All Outputs (9)

Flag Procession (2017)
Digital Artefact
Kydd, A. (2017). Flag Procession

No abstract available. Report of the flag procession at the 44th Biennial Convention of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International.

Living with an indwelling urethral catheter in a community setting: Exploring triggers for unscheduled community nurse “out-of-hours” visits (2017)
Journal Article
Mackay, W. G., MacIntosh, T., Kydd, A., Fleming, A., O'Kane, C., Shepherd, A., …McIver, V. (2018). Living with an indwelling urethral catheter in a community setting: Exploring triggers for unscheduled community nurse “out-of-hours” visits. Journal

Aims and Objective: To explore the experiences of community patients living with a urethral catheter and those caring for them. Background: Living at home with an indwelling urethral catheter often results in consequences that create a double-edge... Read More about Living with an indwelling urethral catheter in a community setting: Exploring triggers for unscheduled community nurse “out-of-hours” visits.

Dignity in nursing care: What does it mean to nursing students? (2017)
Journal Article
Mullen, R. F., Kydd, A., Fleming, A., & McMillan, L. (2017). Dignity in nursing care: What does it mean to nursing students?. Nursing Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733017720825

Background: Despite growing interest in the potential of nursing education to enhance dignity in nursing care, relatively little is known about what dignity means to nursing students. Research question: What meaning does dignity in nursing care have... Read More about Dignity in nursing care: What does it mean to nursing students?.

Prescribing for the Oldest Old (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kydd, A., & Fleming, A. (2017). Prescribing for the Oldest Old. Journal of Palliative Care & Medicine, 7(5 (supp.)), https://doi.org/10.4172/2165-7386-C1-010

Given the global increase in people over the age of 85, there is a growing body of literature looking at treating the oldest old. However much of this work is confined to the literature specialising in geriatrics and the more generic health care pap... Read More about Prescribing for the Oldest Old.

Ageism (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kydd, A., Fleming, A., Gardner, S., & Hafford-Letchfield, T. (2017, July). Ageism. Paper presented at International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics

The developed world has an increasing number of people who are classed as the ‘old’, with the largest increase being those aged over eighty-five years. Population ageing is a worldwide phenomenon. The “oldest old” (people aged 85 or older) constitute... Read More about Ageism.

Defining Old (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fleming, A., Paoletti, I., Hvalic Touzery, S., & Kydd, A. (2017, July). Defining Old. Paper presented at International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, USA

The number of people classed as the ‘oldest old’ is growing at a faster rate than any other age group. Projections globally show that the numbers of those classed as the ‘oldest old’, those aged 85 and over are the fastest growing cohort Yet, much of... Read More about Defining Old.

Care homes: The developing ideology of a homelike place to live (2017)
Journal Article
Fleming, A., Kydd, A., & Stewart, S. (2017). Care homes: The developing ideology of a homelike place to live. Maturitas, 99, 92-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.02.013

This paper reports on part of a doctoral study which explored stakeholder perceptions of the importance of a homelike environment in a care home and which factors contributed to this. The changes in institutional care for older people have evolved fr... Read More about Care homes: The developing ideology of a homelike place to live.

Ageism from the third age to the fourth age (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kydd, A. (2017, February). Ageism from the third age to the fourth age. Presented at Cost Action on Ageism, Jagellonian University, Poland

No abstract available.

Gerontology as a specialty (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kydd, A. (2017, January). Gerontology as a specialty. Presented at Winterschool, Winterthur Switzerland

No abstract available.