Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 8 Issue 2

Editorial Seeking the authentic voice of older people in ageing research

Sion Williams

‘The hard thing is the changes’: The importance of continuity for older men caring for their wives

Jonas Sandberg, Henrik Eriksson

Few studies have been conducted into the contextual and relational aspects of male caregiving that include analysis by gender and family relationships. The aim was to gain…

‘You can get in alright but you can't get out’: Social exclusion and men with dementia in nursing homes: insights from a single case study

Ruth Bartlett

The social exclusion of people with dementia is a problem. Older men with dementia in nursing homes are at considerable risk of social exclusion due to factors associated with…

Co‐constructed inquiry: a new approach to generating, disseminating and discovering knowledge in qualitative research

John Keady, Sion Williams

Co‐constructed Inquiry has been built in partnership with specialist nurse practitioners, university‐based researchers (with a clinical background in stroke and dementia care) and…

Social networks, befriending and support for family carers of people with dementia

Georgina Charlesworth, Xanthippe Tzimoula, Paul Higgs, Fiona Poland

Social networks are seen to influence the use of health and social care services. In a secondary analysis of data from a longitudinal study of befriending of carers of people with…

A consumer group: Reflections on experience of involving users and carers in the work of the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry

Yong Lock Ong, Susan Benbow, Sarah Black, Jane Garner

The Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, has been involving users and carers in its work since 2002. The model that has been developed involves regular…

Book review: Care‐giving in Dementia Research and Applications Volume 4

Enid Jones

Case Studies in Geriatric Medicine

Simon Hill, Fiona Hill