Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 13 Issue 3
Promoting excellence in services through research, policy and practice
Table of contents - Special Issue: Promoting Active and Healthy Ageing: Cognitive Function and Wellbeing. A conference and a public lecture to celebrate United Nations Older Persons Day
Guest Editors: Peter Elwood
Patterns of formulaic language in Alzheimer's disease: implications for quality of life
Alison WrayThis paper aims to demonstrate how fundamental social and psychological drivers can affect the language used by people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their carers.
Further insights into Alzheimer's disease
Rebecca Sims, Amy Gerrish, Julie WilliamsThis paper aims to give further insights into Alzheimer's disease (AD), a devastating neurodegenerative disorder which accounts for 60‐80 per cent of late‐onset dementia. AD is…
Progress in diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's disease
Antony BayerKnowledge of Alzheimer's disease (AD), timely recognition and good management should be the norm in all health and social care settings. This paper seeks to focus on developments…
Resilience to health related adversity in older people
John Gallacher, Clive Mitchell, Luke Heslop, Gary ChristopherThis paper's aim is to explore factors underlying resilience to health adversity, where resilience is defined as better perceived health after adjusting for the presence of doctor…
Well‐being and dementia – how can it be achieved?
Bob WoodsIt is now widely accepted that many people with dementia can report in a consistent and valid way on their quality of life. This review aims to identify modifiable factors…
Interventions in community settings that prevent or delay disablement in later life: an overview of the evidence
Helen Frost, Sally Haw, John FrankThe population of older people in the UK is expected to rise rapidly over the next 20 years and therefore identification of effective interventions that prevent functional decline…
The delivery and management of telephone befriending services – whose needs are being met?
Nicky Kime, Mima Cattan, Anne‐Marie BagnallThis article aims to describe an evaluation of a national pilot programme of telephone support services for older people in England and Scotland and is focussed on organisational…
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