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Kevin McKee

Researcher at Dalarna University

Publications -  87
Citations -  2845

Kevin McKee is an academic researcher from Dalarna University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Loneliness & Social work. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 81 publications receiving 2325 citations. Previous affiliations of Kevin McKee include Stockholm University & University of Sheffield.

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Correlates of social and emotional loneliness in older people: evidence from an English community study

Lena Dahlberg, +1 more
- 12 Mar 2014 - 
TL;DR: This study provides further empirical support for the conceptual separation of emotional and social loneliness, and policy on loneliness in older people should be directed to developing a range of divergent intervention strategies if both emotional andsocial loneliness are to be reduced.
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Quality of life and building design in residential and nursing homes for older people

Chris Parker, +5 more
- 01 Nov 2004 - 
TL;DR: Significant positive associations were found between several aspects of the built environment and the residents’ quality of life and a focus on safety and health requirements could be creating risk-averse environments which act againstquality of life, particularly for the least frail residents.
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Predictors of loneliness among older women and men in Sweden: A national longitudinal study

Lena Dahlberg, +3 more
- 05 Feb 2015 - 
TL;DR: The notion that feelings of loneliness in old age are stable is challenged, and important gender differences in prevalence and predictors of loneliness are identified.
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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

Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen, +5 more
- 02 Jun 2009 - 
TL;DR: Knowledge of univariate association may help to specify the concepts for developing interventions and programmes to reduce fear of falling and avoidance of activity in old age, particularly in their early stages of development.
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The COPE index--a first stage assessment of negative impact, positive value and quality of support of caregiving in informal carers of older people

Kevin McKee, +10 more
- 01 Jan 2003 - 
TL;DR: The COPE Index has current utility in increasing understanding of the role perceptions of carers of older people and is significantly associated with the criterion validity measures.