Recent publications from the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology for 2008 include:

2008

Gannon, B. “Total Factor Productivity Growth of Hospitals in Ireland: A non-parametric approach” Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 15(2):131-135. 2008

Gannon, B. “The Influence of Economic Incentives on Reported Disability”, Health Economics, Online.2008

Gannon, B. O’Shea, E. and E. Hudson, “Economic cost of falls and fractures among older people in Ireland”, Irish Medical Journal, Vol. 101(6). 2008

O’Shea, E., Gannon, B. and B. Kennelly, “Eliciting Preferences for Resource Allocation in Mental Health Care in Ireland”, Health Policy, Online. 2008

O’Shea, E., Kennelly, B. The Economics of Mental Health Care in Ireland. Dublin: Mental Health Commission 2008.

O’Shea, E with K. Murphy et al.End-of-life Care for Older People in Acute and Long-Stay Care Settings in Ireland. Dublin, National Council on Ageing and Older People 2008.

O'Shea, E (with K. Murphy and A. Cooney). Quality of life for older people living in long-stay settings in Ireland. Journal of Clinical Nursing Vol. 16, No. 11, p 2167-2170, Forthcoming, 2008 (Online Early Articles) doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01865.x

O'Shea, E (with K. Murphy and A. Cooney). Managers’ perceptions of quality of life of older people living in long-stay care in Ireland: is it time for a bill of rights?  Journal of Gerontological Nursing, In press, 2008.

O'Shea E (with N. Kennedy et al.).Inpatient and Outpatient Rehabilitation for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Clinical and Economic Assessment. Journal of Medical Economics, In press, 2008.

Walsh, K. and O'Shea, E. Responding to Rural Social Care Needs: Older People Empowering Themselves, Others and Their Community. Health and Place. In press, 2008.

Walsh, K. and O'Shea, E. Voluntary Care for Older People: Policy and Practice Concerns. Administration. In press, 2008.

McLean, A. Book review of Old Age in a New Age: the promise of transformative nursing homes, forthcoming in Medical Anthropology Quarterly.

McLean, A. Beyond the Institution: Dementia Care and the Promise of the Green House Project, forthcoming in  Jay Sokolovsky, ed., in The Cultural Context of Aging: Worldwide Perspectives, 3rd edition. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey.

Walsh, K. Waldmann, T. (2008). The influence of nursing home residency on the capacities of low-dependency older adults. Ageing & Mental Health. Article In Press.

O'Shea, E (with K. Murphy, D. Casey and A. Cooney) The perceptions and health factors that affect function after stroke. British Journal of Community Nursing 2008

O’Shea, E. in J. McDonagh, T, Varley and S. Shorthall (eds). Rural ageing and public policy in Ireland. Living Countryside (in press), 2008.

ICSG Working Papers 2008:

Gannon, B. and K. Walsh ‘Neighbourhood context and the onset of disability among older people in Ireland’ WP-ICSG-2008-01.

McLean, A.(with Pendergast, D.) Technology Research for Independent Living, WP-ICSG-2008-02

McLean, A.  The Fear of Dementia: the threat to full citizenship, WP-ICSG-2008-03

McLean,A. Sustaining Personhood in the Community:  Visible and Invisible Resources, WP-ICSG-2008-04

McLean, A.   Homeliness - Smart home: Independence or isolation for the elderly? WP-ICSG-2008-05

McLean, A. (with Roberts, S.)  Environmental Press of “Empty” Space and Visibility of the Null among Older Persons:  Consequences for Health and Well-being, WP-ICSG-2008-06

McLean, A., Traversing Dynamic Zones of Visibility and Invisibility in Person-Environment Relations:  Implications for understanding intergroup penetration and identity (trans)/formation, WP-ICSG-2008-07

O’Shea, E. and Walsh, K. The Role of Migrant Health and Social Care Workers in Ageing Societies: The Irish Context. WP-ICSG-2008-08

Walsh, K. Ageing & Imprisonment: Inmate, Institution and Community Perspectives. WP-ICSG-2008-09

Walsh, K. Geographies of Age and Older Adult Well-Being: A Review of the Irish Context. WP-ICSG-2008-10

Gannon, B and Cullinan, J. Exploring the relationship between cost of disability and standard of living. WP-ICSG-2008-11

Ni Leime, A. and O’Shea, E., Impact of participation in creative activity on well-being and community participation among older adults in Ireland. WP-ICSG-2008-12

Mclean, A., Ethical Frontiers of ICT with Older Users:  Issues of Homeliness. WP-ICSG-2008-13

Callan, A., Health and Social Care Policy for Older People: The Irish Context. WP-ICSG-2008-14

Callan, A., Willingness to Pay for Technology. Findings from an Irish Pilot Study WP-ICSG-2008-15

Carney. G. 'Citizenship and structured dependency: the implications of policy design for senior political power' which is currently under review with Ageing and Society. WP-ICSG-2008-16

Carney G. 'Ageing States and Market Failure: can social entrepreneurship offer a third way?' to be presented at the IAGG in July 2009. WP-ICSG-2008-17

Carney, G. and Walsh, K. “Finding solutions in the social economy: examining the potential of older people as social entrepreneurs”  WP-ICSG-2008-18

Carney, G. “After the Celtic Tiger: Can Social Partnership Innovate to Cater for an Ageing Population” to be presented at the Irish Social Science Platform conference, Dublin, September 2008. WP-ICSG-2008-19

Bailey C, Sheehan C, Mclean A ‘Older Adults, ICT and Technology:  Users’ Perspectives’  conference proceedings from Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, Launch Conference,  Dublin 2007 WP-ICSG-2008-20

Bailey C  et al  Place matters!: Experiential Environments and Technologies for Independent Living,  in preparation for Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, London, August 2008 WP-ICSG-2008-21

Bailey, C. Older Persons, Falls and Use of Home Space.WP-ICSG-2008-22

Ní Léime A. The Management of Dying and Death in Acute and Long-Stay Care Settings in Ireland: Communication, Culture and Care.  WP-ICSG-2008-23

Gannon, B. Davin B. Use of formal and informal care services among older people in Ireland and France. WP-ICSG-2008-24