Health and wellbeing of older people
Research topic areas of interest to support the development of a research proposal on the general health and wellbeing of diverse older people
On this page
- Explorations of quality of life of older people living in home and community settings
- Domiciliary, community, care home and hospital care of older people with co-morbidities
- Palliative and end of life care issues, particularly (but not excluding) older people
- Ageing and technology to harness the potential of technology to improve people’s lives
- Ageing-in-the-right-place
- Age friendly urban and rural communities
- Co-creation and co-design with older people
- Social participation and older people
- Gendered constructions of ageing
Methodological expertise:
- Qualitative methods including interviews, focus groups, visual methods, (participant) observation, Critical Discourse Analysis
- Participatory methods including knowledge cafes, visualisation workshops, deliberative dialogues
Contact
Professor Judith Sixsmith
Professor of Health Related Research
j.sixsmith@dundee.ac.uk
+44 (0)1382 385725
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