Kevin J Mckee
Biographic Data
| ID | 300404 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin J Mckee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin J |
| FAMILY NAME | Mckee |
| SIGNATURE | MCKEE K J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalarna University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8795-7555 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Positive and Negative Experiences of Caring Among Adolescent Young Carers
Research has highlighted that adolescent young carers (AYCs) are in a vulnerable position due to their caring responsibilities being combined with the challenges of adolescence. However, caring among adolescents does not have to be a solely negative experience and positive experiences of caring can co‐exist. Identifying those factors that contribute to AYCs' positive or negative caring experiences is important if AYCs are to be offered appropriat…
Associations between caring activities and perceived health among adolescent young carers
Adolescent young carers (AYCs) face the challenges of adolescence while also having care responsibilities. Caring can negatively affect an adult carer's health, but there is less evidence on how caring affects AYCs, of whom there is little awareness among professionals. The aim of this survey study was to describe the AYCs' characteristics and investigate factors associated with their perceived health. School pupils aged 15-17 from 11 Swedish mun…
Factors associated with experiencing informal caregiving as demanding and ability to work among working carers: A national survey from Sweden
Informal carers in paid work are known as working carers (WKCs). This combination of care and work is particular to them, and their support needs may differ from other informal carers. This exploratory study describes the caregiving-related factors associated with experiencing caregiving as demanding and a decreased ability to work in WKCs. The Swedish National Carer Survey was conducted in a stratified random sample (N = 30,009) of the populatio…
Perceived Importance of Types and Characteristics of Support to Informal Caregivers among Spouse Caregivers of Persons with Dementia in Sweden: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire-Based Study
Informal caregivers play a crucial role in the care of individuals with dementia, and their caregiving may significantly impact their own health and well-being. This cross-sectional survey study focuses on the perceived importance of various types and characteristics of formal support in a convenience sample of caregivers aged 65 years or older (N = 175) caring for a spouse with dementia. Participants completed a questionnaire containing 17 items…
Older Adults’ Experiences, Worries and Preventive Measures Regarding Home Hazards: A Survey on Home Safety in Sweden
Home safety is important for preventing injuries and accidents among older adults living at home. Feeling safe at home is also essential for older adults' well-being. Thus, this study aimed to explore older adults' perceptions of safety in their homes by examining their experiences, worries and preventive measures in relation to a range of potential home-based health and safety hazards. The study was a national cross-sectional telephone survey of…
A systematic review of longitudinal risk factors for loneliness in older adults
Negative Impact and Positive Value of Caregiving in Spouse Carers of Persons with Dementia in Sweden
(1) Background: Spouse carers of persons with dementia (PwD) are particularly vulnerable to negative outcomes of care, yet research rarely focuses on their caregiving situation. This study explores factors associated with the positive value and negative impact of caregiving in spouse carers of PwD in Sweden. (2) Methods: The study was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey, with a convenience sample of spouse carers of PwD ( n = 163). The q…
The Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Older Adults’ Decision-Making Related to Health, and Health and Social Care Services in Daily Life—A Scoping Review
Information and communication technology (ICT) can potentially support older adults in making decisions and increase their involvement in decision-making processes. Although the range of technical products has expanded in various areas of society, knowledge is lacking on the influence that ICT has on older adults' decision-making in everyday situations. Based on the literature, we aimed to provide an overview of the role of ICT in home-dwelling o…
Dual-Task Tests Predict Conversion to Dementia—A Prospective Memory-Clinic-Based Cohort Study
The aim of this study was to investigate whether Timed Up-and-Go (TUG) dual-task (TUGdt) tests predict dementia incidence among patients with subjective or mild cognitive impairment (SCI; MCI). Other study objectives were to determine whether TUGdt improves dementia prediction compared to a) demographic characteristics and standard cognitive tests alone; and b) TUG and Verbal Fluency performed separately. Patients (n = 172, age range 39-91 years,…
The unreflective practitioner: A pilot study on functional stupidity and social work
This study’s aim was to operationalise and test a model of functional stupidity, a form of unreflective compliance, and explore its appropriateness for understanding how social workers comply with and motivate performing morally or professionally problematic tasks. A sample of 120 social workers from six municipalities in Sweden self-completed a questionnaire containing 20 Likert-type items denoting 10 ‘stupidity rationales’ within three reflecti…
Ready to deliver maternal and newborn care? Health providers’ perceptions of their work context in rural Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Deficiencies in the provision of evidence-based obstetric care are common in low-income countries, including Mozambique. Constraints relate to lack of human and financial resources and weak health systems, however limited resources alone do not explain the variance. Understanding the healthcare context ahead of implementing new interventions can inform the choice of strategies to achieve a successful implementation. The Context Assess…
