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| Systematic review of aged care interventions for older prisoners | | Author(s) | Bruce A Stevens, Rhonda Shaw, Peter Bewert |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 37, no 1, March 2018 |
| Publisher | Wiley, March 2018 |
| Pages | pp 34-42 |
| Source | http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Prisoners ; Ageing process ; Needs [elderly] ; Services ; Evaluation ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Aged care intervention in prisons is a growing problem. In this study a systematic review was conducted following preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines. A total of 1,186 abstracts were screened for inclusion. Quantitative and qualitative studies were included. Of these, two quantitative studies and five qualitative studies examined aged care interventions. An intervention involving physical health activities was not effective in reducing distress compared to a control, and an intervention of psychosocial, physical and spiritual health activities for veterans was not effective when compared to a comparison group. Qualitative analysis generated themes that applied to best practices: addressing older prisoners' needs, identifying barriers for older prisoners and staff, considering the prison culture, programme delivery and cultivating older prisoners and staff attitudes. Overall this review found no significant interventions in prisons, however the qualitative findings showed evidence of best practice. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180406212 A |
| Classmark | TGF: BG: IK: I: 4C: 64A |
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