A5050813748- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Family Support in Illness
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Social and Demographic Issues in Germany
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Veterinary Practice and Education Studies
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Nursing education and management
- Disability Rights and Representation
- Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
University College Dublin
2016-2025
Glasgow Caledonian University
2016-2024
Australia Bioinformatics Resource
2013
Objective: to measure the 12-month prevalence of elder abuse and neglect in community-dwelling older people Ireland examine risk profile who experienced mistreatment that perpetrators.
This is an open letter to acknowledge the essential and increasingly challenging role unpaid family carers are playing in COVID-19 pandemic. The written by members of CAREWELL team, a HRB-funded project that aims promote health self-care behaviours among working carers. Family provide care friends community who need support due old-age, disability chronic illness. In many cases, supporting those considered most at risk this pandemic meaning must reduce their own infection order protect...
Opportunities for persons with intellectual disabilities to participate in relationships and sexuality education (RSE) are often constrained by the attitudes perceptions of family carers, frontline support workers professional staff. In order understand how barriers might be reduced, a study was undertaken Northern Ireland samples drawn from these three stakeholder groups, involving nearly 100 using group individual interviews. Although there agreement on need RSE, four were commonly...
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic public health and social protective measures imposed globally resulted in partial or full closure of key services supports for people with a disability, chronic illness age-related dependency. This caused huge disruption to care provision family carers were relied upon assume this at home. Many carers, including those employment, found themselves navigating additional responsibilities without 'usual levels' support from family, friends, work,...
AbstractMany people with learning disabilities aspire to having friends and forming close relationships. Often the latter are discouraged, but for those who enter into such a relationship little is known about meaning value it brings their lives. The aim of this study was gain an insight relationships eight couples using combination dyadic one-to-one interviews. Data collection analysis informed guided by core principles grounded theory. Five significant types benefits were identified from...
ABSTRACT Objective: Despite the policy relevance of carer burden, limited research focuses on family carers’ experience burden among different disease groups. This study aimed to examine differences in carers people with and without dementia. Design: Secondary data analysis was conducted a national cross-sectional dataset. Multivariable ordered logistic regression used analyze four levels (low, mild, moderate, high). The main independent variable dementia diagnosis, controls included...
ABSTRACT Background: Awareness and experiences of elder abuse have been researched as separate entities; this study examined the relationship between awareness abuse, disclosure reporting among people aged 65 years or older. Methods: A national cross-sectional survey a random sample 2,012 community-dwelling older was carried out in Ireland. People described their understanding term followed by mistreatment. Descriptive statistics logistic regression were used with frequency, percentage, odds...
family caregiving can be both rewarding and fulfilling; however, conflicts occur in the relationship, some carers may engage behaviours that could potentially harmful to older person for whom them provide care.to determine prevalence of abusive towards people by carers.a postal cross-sectional survey a nationally representative sample community-dwelling people.a randomly selected receipt social welfare payment care they relative aged 65 older.a self-completion questionnaire was posted 4,000...
The aim of this paper is to inform the development social work practice and policy by applying a practice-based evidence perspective experiential knowledge workers responsible for managing cases elder abuse in Ireland. study adopted qualitative descriptive research design. Semi-structured interview data were collected from purposive sample eighteen senior case inductive thematic analysis was undertaken. findings are presented according three themes: management, strategies overcoming...
While work-care reconciliation strategies can benefit family carers, employers, wider society and the economy, juggling caregiving responsibilities with paid employment lead to role strain. Family carers frequently find themselves engaged in decisions negotiations being faced alter their work commitments order fulfil responsibilities. The purpose of this study was explore carers' experiences modifying arrangements accommodate for an ill or dependant member. Ten face-to-face, semi-structured...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the support experiences older people who have been abused in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach Recruited through dedicated elder abuse services, nine had experienced participated in-depth, semi-structured interviews. data were analysed using thematic content analysis. Findings study highlighted help-seeking pathways and revealed that few sought help for themselves most unaware services available protect people. Data analysis identified...
A national representative survey of 2,021 community-dwelling older people was carried out in 2010 using face-to-face interviews. The study examined how the term "elder abuse" understood by this population and identified factors associated with lower levels awareness. Over 80% recognized elder abuse, 56% demonstrated specific insight related to typologies, locations, perpetrators abuse. Less responses were given 22% participants, a further 21% could not give reply. or "don't know"...