Accessible design

, 92

Activities of daily living (ADL)

, 178, 183

Activity Card Sort

, 119–120

Adaptation or product design

, 104

Additional safety, identification of needs for

, 55–56

Adult learning

, 135

Advocate for good design

, 104

Age International

, 4

Age-friendly cities

, 63

Ageing

, 41

assessment tools

, 52–54

changes to home

, 48–49

common dilemmas

, 49–56

environment, neighbourhoods and community for ageing in place

, 62–63

future home and community

, 64

identification of needs for minor adaptation, compensation and additional safety

, 55–56

implications for occupational therapists

, 65–66

importance of home

, 41

influences

, 42–47

initiatives

, 63–64

interventions in response to assessed need for home adaptations

, 52–55

living arrangements

, 42

with other conditions

, 140–157

other forms of housing

, 58–59

in place

, 42

in place through inclusive design

, 95–96

pros and cons involved in deciding to change physical fabric of home

, 46

strategies and services

, 43–45

supporting theory

, 47–48

transition to residential care

, 59–61

transitions to different living arrangements

, 56–59

Alcoholism

, 162

Amazon Alexa

, 70

Ambient intelligence

, 70

Artificial intelligence (AI)

, 69, 208

applications for health care and for health promotion

, 209

Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS)

, 55, 177

Assisted living

, 57–58

Assistive technologies

, 49, 56

new and future

, 76

provision

, 196

Automated home

, 75

Bandura’s model of self-efficacy

, 115

Bathroom and kitchen design

, 94

Bathroom design and older people

, 94–95

Befriending

, 134–135

Behavioural change

, 114

Bladder’s leash

, 163

Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)

, 55, 120, 178

Canadian Occupational Therapy Guidelines

, 113

Care homes

frequent reality of life in

, 60–61

residents’ needs

, 61

working to provide training and support to

, 66

Carers

assist and support

, 183, 185

needs

, 180

working with

, 168–170

Cessation of Working Life

, 6–7

Chat bots

, 72–73

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

, 77

Climate change

, 11

Cloud computing

, 69–70

Co-existent health problems

, 157–158

Co-housing

, 58

Cochrane Data Base of systematic reviews

, 140

Cognitive rehabilitation

, 182–183

Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST)

, 182

Community for ageing in place

, 62–63

Community occupational therapy

, 185

Community Occupational Therapy Programme for Dementia (COTiD)

, 132–133

Community platforms for making contacts and sharing interests

, 81–82

Community resources

, 27

Companionship

existing solutions to provide

, 82–83

new and future solutions

, 83

Compassionate communities

, 63–64

Comprehensive assessment of people

, 178–179

Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)

, 178–179

Comprehensive information, ensuring availability of

, 65–66

Consumerism paradigm

, 208

Contacts

, 81–82

COVID-19 pandemic

, 7, 70–72, 194, 208–209

Criminality

, 90

Daily activities

, 35

Data, inappropriate collection and misappropriation of

, 84–85

Death of partner

, 25

Delivery robots

, 70

Dementia

, 9, 97

dementia-friendly communities

, 64, 101–102

living well with

, 201–202

prevention

, 200–201

Dental problems

, 162–163

Design

, 91

accessible design

, 92

of adaptation or product

, 104

advocate for good design

, 104

challenges

, 104

of dementia friendly communities

, 101–102

domestic home

, 93–95

of environment

, 101

of housing adaptations, modifications and assistive devices

, 97–100

implications for occupational therapists

, 103–104

inclusive design

, 92

older people as partners in design

, 103

opportunities to use design in future practice

, 104

of outdoor spaces

, 101

of products for everyday use

, 92–93

of rehabilitation systems and technologies

, 101

of residential care settings

, 102–103

of services

, 102

in society

, 91

with specific needs in mind

, 96–97

telecare

, 100–101

Designers

, 91

Desire for independence

, 37

Disability

, 23

Discharge from hospital

, 203–204

Discrimination, impact of

, 12–14

Disruptive technologies

, 72–73

Distress signs

, 39

DIY Modify App

, 52

Domestic home design

, 93–95

Dosset boxes

, 77

Draft programme

, 116–118

Driving assessments

, 179

E-textiles

, 78

Effectiveness study

, 121–125

Elder abuse

, 14

Electronic tagging of people

, 75

Emotional support

existing solutions to provide

, 82–83

new and future solutions

, 83

Employment

, 30

ENABLE-AGE (European project)