Understanding help-seeking in older people with urinary incontinence: An interview study
The prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) increases with age and can negatively affect quality of life. However, relatively few older people with UI seek treatment. The aim of this study was to explore the views of older people with UI on the process of seeking help. Older people with UI were recruited to the study from three continence services in the north of England: a geriatrician-led hospital outpatient clinic (n = 18), a community-based n…
Predictors of loneliness among older women and men in Sweden: A national longitudinal study
OBJECTIVES: Longitudinal research on loneliness in old age has rarely considered loneliness separately for men and women, despite gender differences in life experiences. The objective of this study was to examine the extent to which older women and men (70+) report feelings of loneliness with a focus on: (a) changes in reported loneliness as people age, and (b) which factors predict loneliness. METHOD: Data from the 2004 and 2011 waves of SWEOLD,…
Correlates of social and emotional loneliness in older people: Evidence from an English community study
OBJECTIVES: Loneliness is an important influence on quality of life in old age and has been conceptualised as consisting of two dimensions, social and emotional. This article describes analyses that sought to produce models of social and emotional loneliness in older people, using demographic, psychological and health, and social variables. METHOD: Older people (aged 65+, n=1255) from the Barnsley metropolitan area of the United Kingdom were recr…
The relationship between building design and residents’ quality of life in extra care housing schemes
Experiences of Extra Care Housing Residents Aged Fifty-Five and Over with Home-Based Technology
Technological interventions could help older people live independently. In this study with 160 people aged 55 and over who were living in extra care housing in England we aimed to explore awareness of, access to, attitudes towards availability, and use of home-based technological (HBT) devices, and factors that influence the use of devices. A quantitatively designed and structured questionnaire was developed for this study. The majority of new HB…
Does the design of extra-care housing meet the needs of the residents? A focus group study
The study objective was to explore the views of residents and relatives concerning the physical design of extra-care housing. Five focus groups were conducted with residents in four extra-care schemes in England. One focus group was carried out with relatives of residents from a fifth scheme. Schemes were purposively sampled to represent size, type, and resident tenure. Data were analysed thematically using NVivo 8. Two over-arching themes emerge…
Evolve: A tool for evaluating the design of older people's housing
EVOLVE is a tool for evaluating the design of housing for older people. It is used to assess how well a building contributes to the physical support and personal well-being of older people. Developed from research into extra care housing, it can be used for a variety of building types, including sheltered housing and individual private houses. The tool can be used by architects, housing providers, commissioners, researchers and individual tenants…
Socio-demographic, health-related and psychosocial correlates of fear of falling and avoidance of activity in community-living older persons who avoid activity due to fear of falling
Psychosocial variables did not contribute independently to the difference between mild and severe fear of falling and to the difference between mild and severe avoidance of activity due to fear of falling. Although knowledge about the unique associations of specific variables with levels of severe fear of falling and avoidance of activity is of interest for theoretical reasons, knowledge of univariate association may also help to specify the conc…
The quality of life of older and younger people who receive renal replacement therapy
The use of age as a criterion for the allocation of medical resources has been extensively debated internationally. This paper describes a study of the significance of age for the quality of life (QoL) of older and younger people with end-stage renal failure (ESRF) and in receipt of renal replacement therapy (RRT). The study has two components: a structured literature review to characterise the QoL and health-status measurement instruments that h…
Quality of life and building design in residential and nursing homes for older people
Older people living in residential and nursing care homes spend a large proportion of their time within the boundaries of the home, and may depend on the environment to compensate for their physical or cognitive frailties. Regulations and guidelines on the design of care buildings have accumulated over time with little knowledge of their impact on the quality of life of building users. The Design in Caring Environments Study (DICE) collected cros…
Health, Fear of Crime and Psychosocial Functioning in Older People
Fear of crime is thought to limit social activity in older people. Sixty older people, recruited via day centres, were given questionnaire-based interviews. A series of questions produced two scales of crime awareness and a scale of perceived crime prevalence. Fear of crime was operationalized through a catastrophizing technique, and by a single-item measure of perceived safety. Physical health, mental health and psychosocial limitation were asse…
The willingness to continue caring in family supporters of older people
Research has revealed the importance of characteristics of the supporter, the care-recipient, and circumstances of caregiving in the success or failure of community-based care of older people. The Dundee Study of Carers and Dementia examined factors associated with the maintenance and care of older people in the community, and with the impact of dementia on family supporters. Two hundred and twenty-eight family supporters of community-resident ol…
