This chapter seeks to promote both awareness and understanding of evidence-based psychosocial factors that enhance well-being, adjustment, and recovery in older people admitted to hospital.

The chapter begins by exploring ageing from biological, psychosocial, and existential perspectives. It then focusses upon the psychological sequel of illness and disability in this population and goes on to identify components of psychological well-being drawn from both qualitative and quantitative research studies that promote recovery in older people who have been admitted to hospital.

The chapter also explores the role of culture, faith, and ethnicity in the well-being of hospitalised older people and concludes by highlighting essential components in the development of a positive, recovery-focused culture of care.

This chapter seeks to promote both awareness and understanding of anxiety-based conditions that many older people experience in acute settings and in evidence-based medical and psychosocial interventions that support recovery.

The chapter begins by exploring and identifying the conditions, difficulties, and circumstances that give rise to anxiety in hospitalised older people. This is followed by a description of common anxiety types, their symptomatic presentation, and ther causes. The chapter goes on to explore those evidence-based medical and psychosocial treatment interventions that promote recovery and adjustment