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• Determinants influenceing the mental health of older people (60 years +) in Botswana

  33-35

  Mhaka-Mutepfa Magen

  Megtekintések száma:

  202

  Ageing society is a reality for many people in developing countries than in the past. Governments are facing major challenges in safeguarding the mental health of older people and health care systems to deal with this demographic shift. The mental health of older people is an important indicator of the level of their health-related quality of life.  The situation of older people in Africa, concerning their mental health and well-being, is a matter of growing attention among researchers and policymakers alike. There is a common perception in connection with the aged population reporting poor mental health status and a greater need for healthcare. However, there is few research on the disparities of older people relating to healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in Botswana. There is a tendence of ever-increasing number and population proportions of older people representing both opportunities and challenges. Some of these challenges include the prevention and management of anxiety, depression, and somatization, which are the most common mental disorders in primary health care the world over. Previous research has shown that the three disorders are highly comorbid because of the need for prevention and mitigation of all three.

• Determining the Reasons of Older People for Choosing a Nursing Home: A Comparative Study

  53-54

  Yüksel Arzu

  Yilmaz Emel Bahadir

  Kesekci Cansu Esra

  Megtekintések száma:

  228

  Purpose:
  This study was conducted as a descriptive and comparative study to determine why a nursing home was chosen for the elderly.

  Methods:
  The population of the descriptive study consisted of older people living in a community-dwelling or a nursing home in the Central Anatolian Region of Turkey. The sample consisted of 342 elderly individuals who agreed to participate in the study between October and November 2019 (nursing home: n = 79, community-dwelling: n = 263). After obtaining the permission of the ethics committee (no: 2019/04-03), the data were collected by “Questionnaire Form for Individuals Living in Nursing Homes” and “Questionnaires for Individuals Living in Community-Dwelling."
  The Chi-square Test analyzed data, and the descriptive characteristics were presented as numbers, percentage, mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum.

  Results:
  The average age of the elderly living in a nursing home was 77.35±7.40 (min: 66, max: 97), and the average age of community-dwelling older people was 70.90±5.57 (min: 65, max: 88). Before coming to the nursing home, 38.0% lived with their spouses, and 35.4% lived alone. 81.7% of community-dwelling older people lived with their families. There was a difference in terms of some sociodemographic variables between both groups. Elderly people staying in nursing home; 26.6% were in the 76-81 age group; 26.6% did not have children; 38.0% had no income; 16.5% had a physical disability; 82.3% used dentures; 13.9% couldn’t do their daily care; 22.8% had low self-confident; 62.0% had sleep problems; 67.1% had no social activity; 35.4% were smokers; 88.6% of them had not visited a nursing home before (p < 0.05).

  Conclusion:
  Compared to the community-dwelling older people, the elderly living in a nursing home were more senior, lonely, had a lower income, had higher physical disabilities, had lower social activity and self-confidence, had more sleep problems, and smoked.

• Demencia és a család - Alzheimer Café a gondozó családok terhelődésének csökkentésére

  34-46.

  Kiss Gabriella

  Megtekintések száma:

