Browsing Social Work and Social Policy (Scholarly Publications) by Subject "Ageing"
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Embracing technology? Health and Social Care professionals' attitudes to the deployment of e-Health initiatives in elder care services in Catalonia and Ireland,
(2019)Professionals in both regions have a positive attitude towards the use of e-health as a supportive tool. Technology is seen as way of reducing administrative burden and improving information exchange. Professionals ... -
"I'm Going to Put on Bright Clothes now" The Process and Social Dimensions of Resilience Among Older Adults
(2025)This article focuses on older adults’ resilience following major losses. Interviews of seventeen older adults in Ireland illuminate the resilience process and its social dimensions – family, friends, social participation, ... -
Intergenerational Friendship as a Conduit for Social Inclusion? Insights from the “Book‐Ends”
(2021)Friendship is said to promote psychological and physical well‐being and increase social inclusion. Yet, intergenerational friendship has garnered little research attention due to the assumed dominance of age homophily in ... -
A new-materialist reading of disability, senescence and the life-course
(2023)The purpose of this paper is to provide a new-materialist theoretical commentary on disability, senescence and the life-course. Critical literature review with deductive thematic analysis was undertaken using an electronic ...
