Others - Nursing & Healthcarehttps://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/24242024-03-29T00:25:59Z2024-03-29T00:25:59ZPathways from ageism to lonelinessShiovitz-Ezra, SharonShemesh, JonathanMcDonnell-Naughton, Maryhttps://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/38862022-05-20T16:46:21Z2018-05-23T00:00:00ZPathways from ageism to loneliness
Shiovitz-Ezra, Sharon; Shemesh, Jonathan; McDonnell-Naughton, Mary
Many older adults in our society suffer from loneliness – a painful, distressing feeling arising from the perception that one’s social connections are inadequate. When loneliness is experienced over prolonged periods of time, it can become devastating to older adults’ physical and mental health. Loneliness has been associated with depression, cognitive decline, and mortality. As the ageing population around the world grows in size and proportion, tackling late life loneliness is becoming a top priority in both ethical and economic terms. Previous studies have attempted to attribute late life loneliness to individual (micro) and social network (meso)-level characteristics. We argue that ageism at the societal (macro)-level – encompassing stereotypes, prejudices, and de facto discrimination against older adults – predisposes the older population to neglect, social isolation, and ultimately, loneliness. We propose three mechanisms whereby ageism may contribute to loneliness. First, chronic social rejection may incline older adults to avoid and withdraw from social participation. Second, individuals may self-embody the stereotypes of old age such as old age being a time of loneliness. The last path is an objective one, which emphasizes age-based discriminatory practices that increase social exclusion of older adults thereby increasing their risk of becoming lonely.
2018-05-23T00:00:00Z“Thinking outside the box”: social innovations emerging from academic nursing-community partnershipsZlotnik, CherylMcDonnell-Naughton, Maryhttps://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/38832022-05-20T16:46:15Z2022-01-01T00:00:00Z“Thinking outside the box”: social innovations emerging from academic nursing-community partnerships
Zlotnik, Cheryl; McDonnell-Naughton, Mary
Nurses comprise the largest group of healthcare workers in the world. Increasingly, nurses in higher education institutions are collaborating with not-for-profit and community-based organisations to devise programs, projects and interventions that benefit both their students’ education and individuals in the community. This chapter describes an integrative review of these academic nursing-community partnerships, focusing on the nurses’ roles, the students’ role and the lessons learned from the partnership strategies that blend the expertise of the community members and nurses in higher education.
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZFacets of social innovation in higher educationMcDonnell-Naughton, MaryPăunescu, Carmelhttps://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/38822022-05-20T16:46:15Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZFacets of social innovation in higher education
McDonnell-Naughton, Mary; Păunescu, Carmel
Emphasis on social engagement and innovation for the higher education sector is a priority, despite the various challenges that have arisen as result of Covid-19, for third level providers. It is a conversation that continues to evolve of how the higher education providers can prepare students for global citizenship and societal innovation. There are specific concerns regarding best practice and the contribution of higher education to teaching, research and ultimately public policy. Universities are embedded in teaching and research whereby the onus is to engage collaboratively with outside organisations to develop competences and create products for greater use by society. This chapter aims to explore how the higher education institutions can contribute to transforming teaching and research so that the student, and ultimately each academic community member, experiences the full value of contributing to a successful society, reflecting on sustainable partnerships, engagement, whilst reflecting the whole idea of societal innovation. Its ambition is to define spheres of influence for enhancing social innovation in higher education.
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZThe effects of emotional manipulations on working memory and pupil dilation as an index of effort in cognitive processingJasinska, HannaMurray, NiallCawley, Deshttps://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/34642022-05-21T02:01:42Z2020-06-01T00:00:00ZThe effects of emotional manipulations on working memory and pupil dilation as an index of effort in cognitive processing
Jasinska, Hanna; Murray, Niall; Cawley, Des
Aim
Working Memory ( is a psychological system having a processual character responsible for stored and processed information The aim of this
research study was to analyse WM in the emotional context and to measure cognitive overload using non invasive methods such as pupillometry The
primary for this study was the issue of WM in relation to non controlled Pupil Dilatation ( reaction WM is particularly important for performing
complex cognitive processes especially in the presence of different distractors or time pressure In this area the possible consequences of the impact of
emotions on the functioning of WM and using non invasive measurement PD are of particular interest The study shows currently the existence of a
two way relationship between WM and emotion On one hand WM affects the perception of emotions and selection strategies, progress and efficiency
of emotions, on the other hand emotions modify the functioning of memory
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