Barriers and facilitators to extended working life : a qualitative study (2022)
Book Chapter
Edge, C., Coffey, M., Cook, P., & Weinberg, A. (2022). Barriers and facilitators to extended working life : a qualitative study. In L. Fitzgerald (Ed.), Women entrepreneurs and employment : past, present and future perspectives. New York: Nova Science Publishers

Aim: To explore employee experiences of nearing or working beyond state pensionable age, and the factors enabling and inhibit them to work for longer. Specifically, the study explored the health, social, workplace and financial barriers and facilitat... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to extended working life : a qualitative study.

Chair massage for carers in an acute cancer hospital (2005)
Journal Article
Mackereth, P., Sylt, P., Weinberg, A., & Campbell, G. (2005). Chair massage for carers in an acute cancer hospital. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 9(2), 167-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2005.03.005

The Chair Massage service considered in this evaluation study was provided to carers, visiting in-patients at a major cancer hospital in the UK. The two-stage evaluation comprised: firstly, a retrospective review of treatment records for the previous... Read More about Chair massage for carers in an acute cancer hospital.

The value of specialist clinical assessment of older people prior to entry to care homes (2004)
Journal Article
Challis, D., Clarkson, P., Williamson, J., Hughes, J., Venables, D., Burns, A., & Weinberg, A. (2004). The value of specialist clinical assessment of older people prior to entry to care homes. Age and ageing, 33(1), 25. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afh007

Objective: to ascertain the value of employing a specialist clinician’s contribution to the assessment of older people prior to care home entry. Design: randomised controlled trial. Method: 256 older people at risk of care home entry were rando... Read More about The value of specialist clinical assessment of older people prior to entry to care homes.

What do care managers do? A study of working practice in older peoples' services (2003)
Journal Article
Weinberg, A., Williamson, J., Challis, D., & Hughes, J. (2003). What do care managers do? A study of working practice in older peoples' services. British Journal of Social Work, 33(7), 901-919. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/33.7.901

This paper explores the principal activities of local authority staff undertaking the role of care manager. It is based on a sample of staff in a social services department specializing in older people's services. Data were obtained by asking staff t... Read More about What do care managers do? A study of working practice in older peoples' services.

Stress among national politicians elected to Parliament for the first time (2003)
Journal Article
Weinberg, A., & Cooper, C. (2003). Stress among national politicians elected to Parliament for the first time. Stress and Health, 19(2), 111-117. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.965

Previous research has shown that levels of stress among national politicians are higher than among workers in comparable management jobs. The election of 236 new Members of Parliament (MPs) in the 1997 UK General Election permitted longitudinal study... Read More about Stress among national politicians elected to Parliament for the first time.

Transferring learning and skills within organisations (2003)
Report
Shardlow, S., McLaughlin, H., Weinberg, A., Mello-Baron, S., & Oak, E. (2003). Transferring learning and skills within organisations

The aims of this project are to develop an understanding of the strategies and mechanisms that might be used to transfer high standards of organisational performance, as measured by pre-defined performance targets, from one part of the department to... Read More about Transferring learning and skills within organisations.

An evaluation of the impact of voluntary sector family support workers on the quality of life of carers of schizophrenia sufferers (2000)
Journal Article
Weinberg, A., & Huxley, P. (2000). An evaluation of the impact of voluntary sector family support workers on the quality of life of carers of schizophrenia sufferers. Journal of Mental Health, 9(5), 495-503. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638230020005228

An evaluation was conducted of 15 voluntary sector family support workers (FSWs) working with families of schizophrenia sufferers. FSWs completed a diary schedule and interviews were conducted with 15 co-professionals from the FSWs' multi-disciplinar... Read More about An evaluation of the impact of voluntary sector family support workers on the quality of life of carers of schizophrenia sufferers.

Stress and psychiatric disorder in healthcare professionals and hospital staff (2000)
Journal Article
Weinberg, A., & Creed, F. (2000). Stress and psychiatric disorder in healthcare professionals and hospital staff. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2899%2907366-3

Background Previous studies of stress in healthcare staff have indicated a probable high prevalence of distress. Whether this distress can be attributed to the stressful nature of the work situation is not clear. No previous study has used a detaile... Read More about Stress and psychiatric disorder in healthcare professionals and hospital staff.

Workload, stress and family life in British Members of Parliament and the psychological impact of reforms to their working hours (1999)
Journal Article
Weinberg, A., Cooper, C., & Weinberg, A. (1999). Workload, stress and family life in British Members of Parliament and the psychological impact of reforms to their working hours. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291099-1700%28199904%2915%3A2%3C79%3A%3AAID-SMI788%3E3.0.CO%3B2-S

Demands on Britain's Members of Parliament (MPs) have grown steadily over the last 15 years, resulting in parliamentary recommendations of working hours reform. This study was the first psychological research on national politicians and comprised two... Read More about Workload, stress and family life in British Members of Parliament and the psychological impact of reforms to their working hours.

Severity of psychiatric disorder in day hospital and in-patient admissions (1998)
Journal Article
Weinberg, A., Greaves, J., Creed, F., & Tomenson, B. (1998). Severity of psychiatric disorder in day hospital and in-patient admissions. Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica, 98(3), 250-253. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10076.x

This study assessed whether severity of psychiatric disorder varies across day hospital and in-patient units according to local need, and whether severity of disorder predicts length of stay and therefore costs. Data were collected for a consecutive... Read More about Severity of psychiatric disorder in day hospital and in-patient admissions.