Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 14 Issue 2

Care coordination: translating policy into practice for older people

Diane Seddon, Anne Krayer, Catherine Robinson, Bob Woods, Yvonne Tommis

The authors aim to present findings from their research on the implementation of Unified Assessment (UA) policy and the work of care coordinators who oversee the delivery of…

Developing a simple set of measures for local whole system working: outcomes, cost and use of resources supporting referral management

David Walton, Seraphim J. Rose Patel

Whole system working is critical to improving health and social care services while using scarce resources more efficiently and this article aims to look at the urgent need to…

The Eden Principles in dementia respite care: carers’ experience

Sandra Downes

The purpose of this paper is to report on outcomes for carers of people with dementia who use the services of Hawthorn House, a day respite centre in rural Western Australia that…

Life story work – overcoming issues of consent and confidentiality

Cara A. Pouchly, Louise H. Corbett, Kati Edwards

This is a discussion paper which aims to explore issues of consent and confidentiality when using life story work in clinical settings with older adults with dementia.

Older experts versus young enthusiasts: whom do Kazakhstani employers prefer?

Yelena V. Smirnova, Bolat L. Tatibekov

This study aims to examine and discuss the opportunities and barriers older employees face in the recruitment process in comparison with younger candidates. The paper aims to…

The effect of funding status on duration of stay for inpatients with dementia

Steve Simpson, Janet Craven, Rebecca Weekes

This study is a follow‐up to a previously published paper, by Ball et al. in 2004. The purpose of the study was to examine the factors that influenced the discharge outcomes and…

Editorial

Ron Iphofen