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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Care giver"”.
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Family Care Giver Knowledge, Patient Illness Characteristics, and Unplanned Hospital Admissions in Older Adults with Cancer
… of older adults with cancer and their family caregivers were approached and enrolled in the adult oncology outpatient infusion centers and inpatient units within a community cancer center in central Florida. Patient demographic and clinical data were obtained through a retrospective medical …
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Father Involvement and Identity: A Theoretical Examination
… a guide to understanding fathers' involvement in care giving activities and responsibilities with their own children. Building on the work of Stryker (1980, 1987) it was hypothesized that commitment would impact fathers' care giver identity, and that care giver identity would predict father …
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A randomized control trial investigating the effects of a play-informed care-giver implemented home-based intervention on playfulness for HIV positive children aged 10 months to 8 years on HAART from a low socio-economic status
… not adequately understood. The play-informed caregiver implemented home-based intervention (PICIHBI) was developed by pediatric occupational therapists as part of occupation-centred occupational therapy practice. PICIHBI appears to have potential for promoting play and development in children …
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In The Middle
… her deceased Chinese grandmother, whom she was care-giver to before she died and whose stories about life in China and the US parallel the woman´s own life during the post-Katrina months of vulnerability and change.
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Personality Types of Registered Nurses Employed in a Rural Community Hospital
… study was conducted at a 68 bed acute care hospital. The sample consisted of 40 experienced registered nurses working in staff positions within the hospital. Sensing, feeling, and judging were the preferred functions of the nurses, consistent with the expected tasks of the direct care …
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One woman's nation : Pauline Hanson, femininity and right wing populism in Australia
… notions of femininity such as mother, care-giver, and teacher in her speeches and charts the way that these gendered representations shaped key policy issues on multi-culturalism, immigration, globalisation and the family. This discourse helped Hanson articulate a politics of resentment …
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How Latinas Come to Know about AIDS and AIDS Prevention
… a disproportionately high rate among Latinos. As care-giver and health decision-maker in the family, the Latina needs to know about AIDS and AIDS prevention. This research identified and offers an explanation of how the Latina comes to know about AIDS and AIDS prevention within the context of the …
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Strengthening Missionary Families Through Member Care By The Sending Church
… reclaim their biblical role of member care to the missionary families they send. Chapter 1 introduces the concept of member care and establishes the local church as primary care giver in missions. It also shows the purpose, definitions, limitations and delimitations, and research …
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DIL - A CONVERSATIONAL AGENT FOR HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
… to address this alarming problem from the Care giver community have fallen short due to a number of factors most notably resource constraints like shortage of trained clinical staff, and money. Using a Design Science Research framework, this work designed and evaluated "DIL", a …
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The Experience of Female Nurses Being Cared for: A Phenomenological Analysis
… (essential structure) of the experience of being cared for as lived by female nurses? The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experience of being cared for. Phenomenologic methodology was used for this study. Data analysis was patterned after the guidelines set out by Colaizzi, …
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The traumatic impact imposed by African culture on young ministers
… is the Gerkin’s methodology which is on pastoral care of the flocks that belongs to God. The Word of God has been used to explore where the author wanted to show that God is the only one who call people to be a pastors out of His will. This research study explored the model of pastoral care which …
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Three Essays on Consumer Behavior and Health Outcomes: An Economic Analysis of the Influence of Nutrition Information and Knowledge on Food Purchasing Behavior and the Impacts of Primary Care Givers Parenting on Childhood Obesity
… third essay investigates the impacts of primary care giver (PCG)'s time allocation patterns and household food expenditure choices on childhood obesity using the national panel study of income dynamics data. Our results do not suggest significant impacts of PCG's labor force participation, …
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Healthy death readiness: development of a measurement instrument
… administered to dying individuals, their primary care givers, and their primary hospice nurses. Correlations between dying individuals' scores and their primary care giver estimates of patient death readiness, and between patient and primary hospice nurse were very encouraging. A Cronbach's alpha …
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A study to explore the extent of survival assistance to orphans within the family kinship system: the case of libala and chilenje
… observation of the activities carried out by the care¬takers. The following tools were used: An interview administered Questionnaire to a sample of 60 orphan care-takers and 60 controls, was undertaken. Interviews and observations were employed to obtain information from the care-takers and the …
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A study to explore the extent of survival assistance to orphans within the family kinship system: the case of libala and chilenje
… observation of the activities carried out by the care¬takers. The following tools were used: An interview administered Questionnaire to a sample of 60 orphan care-takers and 60 controls, was undertaken. Interviews and observations were employed to obtain information from the care-takers and the …
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A phenomenological study of partners of people with Parkinson's disease who demonstrate communication changes
… long term partner or spouse often provides this care and support. There is a paucity of literature discussing the impact of communication changes or difficulties on the partner or spouse. Thus a study into the life experiences of the partners of people with Parkinson’s disease who demonstrate …
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The Role of Family Factors in Child Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
… 7 – 17 years) exposed to trauma, and their main care-giver, were recruited from child and adolescent mental health services across South-East London. All parents completed self-report measures of PTSD, anxiety and depression, as well as scales rating their child’s anxiety and depression. Parental …
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A comparison of treatment protocols for infants with motor delay
… session attended by dyads in the intense group. Care-giver compliance along with their level of satisfaction was investigated using self-structured questionnaires. Results: Twenty four participants were recruited with a mean age of 5.69 months (SD= 2.36; range 3-10.4). Both monthly and weekly …
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A rock or a hard place? Teaching assistants supporting physically disabled pupils in mainstream secondary school physical education: the tensions of professionalising the role
… be deemed to be related to a medical/welfare/care-giver role. In addition, previous small-scale research into the experiences of secondary-age disabled pupils in mainstream as opposed to special school PE showed that their experiences in an inclusive setting were restricted and that the …
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Exploring the Relationship between Family Social Capital and Utilization of Well Child Preventative Health Care Services
… Passage of the Affordable Health Care Act of 2010 increased insurance coverage for children, however possession of health care insurance doesn’t always equate to effective use of health care services. Misuse and underutilization of health care homes is associated with higher costs, …
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