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Over the years, Age and Ageing has attracted a small but growing number of qualitative research articles around a diverse range of areas. In this themed collection we present a selection of published papers organised around several topics and overarching themes.
We welcome submission of papers based on qualitative research exemplifying a wide range of different topics and methodological approaches which illuminate older people's experience of ageing, medical care and treatment, decision making and communication with health care professionals.
We provide an introduction to qualitative research methods by outlining core characteristics of these methods, opportunities they afford, challenges researchers need to manage, and giving recommendations for their application. We also introduce a taxonomy that connects key dimensions of aging research with core aims of qualitative research,
3 lip 2021 · We identified four overarching themes: (1) vulnerability to health challenges despite a healthier generation, (2) maintaining health and social connection for optimal ageing, (3) strengthening person-centred healthcare for ageing societies and (4) mobilising a critical mass to enact change.
1 lis 2017 · Research has demonstrated that many older adults self-report aging successfully regardless of clinical health status. This qualitative study used claims data to identify older adults on three levels of health status: healthy and active, managing diseases, or very sick, to better understand how health is defined and maintained.
11 paź 2022 · Engaging with aging (EWA) is an emerging framework proposed by Carnevali, which provides a new lens to understand an active, conscious daily-living process of managing age-related changes (ARCs) taken on by older adults.
11 wrz 2021 · Results: We identified four overarching themes: (1) vulnerability to health challenges despite a healthier generation, (2) maintaining health and social connection for optimal ageing, (3) strengthening person-centred healthcare for ageing societies and (4) mobilising a critical mass to enact change.
