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Papers by Julie Reis
Self-neglect can be understood as the failure to engage in those activities which a given culture... more Self-neglect can be understood as the failure to engage in those activities which a given culture deems necessary to maintain a socially accepted standard of personal and household hygiene and carry out those activities needed to maintain health status. It has been articulated that ...
As is the case with many western countries, the Australian population is becoming increasingly ag... more As is the case with many western countries, the Australian population is becoming increasingly aged, with research indicating this situation as being more pronounced in rural areas. In rural communities, older people have been identified as being at a higher nutritional risk than their city counterparts. Nutrition is affected by physiological, psychological, socioeconomic and social factors. For older rural people, socioeconomic disadvantages are exacerbated not only due to factors associated with ageing, but also due to “determinants of health” such as disengagement from the workforce, reduced income, lack of transport, and more limited access to services such as health and aged care services. In addition, changes in family and community relationships (for example loss of a spouse, children leaving to work in cities and retirement) impact upon the ability of individuals to cope with day to day tasks. These issues contribute to the context for considering how socialisation around food consumption and preparation impact well-being for rural older adults.
Whilst literature recognises the importance of social factors in the nutrition of older people, particularly in aged-care facilities, there has been little focus on the social context of food on the nutritional status and general wellbeing of older people in rural communities. This paper will discuss preliminary findings from research that explores the food habits of older people living in rural and regional areas of Australia. Participants in the study reside in retirement villages in the regional township of Mount Gambier where residents make their own choices about food preparation and consumption.
As is the case with many western countries, the Australian population is becoming increasingly ag... more As is the case with many western countries, the Australian population is becoming increasingly aged, with research indicating this situation as being more pronounced in rural areas. In rural communities, older people have been identified as being at a higher nutritional risk than their city counterparts. Nutrition is affected by physiological, psychological, socioeconomic and social factors. For older rural people, socioeconomic disadvantages are exacerbated not only due to factors associated with ageing, but also due to “determinants of health” such as disengagement from the workforce, reduced income, lack of transport, and more limited access to services such as health and aged care services. In addition, changes in family and community relationships (for example loss of a spouse, children leaving to work in cities and retirement) impact upon the ability of individuals to cope with day to day tasks. These issues contribute to the context for considering how socialisation around food consumption and preparation impact well-being for rural older adults.
Whilst literature recognises the importance of social factors in the nutrition of older people, particularly in aged-care facilities, there has been little focus on the social context of food on the nutritional status and general wellbeing of older people in rural communities. This paper will discuss preliminary findings from research that explores the food habits of older people living in rural and regional areas of Australia. Participants in the study reside in retirement villages in the regional township of Mount Gambier where residents make their own choices about food preparation and consumption.
Self-neglect can be understood as the failure to engage in those activities which a given culture... more Self-neglect can be understood as the failure to engage in those activities which a given culture deems necessary to maintain a socially accepted standard of personal and household hygiene and carry out those activities needed to maintain health status. It has been articulated that ...
Rural Society, Jan 1, 2001
Abstract This paper provides a preliminary analysis of research being undertaken in the Central Q... more Abstract This paper provides a preliminary analysis of research being undertaken in the Central Queensland region exploring beef as a commodity. The research takes as its starting point the desirability of understanding the relationships between production and ...
apcei.catl.uwa.edu.au
Since the rise of audit culture within Australian tertiary institutions, Student Evaluation of Te... more Since the rise of audit culture within Australian tertiary institutions, Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) questionnaires are widely used to provide evidence of quality teaching and to provide feedback about teaching effectiveness of academic teaching staff. Whilst the literature pertaining to SET as a tool for measuring teaching quality is extensive, enquiries pertaining to the relationship between SET, academic integrity, and ethical and professional obligations are lacking. Anecdotal evidence exists to support the notion for a potential loss of academic integrity amongst academic teaching staff, especially when SET questionnaires are used as performance management tools that can determine employment and career paths. For nursing academics, there is an obligation to both the profession and to society in general to ensure that their graduating students will be safe and competent practitioners. Using an ethical principles framework, this paper presents a hypothetical ethical dilemma in order to highlight what could happen if teachers of undergraduate nursing students were to manipulate SET in order to demonstrate their individual teaching quality.
HIC 2005 and HINZ 2005: Proceedings, Jan 1, 2005
Abstract: Objectives: This paper introduces research in progress and reports preliminary results ... more Abstract: Objectives: This paper introduces research in progress and reports preliminary results corresponding to research conducted with Remote Area Nurses (RANs) in Australia regarding the extent to which computer based information technologies are utilised to support ...
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In Western economies, advances in health and medicine have extended human life expectancies at th... more In Western economies, advances in health and medicine have extended human life expectancies at the same time as birth rates have declined. The emerging skewed older population demographic has many consequences for housing, health care and economic development. These issues are global concerns with different impacts across city and regional locations as older citizens often become removed from increasingly mobile extended families. This chapter reports on outcomes from a study of the relationships between food, nutrition, and well being for citizens living in two regional Australian retirement villages. Research initially focussed on the presumed importance for older adults of socialisation opportunities that food and food preparation provide for nutritional wellbeing. This presumption was dispelled by the combination of traditional research methodologies with a guided narrative inquiry, auto-ethnographic approach that recognises the importance of time, personal contexts, and space. Described is how the survey collection process and subsequent focus groups provided temporal and personal insights to assist with reflective data interpretation. The 'culture' and social mores of the retirement village community allowed data to be considered in ways that have proved more meaningful. Beginning with perspectives derived from broad-based literature about nutritional intake, food socialisation, and well-being for older adults, a narrative about the experience or 'stories' of data collection embedded within time and place is revealed.