  410

  Az utóbbi években több nemzetközi kutatás a demenciával élő időseket gondozó családok felé fordult.E kutatások jelentős része a gondozó családtag stressz-terhelődését és annak következményeit, a szerepkonfliktusokat, valamint a gondozó családon belüli feszültségeket vizsgálta. (Zarit et al. 1985, Aneshensel et al. 1995, Kaplan 1996, Zarit et al. 2005). A témaválasztásomban nagy szerepe volt annak felismerése, hogy Románia viszonylatában nem, vagy csak igen keveset tudunk a demenciával élő személyeket gondozó családok terhelődéséről és annak a primer gondozóra gyakorolt hatásáról. Éppen ezért, egy empirikus vizsgálat során, Erdélyben 50 olyan családdal készült interjú és kérdőíves felmérés, akik saját otthonukban ápolnak/ gondoznak demenciával élő időst, illetve 50 olyan családdal, akiknek a demenciával élő hozzátartozójukat, a vizsgálat időpontjától számítva az elmúlt 12 hónapban költöztették tartós bentlakásos otthonba. Az adatgyűjtés három évet (2015- 2017) vett igénybe. A kutatás magába foglalta a primer gondozó családtaggal folytatott tájékozódó interjút, amelyben a funkcionális akadályozottságot és a pszicho szociális nehézségeket mértük fel (Szabó 2000.). Erre épült, a szociális készségszint vizsgálata, amely az önellátó képesség és a meglévő szociális készségek, valamint a szociális alkalmazkodás fő jellemzőit tárta fel. Ebből a felmérésből azt is láthatjuk, hogy melyek azok a mindennapi feladatok, amelyekben a kliens segítségre szorul. A családon belüli gondozás kapcsán vizsgáltuk a demenciával élők önálló életviteli képességét is. E három szempont támpontokat nyújt a gondozó családtag „objektív terhelődésének” megítéléséhez.
  Erre épül a gondozási feladatok családon belüli megoszlásának áttekintése, amely abban segít, hogy megtudjuk, kik a kulcsszemélyek, akik a családon belül a primer gondozói feladatokat látják el. A családon belüli szerepek alakulásának vizsgálatára egy saját szempontrendszert dolgoztunk ki (Szabó - Kiss, 2015). Az objektív terhelődésből kiindulva a „szubjektív terhelődés” vonatkozásában fontos támpontokat szerezhettünk arról, hogy a gondozási terhelődés hogyan hat érzelmileg a gondozó családtagra. A vizsgálat eszköze az önellátó képesség részletesebb felmérésével, bővült, amellyel a demenciával élő személy funkcionális leépülésének mértékét vizsgáltuk (Szabó 2000.). Ehhez kapcsolódik az emlékezeti és viselkedési problémákat, értékelő nemzetközileg is ismert skála (Zarit, 1985), amely a demenciával élő személy, zavaró viselkedését méri és annak hatását a primer gondozóra. Ehhez kapcsolódik a primer gondozó családtag terhelődésének a felmérése (Zarit, 1985) és a gondozási feladatokhoz kapcsolódó negatív és pozitív attitűd vizsgálata (Farran et. al., 1999). A kutatás eszköztára kiegészül egy hat üléses fókusz csoporttal, ahol a résztvevő primer gondozók, egymás eseteit hallva a tematikus kérdések mentén nyitottabban tárják fel a gondozás kritikus időszakait, és az intézményi elhelyezés, döntő tényezőt.
  Jelen tanulmányban a doktori kutatásból csupán azok az adatok kerülnek közlésre, amelyek a gondozó családok szerepfeszültségének vizsgálati eredményeit tükrözik, és hozzájárultak a támogató jellegű Alzheimer Café elindításához.

• Harmonising Perspectives: Understanding the Resident's Voice and Care Homes' Culture

  67-68

  Fenech George

  Marmara Letizia

  Megtekintések száma:

  108

  One must focus on the concept of dealing with an older person who is battling with the reality of having to leave the comfort zone for a good number of years to enter a different world within an institution. Working towards reaching new cultural aspirations can be disturbing in its own way. We all must educate ourselves about all the influences affecting this transformation.

• How can telemental health help reduce the loneliness and isolation of the elderly?

  50-54

  Tóth Anikó Panna

  Megtekintések száma:

  166

  The goal of the paper is to draw attention to the importance of telemental health and how it can contribute to reducing the loneliness and isolation of the elderly, by reviewing the literature. The author briefly presents how the use of digital technology has contributed to the social and mental health care of the elderly during the coronavirus epidemic, and what changes have taken place. The study concludes with recommendations for the use of ICT by social workers and the development of telemental health services for the elderly.

• Revealing the Concept of Aging in Turkish Nursing Students: An Exploratory Metaphor Analysis

  51-52

  Yilmaz Emel Bahadir

  Yüksel Arzu

  Megtekintések száma:

  219

  Purpose:
  This study aimed to reveal the perceptions of nursing students about the concept of aging through metaphors.

  Methods:
  The study was carried out in a qualitative research design. The study sample consisted of 104 senior nursing students at Aksaray University in the 2021-2022 academic year. In the study, "Metaphoric Perceptions Data Collection Form", which was prepared by the researchers in line with the literature, was used as a data collection tool. In order to collect the data, each student was asked to fill in the blanks of the sentence: "Aging is like … because …" .
  The analysis of the data was carried out in five stages: (1) Coding and sorting phase, (2) Sample metaphor image compilation phase, (3) Main theme and sub-themes development phase, (4) The stage of ensuring validity and reliability, and (5) Transferring the data to the computer environment.

  Results:
  Students produced a total of 102 valid metaphors for the concept of aging. The metaphors revealed the students' perceptions of the concept of aging, and four main themes and 11 sub-themes were collected. The main themes were aging as an ending story, as a need for care, attention, and support, as a new beginning, and as a source of life. Sub-themes were acceptance, no turning back, approaching the end, deprivation, helplessness, being dependent, rooting, starting, guiding, being a building block, and being valued.