, 48

End-of-life care, meeting needs for

, 189

Engagement

, 27

Enjoyment, existing solutions for encouraging

, 80–81

Environment

, 11, 62–63

design

, 101

fit

, 47–48

Equality Act (2022)

, 12

Ethical implications of technology use

, 85–86

Ethnicity

, 11

Eudemonic wellbeing

, 112

Evaluative wellbeing

, 112

Everyday technology usage questionnaire (ETUQ)

, 178

Evidence

using different forms of evidence to inform practice

, 216

Exercise

, 183

Extending Working Life

, 6–7

Extra care housing

, 57–58

Facilitator training and supervision

, 118–119

Falls

, 165–166

Fear of falling

, 165–166

Feasibility

, 120–121

Finance

, 10

Financial security

, 47–48

Foot problems

, 165

Frailty

, 159

Friends

, 26

Future home and community

, 64

Gardening

, 135

General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE)

, 120

Gift of longevity

, 9

Global burden

, 7–8

Grey Pound

, 6

Health inequalities

, 9–14

Health promoting strategies

, 107–108

Health promotion

, 107

clinical reasoning

, 137–138

creating and delivering multi component occupational therapy

, 136–137

designing programme

, 112–115

draft programme

, 116–118

evaluation of lifestyle matters

, 120–125

facilitator training and supervision

, 118–119

for healthy ageing

, 107–110

holistic occupational therapy

, 110

implications for occupational therapy

, 135–138

multi component health promotion programmes for people with dementia

, 132–133

multi-component health promoting programmes

, 125–132

older people

, 110–115

physical exercise

, 134

signposting/peer mentoring

, 134

specific health conditions

, 126–128

stand-alone interventions to promote and sustain healthy ageing

, 133–135

technology topic

, 119

Healthy ageing

, 7–8, 108–110

stand-alone interventions to promote and sustain

, 133–135

strategies

, 8–9

Healthy life years

, 108

Hedonic wellbeing

, 112

Heterogeneity of old age

, 38

Holidays

, 29–30

Home, importance of

, 41

Home adaptations, interventions in response to assessed need for

, 52–55

Home maintenance

, 34

Home modifications

, 48

needs for

, 179

Home sharing

, 58

HOME-Zero

, 64

Housing

adaptations

, 48

other forms of

, 58–59

tenure

, 47–48

Housing Enabler measure

, 48

Housing for an Ageing Population panel for innovation (HAPPI)

, 95–96

Housing Learning and Improvement Network (Housing LIN)

, 58

Ideal care home

, 59–60

Illness

, 23

In-reach occupational therapy services

, 207–208

Inclusive design

, 92

ageing in place through

, 95–96

Income

, 29

Incontinence/fear of incontinence

, 163

Independence

existing solutions to enable

, 73–83

new and future solutions to enable

, 75–77

Information

, 11

and resources

, 81–82

Integrated retirement facilities

, 57

Intergenerational housing

, 58

Internet of Things

, 69–70

Isolation

, 162

Japanese Hug robot

, 76

Journalists

, 3

Kielhofner occupational performance interview

, 179

Kitchen design and older people

, 95

Learning disabilities in later life

, 157

Life expectancy

, 5

Lifelong disability in later life

, 157

Lifelong learning

, 30

Lifestyle

effectiveness study

, 121–125

evaluation of

, 120–125

feasibility

, 120–121

self-reported benefits

, 122–124

technologies to support and enhance

, 183

Lifestyle Redesign®

, 110, 118, 125–126

Lifetime homes

, 58–59, 95

Lives and voices of older people

, 39

Living arrangements

, 42

transitions to different

, 56–59

London taxi

, 92

Loneliness

, 11–12, 162

Long-term health conditions

, 9

Longevity

, 5, 7

Lubben Social Network Scale

, 120

Marie Curie ‘Designed to Care’ initiative

, 102

Mario robot

, 76

Meaningful activity

, 61

Meaningful Activity Participation Assessment (MAPA)

, 120

Medication reminders

, 77

Meetup

, 82

Metaverse

, 69

Microsoft Kinect

, 81

Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)

