older people from black and minority ethnic groups who have depression: From margin to mainstream

Jill Manthorpe, Jo Moriarty

Despite the growing evidence base about depression and anxiety and its application to service settings and practice, we are short of practice examples about what works and for…

Psychodynamic observation and emotional mapping: A tool for continuing professional development and research in services for older people

Rachael Davenhill

Psychodynamic observation and emotional mapping (POEM) is a professional development (CPD), supervisory and research process, which works from the ‘inside out’. It aims to ensure…

Depression and mental health in care homes for older people

Tom Dening, Alisoun Milne

About five per cent of ‐ generally very frail ‐ older people live in long‐term care in the UK; approximately a fifth of all deaths occur in care homes. Depression and dementia are…

Depression in later life: A personal account

Bronwen Loder