  Conclusion:
  Nursing students' metaphors about aging are generally negative, but also contain expressions of respect.

• Összefoglaló - Help wanted? Poviding and Paying for Long term Care. The Impact of Caring on Family Carers

  30-35

  Patyán László

  Megtekintések száma:

  174

  Az eredeti jelentést az OECD adta ki 2011-ben.
  Forrás: www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/47884865.pdf

  A jelentésben az OECD a családtagok, rokonok, ismerősök, barátok, szomszédok által nem fizetésért végzett gondozási tevékenységek gazdasági és társadalmi jelentőségére hívja fel a figyelmet a szervezet.

• Elderly Service Officer Trainings

  15-16

  Wernigg Róbert

  Kisdi Réka

  Tróbert Anett Mária

  Patyán László

  Megtekintések száma:

  242

  Introduction One of the challenges that stands before the aging population is the integration and mental and physical wellbeing of the elderly, and building the culture of active ageing. Meeting this challenge requires the activity of professionals who, in alliance with the work and services of the local governments, will become able to organise programmes that meet the needs and demands of the older citizens.

  This objective is targeted by the Elderly Service Officer Trainings provided by Family-Friendly Country Public Beneficiary Ltd.

  Methods: Our goal is to enable future Elderly Service Officers to actively contribute and enforce lawful practice to preparing, organising and implementing local civil programmes that target active aging; to recognise the special needs of the older citizens; and to orient within the legal environment of the programmes for the elderly. They should become able to co-operate efficiently with local government officials and NGOs supporting active ageing.

  Training topics: 1. Active ageing and mental wellbeing, 2. Community development, networking, volunteering, 3. Environment for active ageing, 4. Planning and implementing elderly friendly programmes.

  As regards to monitoring effectiveness, above activity indicators, we survey the changes of attitudes among trainees, and further activities of the Elderly Service Officers. The effectiveness studies are in progress.

  Results: Since May 2019, 16 study groups with 238 attendees have been launched (11 in Budapest és 5 on the countryside), and 12 groups have finished, yielding 144 certified trainees. We are planning a further set of 23 groups for 2021, in order to achieve the planned number of participants of 1000.

  Discussion: Further development of the training will depend on our future results.

  Supported by: Grant No. EFOP-1.2.6-VEKOP-17-2017-00001, „Family Friendly Country Project.

  References:

  L Patyán, JI Tóth, AM Tróbert, R Wernigg: Methodology to Aid the Community Inclusion and Person-Centered Care of Older Generations. Family-Friendly Country Public Beneficiary Ltd., 2019.

• Are the pension systems sustainable? Comparative perspective of Slovakia pension reform

  7-8

  Botek Ondrej

  Megtekintések száma:

  91

  2004 Pension reform in Slovakia introduced important changes in the Slovak pension system. Previous pay-as-you-go system was replaced by an obligatory two pillar system, including pay-as-you-go and individual capitalisation pillars, supplemented by a voluntary third pillar of individual savings, organised by private companies.

• Self-independence of oncological geriatric patients in the home environment

  39-42

  Miroslava Bednáriková

  Réka Zöldi

  Lubica Libová

  Megtekintések száma:

  161

  Cancer is one of the most dreaded diseases in the world. Family plays an important role in managing this disease. It provides home care for the patient, helps to increase and maintain the patient's self-sufficiency. A number of factors influence the patient's self-sufficiency, such as the age of the patient, the type of illness, the method of treatment, the patient's psychological state, the environment in which the patient is located, etc. Self-sufficiency in patients contributes to their self-esteem and to a positive perception of themselves.

• Association between Personal Well-being, Functional Status, Anxiety, Depression, Social Support and Spiritual Experience of Older Adults living in nursing Homes in Slovakia

  42-43

  Sováriová Soósová Mária

  Megtekintések száma:

  121

  Satisfaction with life is one of the most important pillars of successful ageing. Assessing the cognitive aspect of subjective well-being (which can be related to life satisfaction) is considered a useful complementary indicator for monitoring and comparing quality of life across countries.

• Association between leisure activities, anxiety, depression and well-being of older adults living in nursing homes in Slovakia

  40-41

  Sováriová Soósová Mária

  Megtekintések száma:

  165

  Engaging in leisure activities (LA) is associated with physical, psychological and social benefits leading to feelings of happiness, life satisfaction and successful ageing in older adults.

