Ana Paula Gil
Biographic Data
| ID | 1787429 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ana Paula Gil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ana Paula |
| FAMILY NAME | Gil |
| SIGNATURE | GIL A P |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6728-7689 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Itineraries and contradictions of a family policy: The Informal Caregiver Statute in Portugal
The article’s aim is to analyse the way in which informal care has become the object of public policy in Portugal. The law is compared with those of other European countries, and the article identifies issues around the framing of the law and where it leads to adverse consequences and social risks to family carers. Two focus groups were conducted with caregivers. A thematic content analysis allowed the identification of difficult caregiving exper…
(In)Decent work conditions and quality care: An issue for long-term care policy
The availability of informal care will remain a key factor influencing future demand for formal services and the analysis cannot be dissociated from formal care. Based on the ‘unpaid care work–paid work–paid care work circle’, proposed by the International Labour Office, this paper focuses on the individual, interpersonal and organisational determinants that most influence quality care. This paper is based on 40 semi-structured interviews with ca…
Elder abuse and neglect in nursing homes as a reciprocal process: The view from the perspective of care workers
Purpose Reciprocal abuse inside care practices remain under-studied due to their invisibility and further research is required. The purpose of this paper is to explore different levels of conflicts inside organisations. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a self-administered questionnaire filled out by care workers (n = 150), in 16 Portuguese care homes. Findings Results indicated that, overall, 54.7% of care workers had observed ab…
Estudo de validação em Portugal de uma versão reduzida da Escala de Depressão Geriátrica
As propriedades psicométricas da versão reduzida (5 itens) da Escala de Depressão Geriátrica (GDS), instrumento de avaliação da depressão junto de pessoas idosas, foram examinadas em duas amostras de pessoas com 60 e mais anos. A validade concorrente, a especificidade e a sensibilidade foram obtidas contra o Inventário de Depressão do Beck (IDB-II) numa amostra de 66 indivíduos (média das idades de 70 anos), enquanto a validade da estrutura fator…
Quality procedures and complaints: Nursing homes in Portugal
Purpose In most European countries there is a range of quality control system mechanisms, however, poor quality and institutional violence can be found in the residential sector. Taking Portugal as an example of a country that uses an inspection-only approach, this paper focuses on the monitoring system for controlling the quality of care in nursing homes. The purpose of this paper is to analyse how mistreatment of older people is identified and …
Winner, IJCC & Transforming Care conference 2017 Best Paper award: Care and mistreatment – two sides of the same coin? An exploratory study of three Portuguese care homes
The quality of care practices is still a central issue for long-term care policy. Following seven signs used to evaluate care practices, this article presents the initial results of ongoing research carried out in three Portuguese care homes in 2017. The article uses mixed methods (24 interviews and a data survey), based on the perspectives of care workers, professional staff and managers. The findings highlight the non-recognition of care work, …
Older adults' emotional reactions to elder abuse: Individual and victimisation determinants
Elder abuse has been gaining public, state, and scientific attention for the past 40 years, but research focusing on emotional reactions of older adults to victimisation is still scarce. The study describes the emotions and feelings of older adults who experienced abuse in a community setting, and the association between these emotions and individual or abuse characteristics. The cross-sectional study comprises 510 older adults who were identifie…
Psychological elder abuse: Measuring severity levels or potential family conflicts
Purpose Psychological elder abuse (PEA) assessment is described with different thresholds. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the prevalence of PEA and the phenomenon’s characterisation varied using two different thresholds. Design/methodology/approach Participants from the cross-sectional population-based study, Aging and Violence ( n =1,123), answered three questions regarding PEA. The less strict measure considered PEA as a positive r…
Development of a culture sensitive prevalence study on older adults violence: Qualitative methods contribution
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reflect on how qualitative approaches can improve a prevalence study on older adults’ violence. The paper describes how qualitative data can help frame a complex and multidimensional problem, such as older adults’ violence, within the culture where it happens and therefore prevent two risks present in prevalence studies: underestimation and overestimation. Design/methodology/approach – To adequately measu…
