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Nursing Care of Older Adults and People with Disability

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2019) | Viewed by 5431

Special Issue Editors

Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Interests: aging; chronic illness; palliative care; intellectual disabilities; frailty; nursing; quality of life; participation; next of kin; implementation research; knowledge translation; mixed methods
Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Interests: aging; neurological diseases; nutrition; eating difficulties; prevention; promotion; implementation research; knowledge translation; psychometrics; metrology; group concept mapping

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

According to the World Health Organization, people with disabilities make up some 15 % of the world’s population, and they have the same right to the best possible health care and social services as everyone else. Disability is a very diverse subject, and some conditions will result in poor health and quality of life related to the cause of the nature of the disability while others may not. However, nursing care for older adults and people with disabilities brings its own set of challenges in addition to those facing nursing care for older people in general, as people with disabilities are especially sensitive to deficiencies in health care services.

Older adults are generally referred to as those over 65 years old, but when it comes to people with long-term disabilities this differs, as some people may show signs of aging as early as in their 50s due to the progression of their disability. The life expectancy for people with long-term disabilities since childhood or adult ages has increased over the last decades, and this has brought on even more challenges for staff, as they suffer from age-related care needs like the rest of the population in addition to their disabilities.

The barriers to equal access to preventive intervention and health care for people with disabilities differ across the world. In some places, they may be cost-related, and in other places they may be physical obstacles barring people with disabilities from accessing care facilities or knowledge-related issues, as the care staff might not recognize the needs of these people, especially those who might have difficulties expressing themselves. In some places, people with disabilities are outright discriminated against, and in other places they are indirectly discriminated against. 

For this Special Issue, we invite submissions dealing with all aspects of nursing and care for older adults with disabilities. Studies representing quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods and implementation perspectives are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Gerd Ahlström
Prof. Dr. Albert Westergren
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Nursing care
  • Prevention
  • Promotion
  • Intervention
  • Implementation
  • Disability
  • Older adults

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Diversity in the Factors Associated with ADL-Related Disability among Older People in Six Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-Country Comparison
by Septi Kurnia Lestari, Nawi Ng, Paul Kowal and Ailiana Santosa
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(8), 1341; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph16081341 - 14 Apr 2019
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The low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are experiencing rapid population ageing, yet knowledge about disability among older populations in these countries is scarce. This study aims to identify the prevalence and factors associated with disability among people aged 50 years and over in [...] Read more.
The low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are experiencing rapid population ageing, yet knowledge about disability among older populations in these countries is scarce. This study aims to identify the prevalence and factors associated with disability among people aged 50 years and over in six LMICs. Cross-sectional data from the World Health Organization (WHO) Study on global AGEing and adult health Wave 1 (2007–2010) in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, the Russian Federation, and South Africa was used. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were undertaken to examine the association between sociodemographic factors, health behaviours, chronic conditions, and activities of daily living (ADL) disability. The prevalence of disability among older adults ranged from 16.2% in China to 55.7% in India. Older age, multimorbidity, and depression were the most common factors related to disability in all six countries. Gender was significant in China (OR = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.01–1.29), Ghana (OR = 1.22, 95% CI: 1.01–1.48) and India (OR = 1.65, 95% CI: 1.37–1.99). Having no access to social capital was significantly associated with ADL disability in China (OR = 2.57, 95% CI: 1.54–4.31) and South Africa (OR = 4.11, 95% CI: 1.79–9.43). Prevalence data is valuable in these six ageing countries, with important evidence on mitigating factors for each. Identifying determinants associated with ADL disability among older people in LMICs can inform how to best implement health prevention programmes considering different country-specific factors. Full article
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