Working with Older People: Volume 22 Issue 3

Younger workers’ attitudes and perceptions towards older colleagues

Jasmine Patel, Anthea Tinker, Laurie Corna

The purpose of this paper is to investigate younger workers’ perceptions of older colleagues, including whether there is evidence of ageism.

Articulating the unique competencies of admiral nurse practice

Christine Carter, Jennifer Bray, Kate Read, Karen Harrison-Dening, Rachel Thompson, Dawn Brooker

The purpose of this paper is to describe the process of developing a contemporary competency framework for admiral nurses in dementia care.

Third sector partnerships for older people: insights from live at home schemes in the UK

Olumide Adisa

While there is a rich literature on the role of partnerships between statutory agencies and third sector organisations for public service delivery in health and social care, the…

Reconnecting with the past: a framework to better serve the information needs of older people on social networking sites

Faouzi Kamoun, Sofien Gharbi, Ali Amine Ghazeli

Grounded in the socio-emotional selectivity theory, the purpose of this paper is to develop a people recommender and social matching system that better serves the information…

Quality of life of elderly tobacco farmers in the perspective of agricultural nursing: a qualitative study

Tantut Susanto, Nur Widayati

The purpose of this paper is to explore the meaning of quality of life of elderly tobacco farmers in the perspective of agricultural nursing.

Older people’s experiences of getting help from neighbours

Janet Claire Grime

The purpose of this paper is to investigate older people’s views and experiences of getting help from neighbours in order to consider whether such help is situated within…