University of Stirling

Dr Gillian McColgan

Staff Profile-Dr Gillian McColgan
Dr Gillian McColgan Teaching Assistant, Applied Social Science Room
School of Applied Social Science
Colin Bell Building
University of Stirling
Stirling
FK9 4LA
Scotland
UK
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About
I currently teach in SASS and my main area of interest is in social theory. For this and other teaching I’m able to draw on my background as a Research Fellow and from my doctoral research.
Research
  • Ethnography
  • Older people and community care
  • People with dementia from the perspective of the person who has dementia
  • Companion animals in society – social supports, significant others
Research Groups
    Teaching
    Publications

    Books
    • Bowes, A, and McColgan, G, 2006, Smart technology and community care for older people: innovation in West Lothian, Scotland, Edinburgh: Age Concern.


    Journal Papers
    • Bowes, A, and McColgan, G, 2009, Implementing telecare for people with dementia: Supporting ageing in Place in West Lothian, Scotland, Journal of Care Services Management, 3(3):227-243.

    • McColgan, G, 2005, A place to sit: resistance strategies used to create privacy and home by people with dementia, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 34(4):410-433.

    • Bowes, A, and McColgan, G, 2003, Palvelutuotannon kulttuurinen muutos: uuden hivamallin kokeilu Skotlannissa, Gerontologia, 17(4):191-195 (Cultural change in service innovation: new models of care in West Lothian, Scotland.

    • McColgan, G, Valentine, J, and Downs, M, 2000, Concluding narratives of a career with dementia: accounts of Iris Murdoch at her death, Ageing and Society, 20, 97-109.


    Book Chapters
    • Kelly, T.B., Tolson, D., Smith, T.D., and McColgan, G., 2011, Using the Research Process to Develop Group Services for Older Persons with a Hearing Disability, in D.M. Steinberg (ed), Orchestrating the Power of Groups: Overture, Movements, and Finale, 107-117. London: Whiting and Birch.

    • Bowes, A, and McColgan, G, 2007, Mainstreaming Smart Technology for Older People: Consumer Views and Wider Implications, in Sandstrom, G, and Keijer, U, (eds), Smart Homes and User Values, Gateshead: Urban International Press.

    • McColgan, G, 2004, 'Images, constructs, theory and method: including the narratives of dementia;' in Innes, A, Archibald, C, and Murphy, C, (eds), Dementia: An Inclusive Future? Marginalised Groups and Marginalised Areas of Dementia Research, Care and Practice, London: Jessica Kingsley.


    Research Reports
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