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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Elderly clients"”.
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How Spirituality Training impacts the Practice of Social Workers Assisting Elderly Clients in End-of-Live Care: A Hermeneutical Phenomenological Approach
… exposure to these needs of the patients. As an elderly patient, in particular, approaches end-of-life, the notions of religion and spirituality can take on a more significant role in acceptance of mortality. Social workers have reported reluctance in addressing the spiritual matters of their …
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A brief screening instrument for use by lawyers to assess the capacity of older clients with memory deficits
… agents, preventing stress and discomfort in elderly clients making legal decisions. In order for practising lawyers to act as therapeutic agents, an ability to detect impaired decision making capacity in older adults is required. The present study explores this issue further.
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Home-Based Rehabilitation and its Impact on Hospital Utilization
… rehabilitation for community dwelling elderly who may struggle with basic activities and the functions of daily living and mobility. Nonetheless, an estimated 2% of home care’s elderly clients receive these therapies. Ontario’s home care data indicates that 78% of clients that could …
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The effect of homemaking services on established measures of perceived well-being in community-dwelling elderly : an exploratory descriptive study
… and tested on an availability sample of elderly clients over 65 years of age who were cognitively competent. Face-to-face interviews using Reker and Wong's 1984 Revised Perceived Well-Being Scale were conducted on 28 subjects before homemaking was provided. Six homemaking visits later a …
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Existential psychology as an ontological groundwork for counseling the elderly
Few institutions for the elderly have counselors of any kind and the question was raised to whom the elderly could seek advice or counsel. A study of the literature confirmed that even though the number of elderly persons was increasing, few counselors, psychologists, or psychiatrists had persons …
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Overcoming barriers to participation in training : lessons from the home health care workers of 1199/SEIU, New York's Health and Human Services Union
… that is caring for thousands of disabled and elderly clients on a daily basis. The ultimate goal of this thesis is to identify those key barriers that prevent participation in the Home Care Education Fund so that staff and trustees may work together to tailor their services to meet their …
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Health motivation and satisfaction with primary care in edlerly clients who receive services at a Nursing center
… (HM) and satisfaction with primary care (SPC) in elderly clients who received services at a nursing center (NC). The purposes of the study were to describe the demographic characteristics and their effects on HM and SPC; validate the relationship between HM and SPC; and describe the level of SPC …
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Pursuing Equity to Combat Fragmentation in the Home Care Sector: A Study of Using Integrated Care Programs to Deliver Health and Social Care to Elderly Persons Living at Home
… over time and between visits; tailored to clients' expressed needs and preferences; and based on shared responsibility for optimizing health among clients, carers, and the state. This research asks how ICPs combat issues of fragmentation in a home care sector fundamentally reshaped by …