Social Policy
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC +3)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Bath
Start date: October 2017
Research topic: End of Life Care in Care Homes
My research looks at End of Life Care (EOLC) for and with old adults living and dying in care homes. Given the ageing of populations and the epidemiological transition to non-communicable diseases, more and more people are expected to die in their late 80s when the incidence of dementia, chronic disabling illnesses and institutionalisation is higher. Hence, this PhD answers whether care homes provide – or have the potential to provide – a kind of EOLC that is attuned to the hallmarks of dying in the 21st century England, that is in late old age (80+), with severe disability, frailty, and dementia. It does so by applying a mixed methods design that integrates multivariate analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) with ethnographic observation and interviewing of staff in up to six care homes in the South West of England. This project thus addresses the lack of up-to-date evidence base to inform EOLC practice in institutional long-term care. Further, it investigates the potential and hurdles of EOLC provision in the care home sector.
Research supervisors: Dr Kate Woodthorpe, Emeritus Professor Malcolm Johnson, Dr Matt Dickson
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Social & Policy Sciences Academic Representative (University of Bath)
Publications:
Unexpected death in ill old age: An analysis of disadvantaged dying in the English old population in Social Science in Medicine, 217, 112-120
Available: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953618305446?via%3Dihub#!
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.09.048
Email: D.Teggi@bath.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://it.linkedin.com/in/diana-teggi-790b3b106
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeggiDiana