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Background: In recent decades, improvements in medical treatment, public health, technology and education have resulted in people living much longer. This includes people with learning disabilities, the fastest growing sector being the over-70s, and those who are women. There have been a limited number of studies exploring ageing in the population of people with learning disabilities, and very few of these have studied ageing from the perspectives of women. Aim: To develop a contemporary perspective of the lived experiences of older women with learning disabilities. Objectives - To identify how women with learning disabilities construct the experience of ageing, through the lens of an asset theoretical framework - To examine how older women with learning disabilities experience the wider cultural and socio-political influences, and how these impact on their lives - To utilise a narrative approach that integrates stories and photo elicitation to facilitate a more in-depth understanding of their experiences - To indicate how a refined model could be developed to improve policy and practice in the provision of services for older women with learning disabilities An inclusive methodology is central to this thesis, with an expert reference group of four women with learning disabilities working in partnership with the researcher. The expert reference group ensure that this work is grounded in everyday experience, providing both support and challenge. Ten women over 55 with mild or moderate learning disabilities were purposively invited to take part. Narrative methods integrated with photograph elicitation captured their lived experiences, facilitating a more in-depth 3 understanding of their experiences of ageing. In methodological terms this offered a number of strengths in helping the women to engage with the research process and provided a visual reference that promoted a more inclusive and flexible approach to capturing the lived experiences of older women with learning disabilities. Findings The findings identify how a group of older women construct their experiences of ageing. The equanimity and positive outlook on life is interpreted and understood through developing and understanding their protective health assets. A central theme is the importance of friendships and relationships, providing a buffer during adverse times and helping the women to feel supported and valued by their local community. Conclusion In its contribution to service development and knowledge, this thesis provides a contemporary perspective of the lived experience of women with learning disabilities as they age. Furthermore, mapping the narrated assets of these women introduces a new and alternative model for representing individual experiences that challenge the mainstream perspective that has been central to UK policy and practice during the 21st century. This thesis has begun to address a gap between policy and the reality of the lived experience, and presents an alternative asset-based relationship framework (Fig 30 p. 248) that has the potential to guide and shape future learning disability practices. Finally, this appears to be the first study to apply an asset theoretical framework to underpin research with women who have learning disabilities, offering an alternative perspective that challenges social care policy and professionally-defined integration and social inclusion indicators.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:25:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-02-27Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:53:34Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 destefani_sa_me_botfm.pdf: 615938 bytes, checksum: 93ffb83fd65224922a0099d535500049 (MD5) / Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da UNESP (FUNDUNESP) / A nutrição compreende uma rede de processos que envolvem desde o recebimento e ingestão dos alimentos, com a utilização dos nutrientes, mantendo as funções do organismo, até a eliminação dos resíduos alimentares. Uma nutrição adequada está relacionada à qualidade e variedade dos alimentos da dieta e à qualidade de vida do indivíduo, apresentando uma associação inversa com o risco de desenvolvimento de doenças, particularmente as Doenças Crônicas Não Transmissíveis (DCNT). Dentre estas, destaca-se a osteoporose, que se constitui em uma das mais prevalentes DCNT e que desperta maior interesse. A osteoporose é definida como uma doença crônica metabólica, caracterizada por um defeito na remodelação óssea e pela perda de osso normalmente mineralizado, com deterioração micro-arquitetural. Como consequência, ocorre aumento da fragilidade óssea, o que leva às fraturas, as quais implicam em elevada morbimortalidade. A osteoporose apresenta estreita relação com a deprivação hormonal, que ocorre após a menopausa, e com o próprio processo de envelhecimento em si. Além disso, outros fatores podem estar relacionados à gênese da osteoporose. Dentre estes, destaca-se a nutrição, a qual se encontra intimamente relacionada com a saúde óssea. Vários estudos ressaltam a importância de minerais tais como cálcio (Ca), fósforo (P) e magnésio (Mg) para a manutenção da massa óssea. Recentemente, foi avaliado o papel das vitaminas lipossolúveis na fisiopatologia das doenças ósseas. O presente estudo teve por objetivo avaliar o perfil da ingestão de Ca, P e vitaminas A, D, E e K, a ingestão de porções por grupos de alimentos e a qualidade da dieta em mulheres com mais de 60 anos, atendidas no Programa Municipal de Atendimento ao Idoso (PROMAI) da cidade de Bauru. Para isto, foram avaliadas... / Nutrition involves a chain of process, which starts with food intake, utilization of its nutrients to keeps the organism functions, and finally residue elimination. An adequate nutrition is directly to the quality and variety of ones dietary intake, as well as the quality of life. Thus, it presents an inverse association with the development of diseases, particularly those Chronic Non Transmissible Disease (CNTD). Among them, osteoporosis is the most significant CNTD and raises more interest. Osteoporosis is defined as a metabolic disease, characterized by a defect in the bone transformation and by the loss of bone mass, generally mineralized, with micro arquitectural deterioration. As a consequence, it occurs an increase of bone fragility, e patients what leads to fracture and implicates in a elevated morbimortality. Osteoporosis has presented a straight relationship with hormone deprivation which occurs after menopause and the ageing process itself. Besides, others factors can be reated to the osteoporosis genesis. Among them, nutrition is highly related to bone health. Several studies have show the importance of mineral such as calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P) and magnesium (MG) to bone mass maintenance. Recently, it has been evaluated the role of fat soluble vitamins in bone diseases pathophysiology. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the intake of Ca, P, vitamins A, D, E and K, food group portions and the quality of the diet in women over 60 years old, monitored by the “Programa Municipal de Atendimento ao Idoso (PROMAI)” (a municipal program that monitors the elderly, from the city of Bauru). To do so, 118 women were evaluated and monitored by PROMAI medical service, through two 24 hours recall (R24H) with a 30 day break between each one. Social, economical, cultural and anthropometric data were collected as... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Demographically the aged are the fastest growing group both world-wide and in South Africa but despite this, psychologists have neglected psycho-geriatric research and its importance. In the past, old age has been studied by psychologists as a deviation from the norm of youth. The primary focus has been on the rate of cognitive decline, the process of social withdrawal and the etiology of dementia. Although these issues are of significant importance, the positive aspects of aging should also be considered; thereby challenging the stereotype that old age means disengagement, decline and degeneration. This study aimed to explore and describe the coping and life satisfaction of the retired elderly females in a residence for the aged. A quantitative exploratory descriptive research design was employed, making use of non-probability convenience sampling. The sample consisted of 40 retired females who have been living in a residence for the aged for at least 12 months. Further inclusion criterions were that the participants should have a relatively "sound/stable" neuropsychological status (i.e., they should not be suffering from any clinically diagnosed disorders, for example, dementia and/or Alzheimer's disease). The Coping Resources Inventory (CRI) was utilized to identify the coping resources used by the participants; the Orientation to Life Questionnaire (SOC-29) was utilised as a measure of the participants' sense of coherence; the Life Satisfaction in the Elderly Scale (LSES) was employed to measure the global life satisfaction of the participants, namely on the cognitive level. A biographical questionnaire collated important demographic and background information. The data was analysed through computing descriptive statistics. Following this a Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient was utilised to inter-correlate the total score of the SOC-29 and the total score of the LSES with the individual subscales of the CRI. The results of the present study indicated the following: the SOC-29 revealed a relatively high mean score for the current sample. Results of the CRI revealed relatively high mean scores for the total scale as well as the five different subscales. The highest scores were obtained for the Spiritual/Philosophical and Physical Resources Subscales, while the lowest score was obtained for the Cognitive Resource Subscale. Results from the LSES indicated relatively high mean scores for both the total and all eight subscales. The highest scores were obtained for the Mood and xii Social contacts Subscales, while the lowest scores were obtained for the Health and Finance Subscales. Significant positive correlation was evident between the total scores of the CRI, the SOC-29 and the LSES. With regard to the individual subscales of the CRI, the results indicated significant moderate relationships between the SOC- 29 total raw score, the LSES total raw score and the Cognitive, Social and Physical Subscales scores of the CRI. However, the SOC-29 and LSES total raw scores did not correlate with the Emotional and Spiritual/Philosophical subscales of the CRI.

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京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・論文博士 / 博士(人間健康科学) / 乙第13303号 / 論人健博第6号 / 新制||人健||5(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院医学研究科人間健康科学系専攻 / (主査)教授 青山 朋樹, 教授 黒木 裕士, 教授 松田 秀一 / 学位規則第4条第2項該当 / Doctor of Human Health Sciences / Kyoto University / DFAM

An interest in understanding the aging processes, as they relate to voice, has prompted research investigating physiological, acoustical, and perceptual attributes of the aging vocal mechanism. Recently, it has been demonstrated that perceptual parameters, in older male voices, differentiate speakers according to age estimations, as determined by a group of listeners. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptual characteristics of the female voice which are associated with perceived age, as contrasted to chronological age.