, 131

Minor adaptation and compensation, identification of needs for

, 55–56

Mobile phones

, 75

Mobility aids

, 35–36

Mobility training

, 184

Model of Human Occupation

, 113, 177–178

Motion tracking devices

, 75

Multi-component health promoting programmes

, 125–132

for people with dementia

, 132–133

Multi-component occupational therapy

, 128–129

National Association of Activity Providers

, 61

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

, 114

Neighbourhoods

, 62–63

access to

, 62–63

Neighbours

, 26

Nintendo Wii

, 81

Non-evidence-based guidelines

, 1

Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living measure (NEADL)

, 178

Obesity

, 159–162

Occupation for health

, 113

Occupational performance and for goal setting

, 178

Occupational Science

, 113

Occupational therapists

, 1, 22, 45, 48, 97–98, 107–108, 213

implications for

, 65–66, 103–104, 189, 192

in rehabilitation with older people

, 175

Occupational therapy

, 1–2, 91, 213

assessment

, 79, 176–177

core mission

, 214

using different forms of evidence to inform practice

, 216

directly engage with research

, 217–218

history

, 213–214

implications for

, 38–39, 89–90

key principles

, 213–218

occupational therapy-led self-management model within rehabilitation

, 175–180

practice

, 218–221

professional maturity

, 214–215

work with complexity

, 215

work with risk

, 215–216

Older age

, 15–16

Older people

, 4, 66

as carers

, 7

as contributors

, 39

health promotion

, 110–115

as partners in design

, 103

technology and

, 71–73

Online fraud

, 85

Option recognition

, 47–48

acknowledging and working with

, 65

Outdoor space

access to

, 62

design

, 101

Paro seal

, 82–83

Participation

, 27

assessment in meaningful activities

, 179

in pastimes and interests

, 31

in sports and active interests

, 30

Peer mentoring

, 134

Person environment fit, acknowledging and working with

, 65

Person-centred approaches

, 177–178

Person-centred care

, 166

Person-centred outcomes, working to achieve

, 65

Person-environment-occupation model of occupational performance

, 113

Personal care

, 35

Persuasive technology

, 69

Physical activity, existing solutions for encouraging

, 80–81

Physical environment

, 194

Physical exercise

, 134

Physical health

, 22, 24

Policy makers

, 3

Polypharmacy

, 164

Privacy

, 74

‘Private lives in public places’

, 60

Professional confidence and maturity

, 211–212

Professional maturity

, 214–215

Promoting Independence in Dementia (PRIDE)

, 133

Psychological health

, 8

Psychological well-being

, 112

Psychology

, 109–110

Public health

, 7–8

Purposive sample of older people

, 98

Quality adjusted life years (QALYs)

, 108

Quality of life

, 9, 112

Race

, 11

Realities of later life

, 1

healthy ageing or global burden

, 7–8

heterogeneity of old age

, 38

implications for occupational therapy

, 38–39

individual experiences of ageing and adaptations to later life

, 15

life course perspective

, 14–15

listening to experiences of older people

, 16–38

lives and voices of older people

, 39

longevity

, 5, 7

older age

, 15–16

older people as contributors

, 39

self-reported health and lifestyle of older people

, 17–21

sense of self

, 39

signs of distress

, 39

societal perceptions and influences

, 2–4

statistics

, 4–5

unhealthy ageing, health inequalities and social exclusion

, 9–14

Refugee

, 10–11

Rehabilitation

, 139, 172–173

assessment

, 175–177

common health conditions of later life

, 140–141, 156

design of rehabilitation systems and technologies

, 101

existing solutions for provision of

, 78–79

extended hospital stays

, 188–189

health problems of later life

, 159–166

implications for occupational therapists

, 189–192

limitations of diagnostic approach

, 157–158

new and future solutions for provision of rehabilitation

, 79–80

occupational therapists in rehabilitation with older people

, 175

occupational therapy-led self-management model within rehabilitation

, 175–180

for people diagnosed as vulnerable

, 183–185

of people following stroke

, 185–187

of people with dementia

, 180–183

problems and impacts

, 160–161

rehabilitative interventions

, 176, 180, 187

within residential care settings

, 189

in response to life circumstances

, 187–189

self-management within occupational therapy-led rehabilitation

, 166–170

vulnerability

, 170–171, 174

vulnerability in later life

, 158–159

of vulnerable older people

, 202–203

Rehabilitative interventions

, 79

Relationships

, 25

with children and relatives

, 26

Residential care

design of residential care settings

, 102–103

transition to

, 59–61

Resilience

, 108

Resilient, Empowered, Active living with Diabetes Intervention (REAL)

