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Bonnet C, Cambois E, Fontaine R. Dynamiques, enjeux démographiques et socioéconomiques du vieillissement dans les pays à longévité élevée. POPULATION 2021. [DOI: 10.3917/popu.2102.0225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Soares CC, Marques AM, Clarke P, Klein R, Koskinen L, Krasuckiene D, Lamsodiene E, Piscalkiene V, Küçükgüçlü Ö. Older people's views and expectations about the competences of health and social care professionals: a European qualitative study. Eur J Ageing 2018; 16:53-62. [PMID: 30886560 DOI: 10.1007/s10433-018-0466-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Adapting and providing quality services for people as they age is a common challenge across Europe. The perspective of older people is fundamental in a person-centred care approach. Expanding research at the European level that explicitly includes their views can offer a relevant contribution to the development of evidence-based guidelines that can be shared in education and training across health and social care professions. This study aimed to identify common meaningful dimensions of professional competence in health and social care emphasised by older people from six countries in different regions of Europe according to their experiences. A qualitative approach was chosen with a total of 95 semi-structured interviews conducted in Austria, Finland, Lithuania, Portugal, Turkey and UK, following a common topic guide. Participants in this study were aged 60 and above, and recruitment considered age, gender, level of education and living arrangements. Results identified a set of universal skills and practices that according to older people, health and social care professionals should meet. Competences at the interpersonal level were central in older people's discourses, and its core dimensions are anchored in relational, communication and socio-emotional skills of professionals. These findings reinforce the aspiration of establishing best practices in care that relies on the harmonisation of a competence framework that can be shared in the training and education of health and social care professionals across Europe and that voices older people's preferences, expectations and needs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Célia Casaca Soares
- 1Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Health, Centre for Interdisciplinary Applied Research in Health, Instituto Politecnico de Setúbal, Campus do IPS, Estefanilha, Setúbal, 2910-761 Portugal.,2Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social (CIS-IUL), Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Av. das Forças Armadas, Lisboa, 1649-026 Portugal
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- 1Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Health, Centre for Interdisciplinary Applied Research in Health, Instituto Politecnico de Setúbal, Campus do IPS, Estefanilha, Setúbal, 2910-761 Portugal.,2Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social (CIS-IUL), Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Av. das Forças Armadas, Lisboa, 1649-026 Portugal
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- 3School of Nursing and Allied Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Henry Cotton, 15/21 Webster St., Liverpool, L3 2ET UK
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- 4Department Health + Social Care, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Hauptplatz 11, 9560 Feldkirchen, Austria
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- 5School of Health Care, Savonia University of Applied Sciences, PL 6 (Microkatu 1), 70201 Kuopio, Finland
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- 6Faculty of Medicine, Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, Pramones pr. 20, 50468 Kaunas, Lithuania
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- 6Faculty of Medicine, Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, Pramones pr. 20, 50468 Kaunas, Lithuania
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- 6Faculty of Medicine, Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, Pramones pr. 20, 50468 Kaunas, Lithuania
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- 7Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Dokuz Eylul University, Inciralti İzmir, Turkey
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- Dorly J H Deeg
- 1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- 2Department of Psychological Aging Research, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- 3Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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Djurovic I, Jeremic V, Bulajic M, Dobrota M. A Two-Step Multivariate Composite I-Distance Indicator Approach for the Evaluation of Active Ageing Index. JOURNAL OF POPULATION AGEING 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s12062-016-9169-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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