Dr Deborah Morgan

ENRICH Cymru Research Manager

Public Health

d.j.morgan@swansea.ac.uk

Office (CADR) - 290
Second Floor
Talbot Building
Singleton Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Media Commentator

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3107-3945

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About

Deborah is a senior research officer in the Centre for Innovative Ageing. Her main research interests are loneliness and social isolation in later life. She sits on the Welsh Government Loneliness and Social Isolation Strategy Board, and is an advisory board member for the Public health Network Cymru. Deborah’s research has led to several invited national and international presentations, and she has made several appearances on radio and television. She is also a Tedx Swansea speaker.

Areas Of Expertise

Loneliness
Social Isolation
Older Adults
Mixed Methods research
Disability
Chronic Illness

Publications

Research Highlights

Morgan, D., Willis, P., & Dobbs, C. (2024). Examining the views and attitudes of health and social care professionals towards older trans people: findings from the Trans Ageing and Care study. Trans and Gender Diverse Ageing in Care Contexts (pp. 107-119). Policy Press
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447370048.ch006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67643
Morgan, D., Keating, N., & Cheshire-Allen, M. (2021). Policy to Reduce Late-Life Social Exclusion – From Aspirations to Action. In Kieran Walsh, Thomas Scharf, Anna Wanka, Sofie Van Regenmortel (Ed.), Social Exclusion in Later Life: Interdisciplinary and Policy Perspectives (pp. 353-357). Springer
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51406-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54228
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51406-8
Burholt, V., Percival, J., & Morgan, D. (2023). Communication technologies in older people’s long-distance family relationships, and the impact on isolation and loneliness. Information, Communication & Society, 27(5), 895-914.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2023.2230246, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63761
Thomas, M., Singleton, A., Williams, A., Maddock, C., Morgan, D., Murray, T., Musselwhite, C., & Sorvala, L. (2023). The Climate Comic / Comic yr Hinsawdd: Tales between generations / Cenedlaethau’n rhannu straeon Swansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/SUbook.64751, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64751
Morgan, D., Maddock, C., & Musselwhite, C. (2024). These are tenants not guinea pigs: Barriers and facilitators of retrofit in Wales, United Kingdom. Energy Research and Social Science, 111, 103462
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103462, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66547

