Ageism in the Third Age
Book Chapter
Kydd, A., Fleming, A., Gardner, S., & Hafford-Letchfield, P. (2018)
Ageism in the Third Age. In L. Ayalon, & C. Tesch-Roemer (Eds.), Contemporary Perspectives on AgeismCham: Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_8
In the developed world, later life has brought more opportunities to contribute to society and pursue personal goals outside the role of paid work, combined with less stigma a...
Prescribing for the Oldest Old
Journal Article
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...
Defining Old
Presentation / Conference
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 ‘olde...
Ageism from the third age to the fourth age
Presentation / Conference
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
Presentation / Conference
Kydd, A. (2017, January)
Gerontology as a specialty. Presented at Winterschool, Winterthur Switzerland
No abstract available.
Quality of life in care: The resident's perspective
Journal Article
Kydd, A. (2005)
Quality of life in care: The resident's perspective. Nursing & residential care : the monthly journal for care assistants, nurses and managers working in health and social care, 7(1), 20-23. https://doi.org/10.12968/nrec.2005.7.1.17380
Angela Kydd reports on a study that asked older people about their lives. Of those surveyed, 13 were in hospital waiting to be moved to a care home and eight were in settled c...
Strategies to personalize care for older people
Journal Article
Kydd, A. (2004)
Strategies to personalize care for older people. Nursing & residential care : the monthly journal for care assistants, nurses and managers working in health and social care, 6(7), 331-333. https://doi.org/10.12968/nrec.2004.6.7.13243
Lack of time and resources can make the provision of person-centred care difficult to achieve. Angela Kydd suggests ways to think creatively about working within existing reso...