Estudo sobre pessoas idosas vítimas de violência em Portugal: Sociografia Da Ocorrência
O presente artigo apresenta dados sobre violência contra pessoas com 60 e mais anos residentes em Portugal há mais de 12 meses. O estudo transversal e descritivo recolheu dados por meio de um questionário aplicado presencialmente a vítimas que recorreram a três entidades governamentais e a uma instituição não-governamental de apoio a vítimas. A amostra não probabilística foi constituída por 510 vítimas de violência em contexto familiar. A violênc…
Automation in heritage - Parametric and associative design strategies to model inaccessible monuments: The case-study of eighteenth-century Lisbon Águas Livres Aqueduct
The prevalence of violence towards the elderly: A critical review of the literature
The studies on the prevalence of violence towards the elderly in a family context that have been conducted in the last thirty years, especially in Europe and Anglo-Saxon countries, are not sufficiently elucidative. This is due to shortcomings in both the definition of their theoretical models and their operative concepts. The authors of this article have systematically reviewed the literature and identified a diversity of definitions and research…
Quality procedures and complaints: Nursing homes in Portugal
Purpose In most European countries there is a range of quality control system mechanisms, however, poor quality and institutional violence can be found in the residential sector. Taking Portugal as an example of a country that uses an inspection-only approach, this paper focuses on the monitoring system for controlling the quality of care in nursing homes. The purpose of this paper is to analyse how mistreatment of older people is identified and …
(In)Decent work conditions and quality care: An issue for long-term care policy
The availability of informal care will remain a key factor influencing future demand for formal services and the analysis cannot be dissociated from formal care. Based on the ‘unpaid care work–paid work–paid care work circle’, proposed by the International Labour Office, this paper focuses on the individual, interpersonal and organisational determinants that most influence quality care. This paper is based on 40 semi-structured interviews with ca…
Winner, IJCC & Transforming Care conference 2017 Best Paper award: Care and mistreatment – two sides of the same coin? An exploratory study of three Portuguese care homes
The quality of care practices is still a central issue for long-term care policy. Following seven signs used to evaluate care practices, this article presents the initial results of ongoing research carried out in three Portuguese care homes in 2017. The article uses mixed methods (24 interviews and a data survey), based on the perspectives of care workers, professional staff and managers. The findings highlight the non-recognition of care work, …
Automation in heritage - Parametric and associative design strategies to model inaccessible monuments: The case-study of eighteenth-century Lisbon Águas Livres Aqueduct
Development of a culture sensitive prevalence study on older adults violence: Qualitative methods contribution
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reflect on how qualitative approaches can improve a prevalence study on older adults’ violence. The paper describes how qualitative data can help frame a complex and multidimensional problem, such as older adults’ violence, within the culture where it happens and therefore prevent two risks present in prevalence studies: underestimation and overestimation. Design/methodology/approach – To adequately measu…
Estudo sobre pessoas idosas vítimas de violência em Portugal: Sociografia Da Ocorrência
O presente artigo apresenta dados sobre violência contra pessoas com 60 e mais anos residentes em Portugal há mais de 12 meses. O estudo transversal e descritivo recolheu dados por meio de um questionário aplicado presencialmente a vítimas que recorreram a três entidades governamentais e a uma instituição não-governamental de apoio a vítimas. A amostra não probabilística foi constituída por 510 vítimas de violência em contexto familiar. A violênc…
The prevalence of violence towards the elderly: A critical review of the literature
The studies on the prevalence of violence towards the elderly in a family context that have been conducted in the last thirty years, especially in Europe and Anglo-Saxon countries, are not sufficiently elucidative. This is due to shortcomings in both the definition of their theoretical models and their operative concepts. The authors of this article have systematically reviewed the literature and identified a diversity of definitions and research…
Automation in heritage - Parametric and associative design strategies to model inaccessible monuments: The case-study of eighteenth-century Lisbon Águas Livres Aqueduct
Development of a culture sensitive prevalence study on older adults violence: Qualitative methods contribution
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reflect on how qualitative approaches can improve a prevalence study on older adults’ violence. The paper describes how qualitative data can help frame a complex and multidimensional problem, such as older adults’ violence, within the culture where it happens and therefore prevent two risks present in prevalence studies: underestimation and overestimation. Design/methodology/approach – To adequately measu…
