[PDF][PDF] Peer support and peer support workers in older people's mental health

T Williamson, G Durcan - Centre for Mental Health, 2020 - centreformentalhealth.org.uk
… Examples of specific peer support initiatives for older people are thin on the ground. This is
not to say that older people are not engaged in peer support or that they do not have access …

The development and implementation of a peer support model for a specialist mental health service for older people: lessons learned

D Coates, P Livermore, R Green - Mental Health Review Journal, 2018 - emerald.com
… with the recruitment of eight older peer workers, of which five continued … peer workers were
employed by the NGO to provide a peer work service to an SMHSOP. By early 2017, the peer

[HTML][HTML] 'It was the deepest level of companionship': peer-to-peer experience of supporting community-dwelling older people with depression-a qualitative study

JPS Tang, T Liu, S Lu, CY Sing, LCY Sze, TYS Lum… - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
… the functional ability of the older people recovering from depression in the community. The
intervention groups we had gathered a few older people. The social workers wanted to bring …

[HTML][HTML] Peer support workers in health: a qualitative metasynthesis of their experiences

J MacLellan, J Surey, I Abubakar, HR Stagg - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
… of older people or ethnic minority groups. Thus it is not reliable to relate the findings of
this synthesis specifically to different social populations, however there were older people

Older coresearchers exploring age-friendly communities: An “insider” perspective on the benefits and challenges of peer-research

T Buffel - The Gerontologist, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… reports on a project which trained eighteen older people as coresearchers to lead a study
… , community development workers who were in contact with people experiencing social …

[HTML][HTML] Facilitators and challenges in delivering a peer-support physical activity intervention for older adults: a qualitative study with multiple stakeholders

A Crozier, L Porcellato, BJR Buckley, PM Watson - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
… stakeholders involved in a peer-support PA intervention for older adults in a large city in the
North-West of England. Participants included local authority staff (n = 3), peer volunteers (n = …

Peer-to-peer support and changes in health and well-being in older adults over time

RJ Schwei, S Hetzel, KM Kim, J Mahoney… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
… support older adults’ health and well-being 16 -20 and can promote independence. In
peer-to-peer (P2P) support programs, 1 older adult is matched with a less-able older adult in the …

[HTML][HTML] Collaborative community mental health and aged care services with peer support to prevent late-life depression: study protocol for a non-randomised …

T Liu, DKY Leung, S Lu, WW Kwok, LCY Sze, SSK Tse… - Trials, 2022 - Springer
… of collaborative stepped care and peer support model that integrates … principles to involve
older people as peer supporters to … Reviews of literature suggest that peer support workers can …

A one-year longitudinal qualitative study of peer support services in a non-Western context: The perspectives of peer support workers, service users, and co-workers

S Tse, WWS Mak, IWK Lo, LL Liu, WWY Yuen, S Yau… - Psychiatry …, 2017 - Elsevier
… They all met the four basic selection criteria: (1) 18 years old or older; (2) provided or received
peer services from one of the four partnered non-governmental organizations; (3) willing …

[HTML][HTML] Peer workers in the behavioral and integrated health workforce: opportunities and future directions

CA Gagne, WL Finch, KJ Myrick, LM Davis - American journal of preventive …, 2018 - Elsevier
… including peer workers, encounter as they integrate peer support … peer may provide peer
support and teach life skills to people … recovery coaching to an older adult living with behavioral …