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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Long-term care homes"”.
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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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Disability's Encounter with Legislation and Governance: Long-Term Care Homes in Ontario
… study of the new legal framework for the long-term care (LTC) sector (also known as nursing homes) in Ontario, Canada. The research sought to answer the following question: What are the potential implications for persons with disabilities of the changes made by the Government of Ontario …
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Understanding the Current State of Health Information Exchange in Long-Term Care Homes
… exchange (HIE) processes within the Canadian long-term care (LTC) setting and identify opportunities to improve these processes through the proliferation of health information technology (HIT). Methods: The first study undertook a scoping review following Levac et al’s. approach to the …
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Determining the Relationship between Quality and Staffing Characteristics in Ontario Long-term Care Homes
… nurse staffing characteristics and quality in Long-Term Care (LTC) settings is needed to inform how staffing relates to quality. The present thesis addresses this research gap using a systematic review and two Ontario-based empirical studies exploring the relationship between LTC quality of …
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An Ethnographic Study of Pre-Graduate, Precepted Nursing Student Clinical Placements in Long-Term Care Homes
Long-Term Care (LTC) home recruitment challenges and nursing student disinterest in such clinical placements and careers, underscore this study’s urgent need. This qualitative focused ethnography explored preceptor, faculty advisor, and pre-graduate student beliefs, values, and practices …
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Navigating the nutrition information landscape for healthcare providers of residents in long-term care homes at the end of life
Introduction: End of life (EOL) care is provided to residents in long-term care (LTC) homes and aims to support quality of life until death. EOL care does not always meet the expectations of caregivers as they often receive inconsistent and inadequate information about the resident’s care at EOL. …
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Understanding Social Inclusion from the Perspective of Tamil Seniors and Service Providers in the Greater Toronto Area
… on: reframing service delivery; culture and long-term care homes; funding/other challenges; and oblique references to socially sensitive topics. While seniors suggested necessary changes in their families, the Tamil community, and mainstream society, they remained reluctant to impose …
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Experiences of Volunteering: A Qualitative Study of Intergenerational Volunteerism in the Snow Buddies Program and Similar Volunteer Initiatives in Niagara
… adults outside of specific contexts, such as long-term care homes (Hickey et al., 2004; Kim & Lee, 2018; Santini et al., 2018). As such, this qualitative research explores youth and older adults’ experience of being a part of the Snow Buddies program and similar volunteer initiatives in …
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Reorienting Response: An Ethnography of Old Age, Disability, and Queer Lives in Canada
… among queer and trans older adults residing in long-term care homes and living with disabilities and receiving care for chronic conditions in Toronto, Canada. From 2016-2017, building on preliminary fieldwork in 2015, I spent my days with nine key interlocutors as they dwelt within sites of …