, 126–127

Resources

, 11

Retirement

, 30

villages

, 57

RFID

, 78

Robotics

, 76

Robots

, 70

companions

, 82–83

Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT)

, 165–166, 215

Safe Living Guide

, 52

Safe outdoor walking

, 74–75

Self-efficacy

, 108

Self-funding

, 49–52

Self-management

, 114, 167–168

within occupational therapy-led rehabilitation

, 166–170

for people with long-term conditions

, 199–200

working with carers

, 168–170

Sense of self

, 39

Sensory impairments

, 164–165

Serious gaming

, 81

Services

, 193, 206–207

assistive technology provision

, 196

consumerism paradigm

, 208

continuing challenges

, 195–196

design

, 102

factors

, 193–196

greater range of service providers

, 206

history and legacy

, 194–195

implications for occupational therapy

, 210–212

improvements to delivery of established services

, 208

increased use of digital and virtual methods of service delivery

, 208–209

influences

, 196

infrastructure to support health and well-being

, 206

integration

, 207

involvement of older people in

, 204–206

new ways of working

, 212

policy

, 210–211

policy influences

, 196–204

professional confidence and maturity

, 211–212

quality

, 211

Sharing information

, 82

Sheltered housing

, 57

Signposting

, 134

Silver surfers

, 71

Singing groups

, 135

SMART clothing

, 78

SMART homes

, 58, 74

SMART wearables

, 77–78

Social and environmental influences

, 114

Social connectedness

, 108

Social exclusion

, 9–14

Social isolation

, 11–12

Social networks

, 47–48

Social outlets

, 81–82

Social prescribing

, 134

Social robots

, 70

Society

, 3

Sociology

, 109–110

Specialist housing arrangements

, 57

Substance misuse

, 162

Successful ageing

, 109–110

Supporting theory

, 47–48

Technology

, 33

contacts, social outlets and information and resources

, 81–82

criminality

, 90

enabled housing

, 58

ethical implications

, 90

existing and future

, 73

existing solutions for encouraging physical activity and enjoyment

, 80–81

existing solutions for monitoring, maintaining and improving health

, 77

existing solutions for provision of rehabilitation

, 78–79

existing solutions to enable independence

, 73–83

existing solutions to provide emotional support and companionship

, 82–83

future holistic solutions

, 83

future technology to benefit vulnerable older people

, 86

implications for occupational therapy

, 89–90

importance of involving end users of devices in technology development

, 86

intended and unintended consequences of technological society

, 83–86

need to manage unintended consequences of technology-enabled services

, 210

new and future solutions for monitoring, maintaining and improving health

, 77–78

and older people

, 71–73

in society

, 69–71

solutions to needs

, 90

topic

, 119

Telecare

, 56, 75

design

, 100–101

technologies

, 74

Telehealth technologies

, 77

Telerehabilitation

, 78–79

Theory of planned behaviour

, 115

Thomas Pocklington Trust

, 97

3D printing

, 76, 104

Transtheoretical model

, 115

UK Expert Patient Programme

, 126

UK Housing Learning and Improvement Network (Housing LIN)

, 95–96

UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

, 136, 140

UK Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)

, 92–93

UK Royal College of Nursing

, 13

UK Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT)

, 61

UK social care services for older people

, 194

Unhealthy ageing

, 9–14

United Nations Population Fund & HelpAge International

, 4

University of the Third Age (U3A)

, 135

Video gaming consoles

, 81

Virtual reality

, 69–70

Vision loss

, 97

Voice-activated personal assistants

, 83

Volunteering

, 30

Vulnerability

, 170–171, 174

in later life

, 158–159

Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale

, 120

Wearable technologies

, 77–78

Well-being

, 112

Work rehabilitation, meeting needs for

, 188

Work with complexity

, 215

Work with risk

, 215–216

Working environment, culture and expectations of

, 205–206

Workplace culture

, 1

World Health Organization (WHO)

, 4, 196, 200–201