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Jill Manthorpe

Publications and source records attributed to Jill Manthorpe.

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PubMed2004

Older people's views on rural life: a study of three villages.

In the context of increasing interest in how rurality affects health services and nursing practice in the UK, this paper reports and discusses data from a survey of older people living in three English villages. The survey found that village populations differed widely, that there were changes in the proportions of older people in the villages over time, and that close social networks existed for some but not all. The paper concludes that health care practitioners should avoid stereotypes of village life. In their increasing emphasis on health promotion and active ageing among older people, nurses may find data collected by the voluntary sector to be a useful resource. Working in partnership with groups to achieve a deep understanding of local contexts may assist nursing practitioners when building up pictures of older patients' health-related needs and views.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed2004

Older community nurses: perspectives and prospects.

In common with the nursing workforces of the developed world, the NHS nursing workforce is ageing. Community nurses, in particular, tend to be older than their acute counterparts and this ageing could have a greater impact on this section of the workforce than on nurses in other sectors. This article reports on a study into the options, decisions and outcomes for nurses over the age of 50 years in the NHS. The study was funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as part of a larger programme of work. Older nurses are a valuable part of the NHS workforce, being a repository of skill and wisdom. While this is generally recognized, and there are policies to support this, there is little recognition or action within the NHS. This study found that older nurses would like to see greater flexibility being shown towards them, in terms of their working hours and conditions of work, without harming their pension prospects. They would like to see return to practice courses and continuing professional development more geared towards their needs. Furthermore, they would like more information about their options. The article includes the experiences of some older nurses working in the community who remain, have left or have returned to the NHS.

Age Factors↗
PubMed2004

Seeking refuge.

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PubMed2003

The impact of home enteral tube feeding in everyday life: a qualitative study.

Advances in clinical and technical areas, combined with developments in community support services, have enabled people to receive enteral tube feeding at home in the UK. Research has focused on clinical and technical aspects, and people's experiences have largely been explored through the audit of after-care services. The research reported in the present paper consisted of a qualitative study in which a small number of people under going enteral tube feeding at home and their carers were interviewed. The study took place in one area of northern England. The interviews explored aspects of daily life, focusing on decision-making and adaptation, and revealed positive feelings about the process of tube feeding, as well as areas of difficulty and concern. Opportunities to improve practice and services are identified from these accounts.

Adult↗
PubMed2003

Testing Twigg and Atkin's typology of caring: a study of primary care professionals' perceptions of dementia care using a modified focus group method.

The present article explores professional attitudes to family members supporting an older person newly diagnosed with dementia. It draws on professional perspectives derived from a series of 24 multidisciplinary workshops held in the UK, analysed using a typology developed by Twigg in 1989. The primary care workers' understanding of carers' needs and circumstances fitted best with Twigg's models of carers as resources and co-workers, but showed limited awareness of carers' responses and attitudes to caring. It is argued that professional assumptions about family members' roles when dementia is recently recognised among older people expand definitions of carers, but still confirm their instrumental role.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed2003

Poorly served? Eating and dementia.

BACKGROUND: People with dementia encounter problems in eating and these have been reported in various studies. Many of these studies focus on individual difficulties and neglect the social, environmental and cultural aspects of meals and eating. Studies often centre on the problems of providing food instead of the experience of those receiving food. Less is known of the perspectives of family carers and residential or domiciliary care staff than of nurses' perceptions. Only recently are the perspectives of family carers and people with dementia joining nurses' discussions. AIM: The present paper considers feeding and eating in the context of enhancing support of life for people with dementia. Drawing on a range of literature, it highlights themes that are well developed and aims to identify areas of little knowledge and potential investigation. CONCLUSIONS: In the United Kingdom, the areas of feeding and eating are likely to assume greater importance in attempts to promote rehabilitation, in moves to offer training to unqualified staff and in enhanced vigilance of the experience of people with dementia. Their problems with respect to food and its consumption need to be interrogated and informed by interventions that are ethical, socially inclusive and acknowledge the importance of food to well-being.

Aged↗
PubMed2003

Early recognition of dementia by nurses.

