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Appendix D - Interviews

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2023

Miriam Bernard
Affiliation:
Keele University
Bernadette Bartlam
Affiliation:
Keele University
Simon Biggs
Affiliation:
Keele University
Julius Sim
Affiliation:
Keele University
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Summary

In total, 133 stakeholders were interviewed/ questionnaired:

  • • directors of the managing organisation: n=3

  • • developer of the village: n=1

  • • management staff at the village: n=8

  • • staff in the village: n=1

  • • GPs: n=16

  • • nurses: n=13

  • • physiotherapists: n=4

  • • occupational therapists: n=3

  • • social workers: n=27

  • • tenants in a local sheltered housing scheme (women): n=5

  • • waiting list group: n=5

  • • two groups of mixed-age residents from the two estates bordering the village: n=5 and n=4

  • • area housing: n=1

  • • family/friends: n=37

Stakeholders interview schedule

(Research questions in bold before each section of questions).

Introductions. Reminder re consent to tape.

Confidentiality.

1. What is the nature of your professional contact with Berryhill?

A. What effect does the environment of Berryhill have on residents’ well-being?

2. What sort of effects do you see the physical environment of the village as having on residents’ feelings of well-being?

3. What sort of effects do you see the social environment of the village as having on residents’ feelings of well-being?

B. What is the perceived health status of residents in Berryhill?

4. What would be your professional assessment of the physical health status of residents?

5. What would be your professional assessment of the mental health status of residents?

6. How would you see this comparing to older people in general, and in the local community?

7. How does your professional assessment of their health status compare with residents’ own perceptions of their well-being in Berryhill?

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New Lifestyles in Old Age
Health, Identity and Well-being in Berryhill Retirement Village
, pp. 69 - 70
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Print publication year: 2004

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