• Nutrition management in seniors with malnutrition

  39-41

  Bachratá Zuzana

  Libová Lubica

  Miklovicová Emília

  Debnárová Jana

  Megtekintések száma:

  130

  The aim of the study was to find out the incidence rates of risk of malnutrition and malnutrition in seniors living at home and in an elderly care facility, separately for both genders. We also aimed to determine the variability of BMI value in different nutritional statuses of seniors.

• The correlations of resilience of the geriatric population in Botswana: A cross sectional study

  36-37

  Mhaka-Mutepfa Magen

  Megtekintések száma:

  168

  According to Botswana's Current statistics for 2021, people aged 60 and above would make up 8.9% of the population. As people age, they face a plethora of challenges; mental, legal, social, health, economic, environmental, and political, in addition to ageism and marginalization. Therefore, they need resilience to deal with these challenges that emanate from the aging process, the development of care needs, and the depletion of resources. However, in Africa, there is anecdotal evidence that some older people cannot cope with their lives, let alone carer responsibilities caused by HIV related death and other risk factors. For older people to flourish, they need resilience to achieve, endure, develop and sustain their health and well-being in the face of adversity. The degree of success and impact on their resilience is undocumented. The research will therefore determine the correlates with resilience and establish ways to curb the risk factors.

• Uncertain Futures: Understanding Work and Retirement Inequalities facing Women Over 50 in Manchester, UK

  86-87

  Campbell Sarah

  James Hayley

  Dewhurst Elaine

  Megtekintések száma:

  112

  This paper will explore data generated through a coproduced art research project called Uncertain Futures. The project set out to explore the inequalities facing women over 50 in relation to work in Manchester, UK.

• Empathy and End-of-life Care in Teri Szűcs’s Memory Has Come Back to Me (2024)

  31-34

  Ureczky Eszter

  Megtekintések száma:

  73

  As a productive cultural metaphor, dementia points out the limitations implied by the notion of the human subject that has dominated Western culture's past and history since modernity, as well as the upcoming health-related, ethical, and economic challenges of the 21^st century.

• Alzheimer Café - Az elfogadás kávéháza - Demenciával élők családtagjait támogató programok: -VÉLEMÉNYCIKK-

  47-52.

  Szilvásiné Bojda Márta

  Megtekintések száma:

  235

  A cikk az Alzheimer café hálózat alapelveibe enged betekintést, s rövid összefoglalót nyújt a nyíregyházi mozgalom indításába és az első tapasztalatokba.

• Dementia friendly communities in Kingston upon Thames - Collaboration with partner organisations

  73-74

  Tatai Tamas

  Megtekintések száma:

  99

  Alzheimer’s Society is the largest UK charity focusing on dementia and the only one to tackle every aspect of dementia. Currently 900,000 people are living with dementia in the UK. In the country it is estimated that 39% of people with dementia live in care settings, whereas 61% live in the community. This data highlights the importance and necessity of transforming our local communities and making them dementia friendly.

• Contributing to the Decade of Healthy Aging in the Nordic-Russian Arctic

  4

  Emelyanova Anastasia

  Golubeva Elena

  Megtekintések száma:

  261

  NCM-funded project and expert network “Indigenous and non-indigenous residents of the Nordic-Russian region: Best practices for equity in healthy ageing” will be introduced.

  The Arctic population is ageing, albeit at various speed across the regions and to a different degree of “healthiness” and “inequity related to healthy ageing” across the life-course. The aim of the research is to contribute to a multidisciplinary understanding of circumstances and patterns of healthy ageing in the Nordic-Russian Arctic and share examples of new solutions as components to the Arctic member states’ national policies and in accordance with the principles of WHO “Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020–2030”.

  We will focus on a broad evaluation of opportunities the region can bring in to carry activities,  building on the principles of the WHO Global Strategy on Ageing and Health, the United Nations Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, and aligned to the timing of the United Nations Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We will identify best practices at the regional/community levels among Non- and Indigenous older residents, using comparative approach: 1. How we think, feel and act towards age and ageing, 2.Communities fostering the abilities of older people, 3.Delivering culturally safe and person centred care and health services responsive to older people.

  The project complements our on-going activities under the UArctic Thematic Network “Health and Well-being in the Arctic” and a “Development of a Think Tank Functions of the Northern Dimension Institute”.

