Healthy Ageing and Mediated Health Expertise

Abstract The media are, for many older people, one of the most important sources of information about health. In this article, I examine older people’s experiences and use of media to acquire knowledge about health issues relating to their own life. Key questions concern how media influence older people’s perceptions of health and to what extent they trust the media in relation to health issues. The study demonstrates that the media do not have a uniform influence among older people. For some, the media function as a guide to maintaining and experimenting with an active lifestyle in late life; for others, the media are met with a skeptical attitude as they are not trusted as a source of reliable and unequivocal information on health issues. The study is based on a qualitative interview study with men and women between 65 and 86 years.

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Views, experiences and attitudes of community-living older people towards the FIT-at-Home fall prevention programme: A qualitative interview study

International Journal of Health Professions ◽

10.2478/ijhp-2021-0004 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 37-47

Author(s):

Christian Müller ◽

Sindy Lautenschläger ◽

Christine Dörge

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

Fall Prevention ◽

Mode Of Delivery ◽

Prevention Programme ◽

Community Living ◽

Home Modification ◽

Qualitative Interview Study ◽

Home Intervention ◽

People’S Perceptions ◽

At Home

Abstract Background For older people, poor balance and strength as well as environmental hazards are a major risk factor for falls. A lifestyle-integrated home-based physical exercise training and home modification intervention were developed for older people at risk of falling. Aim This study aimed to examine older people's perceptions of the FIT-at-Home fall prevention intervention in order to further develop the intervention's content, procedures and mode of delivery. Methods We conducted semi-structured interviews with individuals who participated in the falls prevention programme using the problem-centred interview method. The interviews were analysed in a deductive-inductive approach following Mayring's qualitative content analysis. Results Seven themes emerging from the data described different facets of older people's perceptions towards the intervention. Findings suggested that the participants accepted the FIT-at-Home intervention. Overall, the individuals regard the intervention as feasible and practicable. From the older people's view, it was an advantage that the exercises could be implemented at any time without additional aids or equipment in-house and it was not necessary to visit the occupational therapy practice. Older people's experiences showed that feelings of success have a positive effect on the willingness to exercise. A perceived barrier influencing the implementation of exercises among older people was their own laziness, their general state of health and illnesses, their daily mood or meteor sensitivity. Conclusion The FIT-at-Home intervention comprising balance and strength exercises and home modification is feasible and acceptable for community-living older people. Older people's feedback will help us to further refine the intervention.

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Knowledge needs and use in long‐term care homes for older people: A qualitative interview study of managers’ views

Health & Social Care in the Community ◽

10.1111/hsc.13162 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jo Day ◽

Sarah G Dean ◽

Nigel Reed ◽

Jan Hazell ◽

Iain Lang

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

Long Term Care ◽

Qualitative Interview ◽

Interview Study ◽

Care Homes ◽

Term Care ◽

Qualitative Interview Study

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Everyday life in a Swedish nursing home during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study with persons 85 to 100 years

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048503 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. e048503

Author(s):

Qarin Lood ◽

Maria Haak ◽

Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff

Keyword(s):

Nursing Home ◽

Nursing Homes ◽

Older People ◽

Everyday Life ◽

Older Persons ◽

Qualitative Interview ◽

Interview Study ◽

Main Theme ◽

Qualitative Interview Study ◽

The Impact

ObjectiveTo understand and report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the everyday lives of frail older persons living in nursing homes by exploring their experiences of how the pandemic-related restrictions had influenced them and in what way.DesignEmpirical qualitative interview study.SettingA publicly run nursing home in an urban area in Sweden in June 2020. The nursing home had visitor restrictions, cancelled activities and physical distancing requirements since March 2020.ParticipantsA total of 10 persons, 85–100 years, living in a Swedish nursing home during the COVID-19 pandemic, were recruited through nursing home management and interviewed in June 2020 using medically approved visors and physical distancing.AnalysisInterviews were analysed using thematic analysis, which involves familiarisation, coding and definition of themes. Transcripts were coded into data-driven categories before being organised into categories that described and explained the data.ResultsThe analysis resulted in the main theme ‘It is like living in a bubble’, that describes everyday life in the nursing home during the pandemic as a world of its own in which the older persons felt both protected and isolated. This is described in four subthemes: living 1 day at a time, without fear of the virus; feeling taken care of; having limited freedom and missing out on the little extras.ConclusionsContributing to the growing area of COVID-19-related research, our findings provide novel insights into how pandemic-related restrictions in nursing homes represent a risk of isolating older people from the outside world and diminishing their freedom. Put in relation to the previous research, these findings could be applied beyond the pandemic, to develop research and practice that puts focus on how to support older people to decide for themselves how to spend the rest of their lives.

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Improving continence services for older people from the service-providers’ perspective: a qualitative interview study

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002926 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (7) ◽

pp. e002926 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Alison Orrell ◽

Kevin McKee ◽

Lena Dahlberg ◽

Mary Gilhooly ◽

Stuart Parker

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

Service Providers ◽

Qualitative Interview ◽

Interview Study ◽

Qualitative Interview Study

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The Politics of Duplicity: Controlling Reproduction in Ceausescu’s Romania. By Gail Kligman. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. 358p. $44.95.

American Political Science Review ◽

10.1017/s0003055401622020 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 95 (2) ◽

pp. 501-502

Author(s):

Sharon L. Wolchik

Keyword(s):

Medical Personnel ◽

The United States ◽

University Of California ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Demographic Trends ◽

Men And Women ◽

Women In The Workplace ◽

The Media ◽

And Control

Gail Kligman analyzes the reproductive policies of the Ceausescu regime and the responses of experts and the population to those policies. Drawing on extensive interviews with ordinary men and women as well as experts and on archival research, the author provides a wealth of informa- tion about demographic trends and reproductive policies in Romania from the outset of the communist era to the violent overthrow of the Ceausescu regime in late 1989. Kligman traces the way in which communist leaders used legislation, measures to "protect" women in the workplace, propaganda, and control of the media and other sources of information to propagate their desired model of women and influence reproductive choices. She analyzes the role of key profession- als, such as demographic experts and, particularly, physicians and other medical personnel, in the making and implement- ing of reproductive policies. She also considers the role of international actors, including the United States, in perpet- uating the Ceausescu regime.

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