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Showing 1 to 20 of 285 for “"Long term care"”.
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Long-term care and the elderly
Long-term care expenditures represent one of the largest uninsured financial risks facing the elderly. Medicaid provides incomplete insurance against these costs: unlimited nursing home benefits with a deductible equal to the savings and income above the means-testing limits. While private …
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Combating employee burnout in long-term care
Employee burnout in long-term care is a growing concern due to the changing demographics of individuals admitted to nursing homes in the United States. There is an increase in the number of admissions to nursing homes that include residents with dementia or some form of major mental illness. In …
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Essays in the Economics of Long-Term Care Utilization
… – that influence both the availability of long-term care services and the use of these services. The first essay explores how changes in the macroeconomy, specifically the 2007-2009 “Great Recession,” affect the utilization of paid and unpaid long-term care services. It is theoretically …
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Is Private Long-Term Care Insurance Affordable For Older Adults?
<p>Nationwide there are fewer than 7 million long-term care (LTC) insurance policies in force. Why do so few Americans buy private long-term care (LTC) insurance? Several theories have been offered as possible explanations, including the availability of Medicaid, misperceptions that Medicare or …
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Factors Affecting the Utilization and Quality of Long-Term Care
… will contribute to an increased demand for long-term care. Given this trend, it is becoming increasingly important to understand utilization of services along the continuum of care and to determine factors that influence the provision of quality care. These insights are needed to reduce …
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Stroke and Changes in Function in Long Term Care Patients
… status of CVA patients admitted to South Dakota long term care facilities. Data elements within the Minimum Data Set Plus of South Dakota associated with function were examined. MDS+ assessments completed on admission of CVA patients to long term care facilities were compared to annual MDS+ …
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Accessing Intimacy: The Experience of Younger Long-Term Care Residents
… to examine the experience of staff within long term care related to the sex and intimacy needs or behaviours of long-term care residents. However, there is limited research examining the experience of sex and intimacy from the viewpoint of residents, particularly younger residents of …
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A Systems Approach to Moral Distress in Long Term Care
… address issues of moral distress within the Long-Term Care setting. Because moral distress has largely been understood as a phenomenon of the individual, efforts to address and reduce incidents of moral distress have focused almost entirely on the individual and his or her reaction to …
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Implementation of a Depression Screening Program in Long-Term Care
… (1) was helpful in documenting depression in the long-term care patients, (2) was easy to use, (3) decreased time spent per patient visit, and (4) was the one they would like to see used in the facility. Implications for Practice: Implementing a depression screening program through the use of a …
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Self-care dependency among elders in long-term care settings
… has led to the use of an additive method of determining self-care dependency and need for long-term care. This traditional method of determining ADL levels is convenient, and it is practical to the extent that individuals in a long-term care population do fit a scaled pattern of dependency. …
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Job Satisfaction of Directors of Nurses Working in Long-term Care
The Problem. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a significant relationship existed between job satisfaction of long-term care facilities' Directors of Nurses and the leadership style practiced by their administrators. In addition, the relationship between the length of time they had …
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Exploring The Implementation Of Physical Activity Interventions In Long-Term Care
… is aging and with it so is the demand for long-term care (LTC). Older persons living in LTC facilities can benefit from increasing their levels of physical activity however the majority of older residents spend most of their time engaged in sedentary activities and are inactive. Objective: …
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Mortality Prognostication in Long-Term Care Residents: The MDS-CHESS Scale
Quality end of life (EOL) care for the elderly continues to be a challenge, in part due to late referral for palliative and/or hospice services. The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of the MDS-CHESS scale (Hirdes, Frijters & Teare, 2003) in predicting 6-month mortality in a …
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Delirium in Long Term Care Rehabilitation Residents: A Correlational Retrospective Study
… places a heavy burden on family and the healthcare system. The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between select demographics, clinical characteristics, CHART- DEL-derived delirium diagnosis and ICD-10 coded discharge delirium diagnoses among Long Term Care (LTC) …
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Approaches to accountability in city of Toronto long-term care homes
Within the context of healthcare accountability are concepts such as quality and safety of care, resource allocation and the notion of value for money. When understanding accountability, questions such as who is accountable for what and how is accountability demonstrated arise. As the number of …
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Interprofessional misperceptions among physicians and nurses in long-term care facilities
Today's comprehensive system of health care delivery requires knowledge and skills of physicians and nurses that neither profession can provide without collaboration from the other. Without this interprofessional collaboration, patient care will suffer from fragmentation, resulting in confusion and …
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Hospitals to celebrate living : a therapeutic environment for long term care
Thesis. 1978. M.Arch--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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