All Research

Journal Articles

Thomas, M., Sorvala, L., Williams, A., Singleton, A., Maddock, C., Morgan, D., Murray, T., & Musselwhite, C. (2024). Co-creating a climate comic book: reflections on using comics in intergenerational research and engagement. Journal of Global Ageing, 1(2), 219-237.
https://doi.org/10.1332/29767202y2024d000000011, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67620
Morgan, D., Maddock, C., & Musselwhite, C. (2024). These are tenants not guinea pigs: Barriers and facilitators of retrofit in Wales, United Kingdom. Energy Research and Social Science, 111, 103462
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103462, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66547
Burholt, V., Percival, J., & Morgan, D. (2023). Communication technologies in older people’s long-distance family relationships, and the impact on isolation and loneliness. Information, Communication & Society, 27(5), 895-914.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2023.2230246, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63761
Marston, H., Morgan, D., Earle, S., & Hadley, R. (2023). Shiver Me Tinders and Ring a Ding for a Fling—Sex Tech Use during COVID-19: Findings from a UK Study. Healthcare, 11(6), 897
https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060897, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67638
Freeman, S., Marston, H., Ross, C., Morgan, D., Wilson, G., Gates, J., Kolochuk, S., & McAloney, R. (2022). Progress towards enhanced access and use of technology during the COVID-19 pandemic: A need to be mindful of the continued digital divide for many rural and northern communities. Healthcare Management Forum, 35(5), 286-290.
https://doi.org/10.1177/08404704221108314, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67639
Morgan, D., Burholt, V., & Team), . (2022). Transitions in loneliness in later life: the role of social comparisons and coping strategies. Ageing and Society, 42(7), 1607-1628.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x20001634, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57254
Wilson, G., Gates, J., Vijaykumar, S., & Morgan, D. (2021). Understanding older adults’ use of social technology and the factors influencing use. Ageing and Society, 43(1), 1-24.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x21000490, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57255
Burholt, V., Windle, G., Gott, M., & Morgan, D. (2020). Technology-Mediated Communication in Familial Relationships: Moderated-Mediation Models of Isolation and Loneliness. The Gerontologist
https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa040, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54133
Morgan, D., Burholt, V., & team), . (2020). Loneliness as a Biographical Disruption – Theoretical Implications for Understanding Changes in Loneliness. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 75(9)
https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa097, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54783
Sheerman, L., Marston, H., Musselwhite, C., & Morgan, D. (2020). COVID-19 and the secret virtual assistants: the social weapons for a state of emergency. Emerald Open Research, 2, 19
https://doi.org/10.35241/emeraldopenres.13571.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54079
Burholt, V., Windle, G., Morgan, D., & team), . (2017). A Social Model of Loneliness: The Roles of Disability, Social Resources, and Cognitive Impairment. The Gerontologist, 57(6), 1020-1030.
https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnw125, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30569
Boniface, G. & Morgan, D. (2017). The central role of the occupational therapist in facilitating housing adaptations/home modifications for disabled children. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 80(6), 375-383.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022616680216, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34496
http://orca.cf.ac.uk/98022/
Morgan, D., Boniface, G., & Reagon, C. (2016). The effects of adapting their home on the meaning of home for families with a disabled child. Disability & Society, 31(4), 481-496.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2016.1183475, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34497
Singleton, A., Thomas, M., Maddock, C., Williams, A., Morgan, D., Musselwhite, C., Twelvetrees, J., Bateman, T., De’Ath, R., Attala, L., & Sorvala, L. (n.d.) Working with an Advisory Group to Co-design Innovative Intergenerational Climate Change Research. Journal of Responsible Innovation
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66994

Authored Books

Thomas, M., Singleton, A., Williams, A., Maddock, C., Morgan, D., Murray, T., Musselwhite, C., & Sorvala, L. (2023). The Climate Comic / Comic yr Hinsawdd: Tales between generations / Cenedlaethau’n rhannu straeon Swansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/SUbook.64751, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64751

Book Chapters

Morgan, D., Willis, P., & Dobbs, C. (2024). Examining the views and attitudes of health and social care professionals towards older trans people: findings from the Trans Ageing and Care study. Trans and Gender Diverse Ageing in Care Contexts (pp. 107-119). Policy Press
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447370048.ch006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67643
Marston, H., Morgan, D., Wilson-Menzfeld, G., Gates, J., Maddock, C., Philips, J., Elisabeth, J., Bailey, G., & Nicholson, J. (2023). Employing citizen science to understand the contemporary needs of older adults accessing and using technology in a pandemic. Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Approaches in Ageing Research (pp. 390-401). Routledge
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003254829-37, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67636
Maddock, C., Burholt, V., Morgan, D., Ahire, K., & Musselwhite, C. (2023). Tensions in transformation. Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Approaches in Ageing Research (pp. 107-121). Routledge
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003254829-10, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67637
Morgan, D., Keating, N., & Cheshire-Allen, M. (2021). Policy to Reduce Late-Life Social Exclusion – From Aspirations to Action. In Kieran Walsh, Thomas Scharf, Anna Wanka, Sofie Van Regenmortel (Ed.), Social Exclusion in Later Life: Interdisciplinary and Policy Perspectives (pp. 353-357). Springer
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51406-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54228
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51406-8

Supervision

Urinary Incontinence. The challenges facing older women living in the community with long-term chronic illness. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Andrea Tales
Hiraeth- The impact of language on Welsh speaking service users' experience of health and social care services and implications for practice (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Gideon Calder
The Development of an Indoor Environmental Assessment Tool for People with Mild to Moderate Dementia living in nursing homes, residential homes, sheltered housing and extra care housing. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Carol Maddock

Other supervisor: Dr Martin Hyde

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