Self-neglect can be understood as the failure to engage in those activities which a given culture... more Self-neglect can be understood as the failure to engage in those activities which a given culture deems necessary to maintain a socially accepted standard of personal and household hygiene and carry out those activities needed to maintain health status. It has been articulated that ...
As is the case with many western countries, the Australian population is becoming increasingly ag... more As is the case with many western countries, the Australian population is becoming increasingly aged, with research indicating this situation as being more pronounced in rural areas. In rural communities, older people have been identified as being at a higher nutritional risk than their city counterparts. Nutrition is affected by physiological, psychological, socioeconomic and social factors. For older rural people, socioeconomic disadvantages are exacerbated not only due to factors associated with ageing, but also due to “determinants of health” such as disengagement from the workforce, reduced income, lack of transport, and more limited access to services such as health and aged care services. In addition, changes in family and community relationships (for example loss of a spouse, children leaving to work in cities and retirement) impact upon the ability of individuals to cope with day to day tasks. These issues contribute to the context for considering how socialisation around food consumption and preparation impact well-being for rural older adults.
Whilst literature recognises the importance of social factors in the nutrition of older people, particularly in aged-care facilities, there has been little focus on the social context of food on the nutritional status and general wellbeing of older people in rural communities. This paper will discuss preliminary findings from research that explores the food habits of older people living in rural and regional areas of Australia. Participants in the study reside in retirement villages in the regional township of Mount Gambier where residents make their own choices about food preparation and consumption.
As is the case with many western countries, the Australian population is becoming increasingly ag... more As is the case with many western countries, the Australian population is becoming increasingly aged, with research indicating this situation as being more pronounced in rural areas. In rural communities, older people have been identified as being at a higher nutritional risk than their city counterparts. Nutrition is affected by physiological, psychological, socioeconomic and social factors. For older rural people, socioeconomic disadvantages are exacerbated not only due to factors associated with ageing, but also due to “determinants of health” such as disengagement from the workforce, reduced income, lack of transport, and more limited access to services such as health and aged care services. In addition, changes in family and community relationships (for example loss of a spouse, children leaving to work in cities and retirement) impact upon the ability of individuals to cope with day to day tasks. These issues contribute to the context for considering how socialisation around food consumption and preparation impact well-being for rural older adults.
Whilst literature recognises the importance of social factors in the nutrition of older people, particularly in aged-care facilities, there has been little focus on the social context of food on the nutritional status and general wellbeing of older people in rural communities. This paper will discuss preliminary findings from research that explores the food habits of older people living in rural and regional areas of Australia. Participants in the study reside in retirement villages in the regional township of Mount Gambier where residents make their own choices about food preparation and consumption.
Self-neglect can be understood as the failure to engage in those activities which a given culture... more Self-neglect can be understood as the failure to engage in those activities which a given culture deems necessary to maintain a socially accepted standard of personal and household hygiene and carry out those activities needed to maintain health status. It has been articulated that ...
Rural Society, Jan 1, 2001
Abstract This paper provides a preliminary analysis of research being undertaken in the Central Q... more Abstract This paper provides a preliminary analysis of research being undertaken in the Central Queensland region exploring beef as a commodity. The research takes as its starting point the desirability of understanding the relationships between production and ...
apcei.catl.uwa.edu.au
Since the rise of audit culture within Australian tertiary institutions, Student Evaluation of Te... more Since the rise of audit culture within Australian tertiary institutions, Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) questionnaires are widely used to provide evidence of quality teaching and to provide feedback about teaching effectiveness of academic teaching staff. Whilst the literature pertaining to SET as a tool for measuring teaching quality is extensive, enquiries pertaining to the relationship between SET, academic integrity, and ethical and professional obligations are lacking. Anecdotal evidence exists to support the notion for a potential loss of academic integrity amongst academic teaching staff, especially when SET questionnaires are used as performance management tools that can determine employment and career paths. For nursing academics, there is an obligation to both the profession and to society in general to ensure that their graduating students will be safe and competent practitioners. Using an ethical principles framework, this paper presents a hypothetical ethical dilemma in order to highlight what could happen if teachers of undergraduate nursing students were to manipulate SET in order to demonstrate their individual teaching quality.
HIC 2005 and HINZ 2005: Proceedings, Jan 1, 2005
Abstract: Objectives: This paper introduces research in progress and reports preliminary results ... more Abstract: Objectives: This paper introduces research in progress and reports preliminary results corresponding to research conducted with Remote Area Nurses (RANs) in Australia regarding the extent to which computer based information technologies are utilised to support ...
In Western economies, advances in health and medicine have extended human life expectancies at th... more In Western economies, advances in health and medicine have extended human life expectancies at the same time as birth rates have declined. The emerging skewed older population demographic has many consequences for housing, health care and economic development. These issues are global concerns with different impacts across city and regional locations as older citizens often become removed from increasingly mobile extended families. This chapter reports on outcomes from a study of the relationships between food, nutrition, and well being for citizens living in two regional Australian retirement villages. Research initially focussed on the presumed importance for older adults of socialisation opportunities that food and food preparation provide for nutritional wellbeing. This presumption was dispelled by the combination of traditional research methodologies with a guided narrative inquiry, auto-ethnographic approach that recognises the importance of time, personal contexts, and space. Described is how the survey collection process and subsequent focus groups provided temporal and personal insights to assist with reflective data interpretation. The 'culture' and social mores of the retirement village community allowed data to be considered in ways that have proved more meaningful. Beginning with perspectives derived from broad-based literature about nutritional intake, food socialisation, and well-being for older adults, a narrative about the experience or 'stories' of data collection embedded within time and place is revealed.