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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"care home"”.
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Meaning and purpose in care home (nursing) life
… is a dearth of studies of meaning and purpose in care home (nursing) life. This care sector has an important contribution to make nationally and internationally to the lives of older people who require long-term care. This study addresses the gap in the body of knowledge by exploring how to …
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Increasing the movement of care home residents to independent living
… exposure-sampling to increase the movement of care home residents to independent living. A model apartment is oen set up with all items necessary for everyday living, including dishes, pots and pans, bedding, cleaning articles, etc., which serves as an example of what the client might live in …
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New care home admission following acute hospitalisation: a mixed methods approach
Care home admission following acute hospitalisation is a lived reality across Scotland, experienced by over 8,000 people annually. The aim of this thesis was to develop an understanding of new care home admission following acute hospitalisation. Methods and findings from the mixed-methods approach …
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The impact of acquired neurological oropharyngeal dysphagia on the health-related quality of life of care home residents
… depression). Dysphagia is prevalent among the care home population, affecting between 50% and 75% of residents. However, minimal research has explored the impact of dysphagia upon the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of care home residents. Without such data, SLTs will be illequipped to …
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Quality and continuity of medication management when people with dementia transition between the care home and hospital setting
Improving medication management at transitions of care is a national and international priority. People with dementia, who transition between hospitals and care homes, can be at an increased risk of adverse events, harm and costly re-hospitalisation. There is limited research which examines factors …
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Exploring the Perceptions of Cultural Competence Among Personal Support Workers in an Ontario Long-Term Care Home: A Case Study
… spend a large amount of time with long-term care (LTC) home residents providing assistance with their activities of daily living. The s limited research on their perceptions of cultural competence presents the need to bridge this knowledge gap. The researcher conducted a qualitative case …
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Hospital and care home nurse perspectives on optimising care for people living with dementia who transfer between hospitals and care homes
… people. Research investigating transitions for care home residents living with dementia is limited, even though such residents often have multi-morbidities and frequently use hospital services. Nurses are key care providers. Yet their perspectives on optimising care for people living with …
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Hospital and care home nurse perspectives on optimising care for people living with dementia who transfer between hospitals and care homes
… people. Research investigating transitions for care home residents living with dementia is limited, even though such residents often have multi-morbidities and frequently use hospital services. Nurses are key care providers. Yet their perspectives on optimising care for people living with …
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To explore strategies of personalised AI based e-learning to add value through training and development for healthcare staff: a case study of a care home in the UK
… to the specific needs and preferences of healthcare professionals to enhance the efficacy of e-learning and thereby delivery of care within healthcare and social care organisations. However, the full potential of personalised AI based e-learning remains largely untapped in healthcare …
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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
… impact of handheld tablets on the wellbeing of care home residents, specifically regarding connection and social connectedness, with the central research question: How does a handheld tablet intervention impact the wellbeing of older people living in a care home? As the research progressed and …
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Asmenų, augusių vaikų globos namuose, patyrimas /
… international literature recognises residential care as the least appropriate place for a child to grow up (Calheiros, Garrido, Lopes, & Patrício, 2015; Padmaja, Sushma & Agarwal, 2014; Berridge, Biehal, & Henry, 2012). Living in residential care deprives children and adolescents of regular …
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Pharmaceutical care for pulmonary tuberculosis treatment in Thailand
… were to compare: 1) treatment success; 2) healthcare resource uses; and 3) out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures, indirect costs, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) associated with pharmaceutical care, home visit, and modified DOT in three referral hospitals in Songkhla province, Thailand. …
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Facilitation of the Gold Standards Framework Programme for End-of-Life Care in Care Homes : A Mixed Methods Study.
The implementation of end-of-life care interventions is promoted within English healthcare policy to improve care delivery within different settings. How these interventions are best implemented is less clearly promoted. The role of facilitation in the implementation of one end-of-life care …
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A curriculum for administrators of residential care homes for the aging
… to recognize the importance of the residential care home administrator by providing him or her with a training curriculum in order to have additional knowledge upon which to base program planning. Perhaps, someday, a unique type of care outside as well as inside California.
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A critical realist evaluation of end of life care in care homes.
Numbers of advance care plans and unnecessary admissions to hospital at the end of life are outcomes commonly used to determine the quality of end of life care in UK care homes. However, there is currently a sparsity of research systematically exploring the underlying processes behind these …
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Emotional Geographies of Home: Place Identities Among Senior Women Residing in a Long-Term Care Facility
… and identities attached to the concept of ‘home’ among older women residing in long-term care. The study is based upon semi-structured, open-ended interviews with eleven senior women who reside in a long-term care home in The City of London, Ontario. This study contributes towards …
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My home your workplace: the impact of health and safety regulation on care homes for older adults
… been argued that concepts of independence and care are often interpreted differently and more restrictively for older adults. Services are typically more concerned with issues of safety than with enabling participation or inclusion. Whilst the rhetoric of housing and care for older adults tends …
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Between paradox and prescribing: Understanding anticipatory prescribing at the end of life in UK care homes
… of anticipatory prescribing, especially in care home-based palliative care. Early and appropriate prescribing and administration of anticipatory medicines for patients who require end-of-life symptom control has become established good practice in palliative and end-of-life care policy. In …
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