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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Older people--Care"”.
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Identifying the health, wellbeing and social impacts in older adults using nature-based projects: a case study of care farming and community gardening interventions in Greater Manchester.
… created pressures on resources, including health care and natural ecosystems. Subsequently, longer life expectancies and comorbidities exacerbates pressures on health services. The Global North faces ageing populations and long-term health conditions, illustrating a need for innovation. It is …
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Cognitive strategy intervention for elders living in a residential care facility.
Residential care facilities are communities for elders that encourage residents to maintain their independence for everyday activities. These individuals may experience memory dysfunction which can negatively impact their confidence and well being. Through the implementation of an intervention …
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Dementia caregivers: Educational intervention and coping styles
Caregivers of dementia patients who were referred to a community-based comprehensive assessment program for demented and/or chronically ill older adults by physicians or community agencies were studied for this thesis.
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Dementia caregivers: Educational intervention and coping styles
Caregivers of dementia patients who were referred to a community-based comprehensive assessment program for demented and/or chronically ill older adults by physicians or community agencies were studied for this thesis.
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Caregiving in Later Life: A Contextual Approach to the Provision of Care
… this study examined the frequency of caregiving provided by older adults to kin and non-kin. A telephone survey produced a random sample of adults 60 years of age and older, which was predominantly White, with higher income and education levels (n = 278). Bivariate and multivariate …
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The Effect of Back Massage on Anxiety Level Among Elderly Residents in a Long-term Care Facility
… level of anxiety among residents in a long-term care facility. It attempted to determine if differences in selected demographic characteristics were related to level of anxiety after back massage and attempted to determine if general anxiety (Trait) was related to immediate (State) anxiety after …
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Assisted living: internal communication to align identity and image
<p>Accomplishment of the mission of any organization relies on relationships developed. Key to these relationships is an internal communication program. As a function of public relations, the value of an internal communication program must be recognized as a requirement and implemented to achieve …
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Placing a parent in a nursing home: Factors related to adult children's decisions
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Skype on Wheels: Implementation of video-calls to reduce feelings of loneliness and social isolation for older people living in care
Background: Older people in care may be lonely with insufficient contact if families are unable to visit. Face-to-face contact through video-calls may help reduce loneliness, but little is known about the processes of engaging older people living in care in using video-calls. Aims: 1-To explore how …
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The clinical experience of registered master's chiropractic students in the management of elderly patients during their practicum
Dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Master’s Degree of Technology Degree: Chiropractic, Durban University of Technology, 2021.
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Individual differences in interpersonal dependency in older adults: Development of a measure and its evaluation in health care services
Increasing dependency in older age is conceptualised differently by various disciplines. Psychologists have contributed to the understanding of dependency in older age by describing and explaining the functionality of dependency across the life-span. Psychological research has also examined …