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A partial validation of the WHOQOL-OLD in a sample of older people in South Africa
(Co-action Publishing, 2015)
Background: This paper describes the psychometric properties of the WHOQOL–OLD, an add–on module to" the World Health Organization s Quality of Life measure for older people in a South African sample. The WHOQOL–OLD ...
Perceptions of effective relationships in an institutional care setting for older people
(2014)
Effective relationships are reciprocal caring, warm, satisfying and trusting and enable people to maintain relative comfort, security and freedom from anxiety (Brownie & Hortsmanshof, 2012; Ryff & Singer, 1998; Smith–Acuña, ...
The nature of quality of life in residential care facilities: the case of White older South Africans
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)
This study describes the nature of quality of life (QoL) from the perspective of older South Africans (n = 41) in residential care facilities (female =75%; age range 62 95 years). The residents participated in individual ...
A conceptual model of quality of life for older people in residential care facilities in South Africa
(Springer, 2015)
This study explored older people s construction of quality of life (QoL) whilst living in a residential care facility. Six domains related to QoL were derived from a larger qualitative inquiry that employed multiple data ...
Mental Health workers' coping strategies in dealing with continuous secondary trauma
(Unisa Press Host: Dept Social Work, UJ, 2015)
This study explored the coping strategies of mental health workers (MHWs) who are dealing continuously with traumatised children (younger than 18) and their families/caregivers. A convenience sample was used to recruit ...
"Here we help each other": sense of community of people subjected to forced removals
(Taylor & Francis; NISC, 2013)
This study examined the sense of community of people with experience of forced removals in a South African setting.
The participants were 200 – 108 men (54%) and 92 women (46%) between 18 and 61 years of age and selected ...
African migrants' experiences of xenophobic violence in South Africa: a relational approach
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
This study explores the experiences of African migrants in relation to South African citizens in the course of xenophobic
violence in South Africa. In a secondary data analysis of a larger research project, 44 migrants ...
(Re)creating community: experiences of older women forcibly relocated during apartheid
(Wiley, 2014)
This article explores sense of community with a group of older African women, who were forcibly relocated during apartheid. The situation of a marginalised group, with a history of disconnection from younger generations ...
Ethics and intergenerational programming: a critical reflection on historic environment education in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
This article critically reflects on the ethical issues that emerged from an intergenerational project in post-Apartheid South Africa. An international organization from outside the South African borders utilized Time Travel ...
A psycho-diagnostic tool for psychotherapy: Interactional Pattern Analysis (IPA)
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
This article proposes a description of a psycho-diagnostic tool for psychotherapists, the Interactional Pattern Analysis
(IPA). Sixteen interpersonal variables are proposed to describe the observable behaviour that ...