Concern, perceived risk and attitudes towards HIV/Aids in Scottish prisons
Four hundred and eighty male prisoners and 500 male staff from 7 Scottish prisons took part in a study assessing perception of risk and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS. Prison staff were found to perceive prison as a higher-risk environment for HIV/AIDS than outside prison, whereas prisoners perceived the opposite. Prisoners perceived less personal risk of HIV/AIDS inside prison than staff. Staff and prisoner concern towards HIV/AIDS was greater than …
Improving Work Satisfaction amongst Nursing Staff and Quality of Care for Elderly Patients with Dementia: Some Policy Implications
This paper discusses the policy implications for encouraging a high quality of service provision in hospital for elderly people with dementia. Contemporary policy is examined and the continuing need for long-stay beds is highlighted, particularly in Scotland. The measurement of the quality of care in nursing is reviewed and concern is expressed over whether the patients or only the audit score will benefit from any change in practice. Ways of imp…
Health, Fear of Crime and Psychosocial Functioning in Older People
Fear of crime is thought to limit social activity in older people. Sixty older people, recruited via day centres, were given questionnaire-based interviews. A series of questions produced two scales of crime awareness and a scale of perceived crime prevalence. Fear of crime was operationalized through a catastrophizing technique, and by a single-item measure of perceived safety. Physical health, mental health and psychosocial limitation were asse…
Quality of life and building design in residential and nursing homes for older people
Older people living in residential and nursing care homes spend a large proportion of their time within the boundaries of the home, and may depend on the environment to compensate for their physical or cognitive frailties. Regulations and guidelines on the design of care buildings have accumulated over time with little knowledge of their impact on the quality of life of building users. The Design in Caring Environments Study (DICE) collected cros…
The relationship between building design and residents’ quality of life in extra care housing schemes
Evolve: A tool for evaluating the design of older people's housing
EVOLVE is a tool for evaluating the design of housing for older people. It is used to assess how well a building contributes to the physical support and personal well-being of older people. Developed from research into extra care housing, it can be used for a variety of building types, including sheltered housing and individual private houses. The tool can be used by architects, housing providers, commissioners, researchers and individual tenants…
Does the design of extra-care housing meet the needs of the residents? A focus group study
The study objective was to explore the views of residents and relatives concerning the physical design of extra-care housing. Five focus groups were conducted with residents in four extra-care schemes in England. One focus group was carried out with relatives of residents from a fifth scheme. Schemes were purposively sampled to represent size, type, and resident tenure. Data were analysed thematically using NVivo 8. Two over-arching themes emerge…
The unreflective practitioner: A pilot study on functional stupidity and social work
This study’s aim was to operationalise and test a model of functional stupidity, a form of unreflective compliance, and explore its appropriateness for understanding how social workers comply with and motivate performing morally or professionally problematic tasks. A sample of 120 social workers from six municipalities in Sweden self-completed a questionnaire containing 20 Likert-type items denoting 10 ‘stupidity rationales’ within three reflecti…
The willingness to continue caring in family supporters of older people
Research has revealed the importance of characteristics of the supporter, the care-recipient, and circumstances of caregiving in the success or failure of community-based care of older people. The Dundee Study of Carers and Dementia examined factors associated with the maintenance and care of older people in the community, and with the impact of dementia on family supporters. Two hundred and twenty-eight family supporters of community-resident ol…
Improving Work Satisfaction amongst Nursing Staff and Quality of Care for Elderly Patients with Dementia: Some Policy Implications
This paper discusses the policy implications for encouraging a high quality of service provision in hospital for elderly people with dementia. Contemporary policy is examined and the continuing need for long-stay beds is highlighted, particularly in Scotland. The measurement of the quality of care in nursing is reviewed and concern is expressed over whether the patients or only the audit score will benefit from any change in practice. Ways of imp…
Comparison of sexual behaviour and risk of HIV transmission of Scottish inmates, with or without a history of intravenous drug use
The sexual behaviour and intravenous drug use (IVDU) of a sample of 559 inmates (480 males and 79 females) was investigated. Sexual behaviour and IVDU prior to imprisonment, during imprisonment, and that expected after release, was assessed. Alterations in sexual behaviour as a means of HIV risk reduction was also assessed in relation to IVDU status. Prior to imprisonment most IVDUs and non-IVDUs engaged in unprotected intercourse. Sexual behavio…
Concern, perceived risk and attitudes towards HIV/Aids in Scottish prisons
Four hundred and eighty male prisoners and 500 male staff from 7 Scottish prisons took part in a study assessing perception of risk and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS. Prison staff were found to perceive prison as a higher-risk environment for HIV/AIDS than outside prison, whereas prisoners perceived the opposite. Prisoners perceived less personal risk of HIV/AIDS inside prison than staff. Staff and prisoner concern towards HIV/AIDS was greater than …