Estudo sobre pessoas idosas vítimas de violência em Portugal: Sociografia Da Ocorrência
O presente artigo apresenta dados sobre violência contra pessoas com 60 e mais anos residentes em Portugal há mais de 12 meses. O estudo transversal e descritivo recolheu dados por meio de um questionário aplicado presencialmente a vítimas que recorreram a três entidades governamentais e a uma instituição não-governamental de apoio a vítimas. A amostra não probabilística foi constituída por 510 vítimas de violência em contexto familiar. A violênc…
Psychological elder abuse: Measuring severity levels or potential family conflicts
Purpose Psychological elder abuse (PEA) assessment is described with different thresholds. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the prevalence of PEA and the phenomenon’s characterisation varied using two different thresholds. Design/methodology/approach Participants from the cross-sectional population-based study, Aging and Violence ( n =1,123), answered three questions regarding PEA. The less strict measure considered PEA as a positive r…
Winner, IJCC & Transforming Care conference 2017 Best Paper award: Care and mistreatment – two sides of the same coin? An exploratory study of three Portuguese care homes
The quality of care practices is still a central issue for long-term care policy. Following seven signs used to evaluate care practices, this article presents the initial results of ongoing research carried out in three Portuguese care homes in 2017. The article uses mixed methods (24 interviews and a data survey), based on the perspectives of care workers, professional staff and managers. The findings highlight the non-recognition of care work, …
Older adults' emotional reactions to elder abuse: Individual and victimisation determinants
Elder abuse has been gaining public, state, and scientific attention for the past 40 years, but research focusing on emotional reactions of older adults to victimisation is still scarce. The study describes the emotions and feelings of older adults who experienced abuse in a community setting, and the association between these emotions and individual or abuse characteristics. The cross-sectional study comprises 510 older adults who were identifie…
Estudo de validação em Portugal de uma versão reduzida da Escala de Depressão Geriátrica
As propriedades psicométricas da versão reduzida (5 itens) da Escala de Depressão Geriátrica (GDS), instrumento de avaliação da depressão junto de pessoas idosas, foram examinadas em duas amostras de pessoas com 60 e mais anos. A validade concorrente, a especificidade e a sensibilidade foram obtidas contra o Inventário de Depressão do Beck (IDB-II) numa amostra de 66 indivíduos (média das idades de 70 anos), enquanto a validade da estrutura fator…
Quality procedures and complaints: Nursing homes in Portugal
Purpose In most European countries there is a range of quality control system mechanisms, however, poor quality and institutional violence can be found in the residential sector. Taking Portugal as an example of a country that uses an inspection-only approach, this paper focuses on the monitoring system for controlling the quality of care in nursing homes. The purpose of this paper is to analyse how mistreatment of older people is identified and …
Elder abuse and neglect in nursing homes as a reciprocal process: The view from the perspective of care workers
Purpose Reciprocal abuse inside care practices remain under-studied due to their invisibility and further research is required. The purpose of this paper is to explore different levels of conflicts inside organisations. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a self-administered questionnaire filled out by care workers (n = 150), in 16 Portuguese care homes. Findings Results indicated that, overall, 54.7% of care workers had observed ab…
(In)Decent work conditions and quality care: An issue for long-term care policy
The availability of informal care will remain a key factor influencing future demand for formal services and the analysis cannot be dissociated from formal care. Based on the ‘unpaid care work–paid work–paid care work circle’, proposed by the International Labour Office, this paper focuses on the individual, interpersonal and organisational determinants that most influence quality care. This paper is based on 40 semi-structured interviews with ca…
Itineraries and contradictions of a family policy: The Informal Caregiver Statute in Portugal
The article’s aim is to analyse the way in which informal care has become the object of public policy in Portugal. The law is compared with those of other European countries, and the article identifies issues around the framing of the law and where it leads to adverse consequences and social risks to family carers. Two focus groups were conducted with caregivers. A thematic content analysis allowed the identification of difficult caregiving exper…
Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Elder Abuse and Neglect (7 works) · Poison control (5 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)