BACKGROUND: Early recognition of dementia is a key policy objective designed to maximize the efficacy of treatment and to provide timely and appropriate support before crisis occurs. The impact of early recognition of dementia is under-researched in primary care nursing. AIM: To explore whether community mental health nurses (CMHNs), community nurses (CNs) and practice nurses (PNs) have different perspectives on early diagnosis of dementia and to consider the possible effects of any variation. METHOD: Data are drawn from questionnaires completed by CMHNs (79), CNs (153) and PNs (36) who attended workshops offered on 24 occasions in 21 settings across the United Kingdom. The workshops attracted a range of primary care practitioners and were part of a training programme on early diagnosis of dementia. RESULTS: Analysis of the data shows some differences in knowledge, experience and confidence between the three nurse groups. CMHNs were more confident in their abilities to recognize dementia and found providing support less difficult than CNs and PNs. CMHNs considered that they were best placed to co-ordinate services for people with newly recognized dementia. CNs and PNs, however, reported experience of working with people with dementia and many appeared able to respond to early signs and to identify potential sources of support. CONCLUSIONS: While CMHNs may have a key role in responding effectively to the newly identified needs of people with early dementia, other nurses working in the community are likely to encounter people with early dementia. In the context of a policy objective to identify people with dementia earlier, all community-based nurses should be able to recognize the possibility of dementia and support those undergoing referral or assessment. Their confidence in doing so should be enhanced by continued professional development. Training in dementia recognition, involvement in and membership of primary care teams supporting people with dementia should not be confined to CMHNs. Nurses who regularly encounter the general population of older people may be well placed to provide continuity of support for those who may, or may not, have cause to suspect that they or their relatives have early dementia.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2003

Professional predictions: June Huntington's perspectives on joint working, 20 years on.

In 1981, June Huntington published a study of social work and general practice which rapidly became influential. In it she offered a sociological analysis of these two occupations to explain the difficulties and conflicts which had arisen between them and to predict the future course of their relationship. In this paper we revisit Huntington's propositions and assess the extent to which her predictions have been realised in the UK context. We adopt her perspective of the two organisational cultures of general practice and social work to consider her claims, particularly with respect to developments in social work. We then outline her depiction of the likely evolution of interprofessional relationships over the past two decades, considering the generalisability of experiments in collaboration, conflict with the medical profession, tensions within social work itself, and the sense of 'crisis' in relationships between professions. To promote debate with colleagues in different disciplines, this paper ends with a series of questions about the likely impact of care trust formation on social work.

Cooperative Behavior↗
PubMed2003

Sooner or later? Issues in the early diagnosis of dementia in general practice: a qualitative study.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore the perspectives of primary care practitioners on the early diagnosis of dementia. METHODS: A total of 247 GPs, 146 community nurses, 36 practice nurses, 79 community mental health nurses and others working in a range of hospital, residential and community settings attended 24 one-day workshops in 21 cities and towns in the UK. A nominal group approach was used relating to the early diagnosis of dementia in the community. RESULTS: Groups agreed on the benefits and risks of early diagnosis of dementia; disagreed about screening for dementia, and about professional resistance to making the diagnosis; constructed comprehensive guidelines on diagnosis, but without much reference to resource implications; yet described actual local resource limitations in detail; and avoided dilemmas about dementia care by framing it as a specialist activity. CONCLUSION: Practitioners situate dementia in a family context but do not yet use a disablement model of dementia which might reduce tensions about early diagnosis and the disclosure of the diagnosis. The term diagnosis could usefully be replaced by recognition, to aid this shift in model. Service gaps may emerge or widen if earlier diagnosis of dementia is pursued as a policy objective.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed2003

Country life.

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PubMed2003

City challenges.

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Activities of Daily Living↗
PubMed2003

Mothers' helpers?

This brief review comes at a time when there is interest in grandparents as sources of help and support for younger generations, both for their own families and also in the wider intergenerational community (Box 1). 'Special' populations of grandparents are being identified as playing major roles in childcare but these may have high health needs. Being a grandparent is generally a positive role for older people and for some may be satisfying and enjoyable and endure over many decades.

Adaptation, Psychological↗