Improving Work Satisfaction amongst Nursing Staff and Quality of Care for Elderly Patients with Dementia: Some Policy Implications
This paper discusses the policy implications for encouraging a high quality of service provision in hospital for elderly people with dementia. Contemporary policy is examined and the continuing need for long-stay beds is highlighted, particularly in Scotland. The measurement of the quality of care in nursing is reviewed and concern is expressed over whether the patients or only the audit score will benefit from any change in practice. Ways of imp…
The willingness to continue caring in family supporters of older people
Research has revealed the importance of characteristics of the supporter, the care-recipient, and circumstances of caregiving in the success or failure of community-based care of older people. The Dundee Study of Carers and Dementia examined factors associated with the maintenance and care of older people in the community, and with the impact of dementia on family supporters. Two hundred and twenty-eight family supporters of community-resident ol…
Health, Fear of Crime and Psychosocial Functioning in Older People
Fear of crime is thought to limit social activity in older people. Sixty older people, recruited via day centres, were given questionnaire-based interviews. A series of questions produced two scales of crime awareness and a scale of perceived crime prevalence. Fear of crime was operationalized through a catastrophizing technique, and by a single-item measure of perceived safety. Physical health, mental health and psychosocial limitation were asse…
Quality of life and building design in residential and nursing homes for older people
Older people living in residential and nursing care homes spend a large proportion of their time within the boundaries of the home, and may depend on the environment to compensate for their physical or cognitive frailties. Regulations and guidelines on the design of care buildings have accumulated over time with little knowledge of their impact on the quality of life of building users. The Design in Caring Environments Study (DICE) collected cros…
The quality of life of older and younger people who receive renal replacement therapy
The use of age as a criterion for the allocation of medical resources has been extensively debated internationally. This paper describes a study of the significance of age for the quality of life (QoL) of older and younger people with end-stage renal failure (ESRF) and in receipt of renal replacement therapy (RRT). The study has two components: a structured literature review to characterise the QoL and health-status measurement instruments that h…
Socio-demographic, health-related and psychosocial correlates of fear of falling and avoidance of activity in community-living older persons who avoid activity due to fear of falling
Psychosocial variables did not contribute independently to the difference between mild and severe fear of falling and to the difference between mild and severe avoidance of activity due to fear of falling. Although knowledge about the unique associations of specific variables with levels of severe fear of falling and avoidance of activity is of interest for theoretical reasons, knowledge of univariate association may also help to specify the conc…
Evolve: A tool for evaluating the design of older people's housing
EVOLVE is a tool for evaluating the design of housing for older people. It is used to assess how well a building contributes to the physical support and personal well-being of older people. Developed from research into extra care housing, it can be used for a variety of building types, including sheltered housing and individual private houses. The tool can be used by architects, housing providers, commissioners, researchers and individual tenants…
Experiences of Extra Care Housing Residents Aged Fifty-Five and Over with Home-Based Technology
Technological interventions could help older people live independently. In this study with 160 people aged 55 and over who were living in extra care housing in England we aimed to explore awareness of, access to, attitudes towards availability, and use of home-based technological (HBT) devices, and factors that influence the use of devices. A quantitatively designed and structured questionnaire was developed for this study. The majority of new HB…
Does the design of extra-care housing meet the needs of the residents? A focus group study
The study objective was to explore the views of residents and relatives concerning the physical design of extra-care housing. Five focus groups were conducted with residents in four extra-care schemes in England. One focus group was carried out with relatives of residents from a fifth scheme. Schemes were purposively sampled to represent size, type, and resident tenure. Data were analysed thematically using NVivo 8. Two over-arching themes emerge…
The relationship between building design and residents’ quality of life in extra care housing schemes
Correlates of social and emotional loneliness in older people: Evidence from an English community study
OBJECTIVES: Loneliness is an important influence on quality of life in old age and has been conceptualised as consisting of two dimensions, social and emotional. This article describes analyses that sought to produce models of social and emotional loneliness in older people, using demographic, psychological and health, and social variables. METHOD: Older people (aged 65+, n=1255) from the Barnsley metropolitan area of the United Kingdom were recr…
Predictors of loneliness among older women and men in Sweden: A national longitudinal study
OBJECTIVES: Longitudinal research on loneliness in old age has rarely considered loneliness separately for men and women, despite gender differences in life experiences. The objective of this study was to examine the extent to which older women and men (70+) report feelings of loneliness with a focus on: (a) changes in reported loneliness as people age, and (b) which factors predict loneliness. METHOD: Data from the 2004 and 2011 waves of SWEOLD,…
