Working with Older People: Volume 23 Issue 1

Conducting evaluations with older populations in supported housing

Jade Yap, J.J.F. Breedvelt, Jolie Goodman, Antonis A. Kousoulis

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the challenges and learnings of evaluating a public mental health programme with older people: Standing Together, which delivered weekly…

The factors affecting the re-employment satisfaction of middle-aged and older workers in South Korea: based on the mediation effect of family and employment types

Sanghee Kim

The purpose of this paper is to determine employment satisfaction of middle-aged and older workers who obtain a job after their initial retirement, and describe factors affecting…

The experiences of grandparents raising grandchildren in Indonesia

Rista Fauziningtyas, Retno Indarwati, Delisa Alfriani, Joni Haryanto, Elida Ulfiana, Ferry Efendi, Nursalam Nursalam, Khatijah Lim Abdullah

The raising of grandchildren by grandparents is a global phenomenon, and it is common in Indonesia. This is because parents are often unable or unwilling to raise their own…

The fall risk assessment and correlated factors among Iranians’ older adults

Leili Salehi, Elham Akhondzadeh, Sara Esmaelzadeh Saeieh, Mansoureh Yazd Khasti

Falling was distinguished as leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries among elderly; there is a lack of information regarding the falling risk factors in developing…

Social care managers and care workers’ understandings of personalisation in older people’s services

Martin Stevens, Jo Moriarty, Jess Harris, Jill Manthorpe, Shereen Hussein, Michelle Cornes

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of personalisation policy on the providers of social care services in England, mainly to older people, within the context of…

Elderly suicide in India

Avanish Bhai Patel

The elderly are facing many problems in the phase of life in the contemporary times. The problem of suicide among the elderly is one of them. The purpose of this paper is to focus…

Social capital and health care access among the older adults in Bangladesh

Md. Shahidul Islam

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between social capital (SC) and health care access problem among the older people in Bangladesh.