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Showing 1 to 20 of 167 for “"Person-centred"”.
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Tailoring eHealth interventions for weight loss: an integrative person-centred approach
… a lack of participant engagement, compared to in-person interventions. “Tailoring” is an approach to the design of behavioural health interventions, which involves personalisation of the information, advice and support delivered to participants. It can promote a sense of personal relevance and …
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Experimenting with self-organised learning for organisational growth: A person-centred approach
… has prompted me to identify the need for a more person-centred approach to management. The survey focuses on 5 key issues, the motivation of people to contribute to the achievement of organisational goals, responsibility and control, assumptions or myths about people, attitudes towards people, …
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Building bridges: Introducing concepts from neuroscience and attachment theory to person-centred practitioners
… in the field of psychotherapy, that of the Person-Centred approach and that of Affective Neuroscience and Attachment Theory. The project tackles the challenge of interfacing different knowledge areas that potentially reflect different epistemologies and practice-based pursuits. It is argued …
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Personality as an antecedent of work-family conflict : a variable- and person-centred approach
This study examined the relationship between personality and work-family conflict amongst working fathers in South Africa. Two conceptual approaches to personality were employed: a variable-centred approach using the Big-Five personality dimensions (Costa & McCrae, 1992) and a person-centred …
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Patients' Perceptions of Person-Centred Care in Audiology: A South African Cross-Sectional Survey
Background: Person-centred care (PCC) has gained momentum over recent years as essential in the practice of health care. This is largely due to research documenting the benefits of PCC to both patients and practitioners. PCC ensures that patients receive care that respects and accounts for their …
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An exploration of strategies employed by residential aged care managers to implement person-centred care
Tom Kitwood, the founder of person-centred dementia care, called for a cultural change in care, focused on preserving the personhood of people with dementia. The person-centred model fosters a milieu where staff can provide supportive, encouraging and meaningful social relationships with care …
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What accounts do young people give of their experience of person-centred annual review meetings?
… Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH), a model of ‘person-centred annual review’ meetings has been developed. The meeting centres on the young person and includes discussion of strengths, difficulties and future plans. Information is presented in accessible language and using visual representations. …
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How do your learners paint flowers? An exploration into person-centred learning in Community Training Centres.
… in education, human development and identity and person-centred learning. This section also looks at governmentality, neoliberalism and New Managerialism in education. The findings reveal many of the attributes of person-centred learning present in CTCs and also reveals the many challenges to this …
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An investigation into the use of the person-centred approach to counselling in a Syrian context
It has been claimed that the person-centred approach to counselling is largely inappropriate for use in non-Western contexts due to the collectivist and hierarchical nature of many such societies. There is however little available case material through which to substantiate this claim and examine …
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Promoting Cognitive Security among People with Dementia through Empathy, Person-centred Attitudes and a Compassionate Approach
… care. It does this by presenting a model of the personal qualities required by carers (professional and informal) of people with dementia. This model is derived from and justified by insights and research findings from within my published work into aspects of care for people with dementia. I …
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Person-Centred caring towards improvement of diabetic foot care compliance in rural primary health care, KwaZulu-Natal
… while 90% are not educated about foot care. Person-centredness and caring can potentially improve foot care outcomes for patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. AIM & OBJECTIVES This study aims to identify how registered nurses could achieve person-centred caring to improve diabetic foot care …
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Being believed and believing in : the impact of delegitimation on person centred care for people with chronic back pain
… in the erosion of self-esteem, self-identity andpersonhood. Undiagnosed chronic back pain can undermine a person's moral selfthrough disrupting the person's biography and self -esteem. Ultimately, people withchronic back pain need person centred approaches to care that support the restorationof …
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Technology and ageing: A person-centred study on the introduction and wellbeing impact of handheld tablets to residents of care homes
… One focused on the research design: How can a person-centred approach be used to introduce handheld tablets to older people living in a care home? The other, from autoethnography: How does undertaking person-centred research in a care home affect the researcher? This thesis guides the reader …
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What is the self-reported person-centred care competency and observed implementation of final year audiology students during their clinical encounters?
Background: Person-centred care (PCC) is described as a set of principles and behaviours which are practiced together to ensure that clients' management goals and health needs are met. Practicing PCC in healthcare may have positive outcomes on all parties involved, including the professional, …
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A case study exploration of approaches to the delivery of safe, effective and person centred care at two rural community maternity units.
… Quality Ambitions of safe, effective and person centred care. Currently there is no available recent evidence regarding the quality of this particular model of care in a rural setting. This research makes an important contribution given that most women are encouraged to access local …
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Care needs of people with dementia in perioperative environments from the perspective of healthcare professionals : exploring professional experiences of person-centred dementia care
… of adverse outcomes and a lack of consistent, person-centred care. This doctoral thesis examines the care needs of people living with dementia throughout the perioperative pathway, to identify barriers and enablers to high-quality care, and to develop practical recommendations for clinical …
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Pause time: a multi-perspective exploration of person-centred care in an acute hospital: an interpretative phenomenological analysis study with older people, families and staff.
Since the turn of the 21st century, the term 'Person Centred Care' (PCC) has become integral to healthcare language in policy, education, research and practice. In several healthcare arenas, PCC has become synonymous with the delivery of high-quality care along with multiple drivers - politically …
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