Storytelling with UK Centenarians Being a hundred - it’s just luck Tina Koch Leverhulme Visiting Professor Pam Smith Professor of Nurse Education Rose Turner Research Associate Nimmi Hutnik Senior Lecturer The University of Surrey Published by the University of Surrey The Centre for Research in Nursing and Midwifery Education (CRNME), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, The Duke of Kent Building, Stag Hill, Guildford Surrey, GU2 7TE Date printed July 2010 This study was funded by the Leverhulme Trust and the General Nursing Council for England and Wales Trust and approved by the University of Surrey‟s Ethics Committee. Sixteen centenarians were interviewed by the research team. The centenarians then validated the content and gave consent in writing to have their photos and abridged stories published as chapters in this book Copyright The University of Surrey. Reproduction of any part of this text should be with written permission of the authors. Author contact details: Tina Koch:
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[email protected] Cover design by Nigel Barnes, the University of Surrey Design & Print Shop. Centenarian photos were taken by Tina Koch and Pam Smith. 2 Acknowledgements Our deepest thanks must go to the centenarians: Olive, Emily, Hetty, Albert, Nita, Alison, Meg, Minnie, Jess, Edward, Bob, Phyllis, Alex, Marion, Jessie and Frank and their families and friends who participated in this storytelling study. Financial assistance was granted by the Leverhulme Trust who we thank. In 2009 Tina Koch was awarded the Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at the University of Surrey, hosted by Professor Pam Smith, Centre for Research in Nursing and Midwifery Education (CRNME), Division of Health & Social Care.