Living with and beyond dementia: a phenomenological investigation of young people’s lived experience with dementia and the transition from pre-diagnosis through diagnosis and beyond to living well with dementia. (2017)
Thesis
Douglas, J. Living with and beyond dementia: a phenomenological investigation of young people’s lived experience with dementia and the transition from pre-diagnosis through diagnosis and beyond to living well with dementia. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1032617

Younger People with Dementia (YPwD) are those who receive a diagnosis of dementia under the age of 65. In Scotland the number of people with dementia who meet this definition is approximately 3200 (Alzheimer Scotland, 2017). The purpose of this study... Read More about Living with and beyond dementia: a phenomenological investigation of young people’s lived experience with dementia and the transition from pre-diagnosis through diagnosis and beyond to living well with dementia..

The Social Organisation of Exclusion, “Abandonment” and Compulsory Advance Care Planning Conversations: How Ruling Concepts and Practices about Death, Dying and the Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation form entered, organised and ruled the working practices of Senior Social Care Workers in a Residential Care Home in Scotland: An Institutional Ethnography (Volume One) (2017)
Thesis
Reid, L. M. The Social Organisation of Exclusion, “Abandonment” and Compulsory Advance Care Planning Conversations: How Ruling Concepts and Practices about Death, Dying and the Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation form entered, organised and ruled the working practices of Senior Social Care Workers in a Residential Care Home in Scotland: An Institutional Ethnography (Volume One). (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/979680

Institutional Ethnography (IE) is a method of inquiry into the social organisation of knowledge. It begins with a disjuncture/troubling experience impacting a specific group of workers and adopts their standpoint/subject positon to look out into the... Read More about The Social Organisation of Exclusion, “Abandonment” and Compulsory Advance Care Planning Conversations: How Ruling Concepts and Practices about Death, Dying and the Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation form entered, organised and ruled the working practices of Senior Social Care Workers in a Residential Care Home in Scotland: An Institutional Ethnography (Volume One).

Understanding key challenges in health and social care integration in Scotland: principal stakeholders’ perspectives. (2017)
Thesis
Stewart, A. Understanding key challenges in health and social care integration in Scotland: principal stakeholders’ perspectives. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1036162

This study explores the challenges faced by Principal Stakeholders in achieving Scotland’s strategic approach to health and social care integration. This is a developing area for academic literature, limited to, but not devoid of the experiences of i... Read More about Understanding key challenges in health and social care integration in Scotland: principal stakeholders’ perspectives..

Mediators of coping in caregivers of children with complex needs (2016)
Thesis
Delaney, C. Mediators of coping in caregivers of children with complex needs. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/978828

Mediators of coping in caregivers of children with complex needs and factors associated with coping has rarely been investigated in the past. A systematic review of the quantitative caregiver coping literature indicated that previous research had a s... Read More about Mediators of coping in caregivers of children with complex needs.

Lean in Healthcare: An Evaluation of Lean Implementation in NHS Lothian (2016)
Thesis
Lindsay, C. F. Lean in Healthcare: An Evaluation of Lean Implementation in NHS Lothian. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/455610

The overarching aim of this thesis is to critically evaluate the implementation of Lean in NHS Lothian, a National Health Service (NHS) Health Board in Scotland. Against challenging financial times, Lean has been endorsed for adoption in the provisio... Read More about Lean in Healthcare: An Evaluation of Lean Implementation in NHS Lothian.

Exploring the lived experiences of suicidality: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the loved one’s perspective (2016)
Thesis
Hanson, R. Exploring the lived experiences of suicidality: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the loved one’s perspective. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/976907

Objectives. This study explored the lived experience of family members who were living with a suicidal loved one. The psychosocial impact that this experience had on the loved one, their views on support services and their support needs were all expl... Read More about Exploring the lived experiences of suicidality: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the loved one’s perspective.

Raploch Stories: continuity and innovation for television documentary production (2013)
Thesis
Scott, A. J. Raploch Stories: continuity and innovation for television documentary production. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7245

This thesis provides an ‘insider account’ of the process of making contemporary ‘observational’ documentaries from within the broadcasting industry. Raploch Stories (2002) and Raploch Stories Revisited (2007) are seven television documentary program... Read More about Raploch Stories: continuity and innovation for television documentary production.

Moving to manage: A mixed methods study of later life relocation into supported housing (2013)
Thesis
Kelly, C. N. Moving to manage: A mixed methods study of later life relocation into supported housing. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6449

This study describes relocation experiences of older people moving to supported housing in Scotland focusing on the nature of support. Using mixed methods, Phase one involved a Scottish cross-sectional survey of all people aged 65 and over moving int... Read More about Moving to manage: A mixed methods study of later life relocation into supported housing.

The experience of caring of carers of cardiac surgery patients after hospital discharge (2011)
Thesis
Chiu, W. H. The experience of caring of carers of cardiac surgery patients after hospital discharge. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4969

Advances in medical technology have led to increasing numbers of people undergoing heart surgery with decreasing hospital stay and decreasing mortality (Leske & Pelczynski, 1999). With patients being discharged home quicker and sicker than in the pas... Read More about The experience of caring of carers of cardiac surgery patients after hospital discharge.

The impact of gender and gender perceptions upon career progressions in registered nursing in Scotland (2010)
Thesis
McIntosh, B. The impact of gender and gender perceptions upon career progressions in registered nursing in Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5683

The academic research into the relationship between gender, gender perceptions and career progression with registered nursing in the National Health Sector in Scotland remains under-conceptualised. While the effects of gender, working hours and schoo... Read More about The impact of gender and gender perceptions upon career progressions in registered nursing in Scotland.

A comparison of carers' experiences of caring for individuals with dementia or intellectual disability: A longitudinal grounded theory study (2008)
Thesis
Lin, M.-C. A comparison of carers' experiences of caring for individuals with dementia or intellectual disability: A longitudinal grounded theory study. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2397

Introduction:
Increasingly the provision of care for older people with dementia or children with intellectual disabilities (ID) has shifted from institutions to the community. This has resulted in an increase in burden and a reduction in autonomy fo... Read More about A comparison of carers' experiences of caring for individuals with dementia or intellectual disability: A longitudinal grounded theory study.

Listening to the voices in four Scottish adolescent mental health units: young people, their carers and the unit cultures. (2005)
Thesis
Claveirole, A. and the unit cultures. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6195

Serious mental health problems among young people are on the increase in Western
countries. Involving young people in their mental health care, and working in partnership
with them during the treatment process, is a primary concern of all mental he... Read More about Listening to the voices in four Scottish adolescent mental health units: young people, their carers and the unit cultures..