Understanding help-seeking in older people with urinary incontinence: An interview study
The prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) increases with age and can negatively affect quality of life. However, relatively few older people with UI seek treatment. The aim of this study was to explore the views of older people with UI on the process of seeking help. Older people with UI were recruited to the study from three continence services in the north of England: a geriatrician-led hospital outpatient clinic (n = 18), a community-based n…
Ready to deliver maternal and newborn care? Health providers’ perceptions of their work context in rural Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Deficiencies in the provision of evidence-based obstetric care are common in low-income countries, including Mozambique. Constraints relate to lack of human and financial resources and weak health systems, however limited resources alone do not explain the variance. Understanding the healthcare context ahead of implementing new interventions can inform the choice of strategies to achieve a successful implementation. The Context Assess…
Dual-Task Tests Predict Conversion to Dementia—A Prospective Memory-Clinic-Based Cohort Study
The aim of this study was to investigate whether Timed Up-and-Go (TUG) dual-task (TUGdt) tests predict dementia incidence among patients with subjective or mild cognitive impairment (SCI; MCI). Other study objectives were to determine whether TUGdt improves dementia prediction compared to a) demographic characteristics and standard cognitive tests alone; and b) TUG and Verbal Fluency performed separately. Patients (n = 172, age range 39-91 years,…
The unreflective practitioner: A pilot study on functional stupidity and social work
This study’s aim was to operationalise and test a model of functional stupidity, a form of unreflective compliance, and explore its appropriateness for understanding how social workers comply with and motivate performing morally or professionally problematic tasks. A sample of 120 social workers from six municipalities in Sweden self-completed a questionnaire containing 20 Likert-type items denoting 10 ‘stupidity rationales’ within three reflecti…
The Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Older Adults’ Decision-Making Related to Health, and Health and Social Care Services in Daily Life—A Scoping Review
Information and communication technology (ICT) can potentially support older adults in making decisions and increase their involvement in decision-making processes. Although the range of technical products has expanded in various areas of society, knowledge is lacking on the influence that ICT has on older adults' decision-making in everyday situations. Based on the literature, we aimed to provide an overview of the role of ICT in home-dwelling o…
A systematic review of longitudinal risk factors for loneliness in older adults
Negative Impact and Positive Value of Caregiving in Spouse Carers of Persons with Dementia in Sweden
(1) Background: Spouse carers of persons with dementia (PwD) are particularly vulnerable to negative outcomes of care, yet research rarely focuses on their caregiving situation. This study explores factors associated with the positive value and negative impact of caregiving in spouse carers of PwD in Sweden. (2) Methods: The study was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey, with a convenience sample of spouse carers of PwD ( n = 163). The q…
Older Adults’ Experiences, Worries and Preventive Measures Regarding Home Hazards: A Survey on Home Safety in Sweden
Home safety is important for preventing injuries and accidents among older adults living at home. Feeling safe at home is also essential for older adults' well-being. Thus, this study aimed to explore older adults' perceptions of safety in their homes by examining their experiences, worries and preventive measures in relation to a range of potential home-based health and safety hazards. The study was a national cross-sectional telephone survey of…
Perceived Importance of Types and Characteristics of Support to Informal Caregivers among Spouse Caregivers of Persons with Dementia in Sweden: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire-Based Study
Informal caregivers play a crucial role in the care of individuals with dementia, and their caregiving may significantly impact their own health and well-being. This cross-sectional survey study focuses on the perceived importance of various types and characteristics of formal support in a convenience sample of caregivers aged 65 years or older (N = 175) caring for a spouse with dementia. Participants completed a questionnaire containing 17 items…
Associations between caring activities and perceived health among adolescent young carers
Adolescent young carers (AYCs) face the challenges of adolescence while also having care responsibilities. Caring can negatively affect an adult carer's health, but there is less evidence on how caring affects AYCs, of whom there is little awareness among professionals. The aim of this survey study was to describe the AYCs' characteristics and investigate factors associated with their perceived health. School pupils aged 15-17 from 11 Swedish mun…
Factors associated with experiencing informal caregiving as demanding and ability to work among working carers: A national survey from Sweden
Informal carers in paid work are known as working carers (WKCs). This combination of care and work is particular to them, and their support needs may differ from other informal carers. This exploratory study describes the caregiving-related factors associated with experiencing caregiving as demanding and a decreased ability to work in WKCs. The Swedish National Carer Survey was conducted in a stratified random sample (N = 30,009) of the populatio…
Medicine (22 works) · Psychology (21 works) · Gerontology (14 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (9 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works)