• Health challenges of the elderly: a comparative study of the need for health social workers in Nigeria and Bangladesh

  11-14

  Adaranijo Emmanuel Temitope

  Hossain Sarafat

  Megtekintések száma:

  208

  The established fact is that the population with the highest consumer of healthcare services is the elderly because of the increasing demand for adaptive health services accessible to the elderly. As the elderly continue to age, there is a decline in the health condition, developed societies have explored and employed several multidisciplinary approaches to the care of the elderly. The focus is on social work as a profession.

• Challenges to Mental Health Security and Safety of Older Adults in the U.S.

  3

  Csikai Ellen L.

  Megtekintések száma:

  280

  Although rates of Covid-19 infection are lower for older adults, the mortality rates are higher than all other ages. While the health challenges are evident, the mental health effects of the pandemic are less evident. The term “compassionate ageism” has been used to describe protection of all older adults as vulnerable groups, however it overlooks individual factors that may mitigate risk and enhance mental health aspects of coping with the realities of the pandemic. Isolation and separation from families and once enjoyed activities, whether residing in their own homes or long-term care facilities, has taken an immeasurable physical and mental health toll on older adults. Safety and security for mental health as well as physical health must be considered in any strategy to try mitigate the effects on the quality of life of older adults during this critical time in our history.

• A pozitív életesemények felidézése (narrative care), mint terápiás eszköz az idősellátásban

  182-184

  Tóth Dalma

  Megtekintések száma:

  139

  Elöregedő társadalmunk egyre égetőbb problémákkal állít minket szembe, amelyek miatt nélkülözhetetlen az idősekkel kapcsolatos kutatások folytatása. Az idő előrehaladtával az egészségromlás általános tendenciája megfigyelhető, mellyel kapcsolatban korábbi kutatások számos olyan tényezőt azonosítottak, amelyek befolyásolják az idősek életminőségét és jól-létét, beleértve a társadalmi környezetet, az életminőséget és a jól-létet (Dobossy, Molnár, & Virágh, 2003; Dimunová et al., 2013; Ferwagner, 2021; Bene & Móré, 2022).

• Active Ageing Good Practices Promoting Intergenerational Communication and Understanding

  5-6

  Maria Aurora Fenech

  Edel Borg Mizzi

  Megtekintések száma:

  195

  Persistent negative stereotypes on the aging process and the older person are noticeable within the current youth-orientated culture. Older persons may also hold negative stereotypes about the younger generation. These undesirable typecasts co-exist because younger and older persons often have limited contact with each other. Indeed, the younger generation, only gets to engage in communication with the older person within the family unit, rarely outside their own familial structures. Similarly, older persons, residents of long-term care have limited opportunities of interacting with the younger generation.

• Bevezető

  Bene Ágnes

  Megtekintések száma:

  254

  Tisztelt Olvasó!

  A 2021-es Gerontológiai Napok a Debreceni Egyetem Egészségügyi Karának 14. alkalommal megrendezett éves tudományos konferenciája, nem csak azért páratlan, mert egyetlen ilyen tematikájú nagy múltú konferencia magyar egyetem szervezésében, hanem azért is, mert az érintett tudományterületek sokszínűsége mellett jellemzi a résztvevők sokszínűsége is. A tudományos kutatók, oktatók és PhD hallgatók mellett, az idősellátásban, idősek támogatásában tevékenykedő szakemberek és más érdeklődők is meghallgatják az itt elhangzó előadásokat, bekapcsolódnak a vitákba, szimpóziumokba és kerekasztalokba.

  Nagyon köszönjük a visszajelzéseket (dicséretet, kritikát, javaslatot, kérést) amelyeket a Konferencia során, és azt követően is eljuttatnak hozzánk a résztvevők!

  Ebben a tudományos folyóirat különszámban a Konferencián elhangzott előadások absztraktjait olvashatják.

  Elsőként Prof. Dr. Tóth Miklós plenáris előadásának rövid összefoglalója, majd az angol nyelvű előadások kivonatai és a magyar nyelvű absztraktok érhetőek el ezen a felületen.

  Várjuk Önöket a Gerontológiai Napok 2022. rendezvényen is!

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• Cooperation in the health sector and its social implications in light of the increasing demand for health services during crises a field study of health cooperation in the Syrian crisis

  11-12

  Asaad Bassel Anwar

  Hasan Riyam Ghandi

  Kashmar Mohammad Bassam

  Megtekintések száma:

  124

  Although health cooperation is not a modern concept, trends to study it increased significantly after the coronavirus pandemic. The methods, mechanisms, and plans for international health cooperation are still vague.