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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"continuing care"”.
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Affordability issues in programming continuing care retirement communitites
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture and Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1987.
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Financing continuing care retirement communities : alternatives for proprietary developers
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1986.
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Transitions to Assisted Living Within a Continuing Care Retirement Community
… assisted living setting, both situated within a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC).</p> <p>Rationale: Anecdotally, CCRC transitions have been viewed as either one dreaded possible step toward the end of life or a supportive place to open a new chapter in older adults’ lives. However, no …
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Baby Boomer Living: Designing a Modern Continuing Care Retirement Community
… the innovative senior community models, the Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) combines a variety of unique residential options and comprehensive services that meet the needs of new and active retirees and aging seniors. Focusing on the Baby Boomer cohort in conjunction with a …
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Risks and rewards of continuing care retirement communities : a developers's perspective
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1986.
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A Multi-Method Systems Approach to Antimicrobial Management in Continuing Care Wards
… four indicators which they expect healthcare staff to comply with. These measures include antibiotic choice compliant with guidelines, an indication for antibiotics documented, a duration or a review date documented and the patients receive all the doses. This study uses a systems …
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Fitness trails for continuing care retirement community residents: motivational cues to participation
… encourage use of fitness trails by residents of Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) was investigated. Previous research suggested that both the walking and exercise parts of these fitness trails are being used by only a small percentage of' the residents. A checklist was used to …
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An Examination of the Perceived Educational Needs of Residents in Continuing Care Retirement Communities
… have arisen over the past few decades. Called Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs), these places offer three levels of living: individual apartments, assisted living and the nursing center. Residents can move freely among these three levels as the need arises. While the educational …
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Predictors of registration with continuing care and the utilization of support services by family caregivers of Alzheimer’s disease patients
… associated with the registration and use of Continuing Care (CC) support services by the caregivers and Alzheimer patients. Registration with CC was related to several of the need characteristics of both the patient and the caregiver. The patient's level of impairment as measured by the …
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Living bereavement : an exploration of health care workers' responses to loss and grief in an NHS continuing care ward for older people
The continuing care for older people is an important but often overlooked area of health care.T his thesis is concerned with how care staff work with residents and their relatives in an NHS continuing care ward. It focuses on the care staff's perceptions and responses to the losses experience by …
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The nurse's role in promoting the involvement of older patients and informal carers in the assessment of their individual continuing health and social care needs
… it applies to older patients and their informal carers in the assessment of their own continuing care needs. In particular it is concerned with the nurse's role within the multidisciplinary team in facilitating the involvement of patients and informal carers in this process. The study was …
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Health Expenditures, Time to Death, and Age: A Study of Individual-level, Longitudinal Data to Identify the Combined Role of Age and Mortality in Determining Health Utilization of the Elderly
… potential impact of aging populations on health care systems in the developed world, evidence from recent decades has shown at best a weak relationship between population aging and health expenditures at the aggregate level. This thesis explores the literature that frames the relationship between …
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Person-centered care : using systemic and psychodynamically informed action research
… and responding to loss of personhood in a continuing care setting. The context of this study was a National Health Service (NHS) nursing home for the long term care of older people. Interventions used to support this development included the collection and sharing of residents' life …
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Social Markers of Maturation and the Transition to Young Adulthood: The Life Courses of Adolescent Substance Users After Treatment
… consumer input into this definition, the use of continuing care post-primary treatment through assertive secondary care and through interventions that target community, such as recovery schools. Finally, because these multiple antisocial behaviors are intertwined, system cooperation is needed …
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Gentrifying geriatrics : challenging design paradigms for the aged and aging
… the needs of the aged: aging in place or in-home care, assisted living and nursing homes. Continuing care communities have attempted to provide an integrated model to assist through all the stages of late adulthood. With the exception of in home care, all architectural models for elderly care have …
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The effect of homemaking services on established measures of perceived well-being in community-dwelling elderly : an exploratory descriptive study
… implications for the distribution of health-care services for our elderly. Data may also suggest a range of options for Continuing Care and improved measures for evaluating the effectiveness of other health-care programs.
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Aging in community
… long-term housing has grown in popularity -- the Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC). CCRCs encourage active independence while offering a continuum of care options from short-term rehabilitation to long-term care services. Physical, sensory, and/or cognitive abilities commonly decline …
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Study of the stages of readiness to adopt exercise and strength training behaviors among adults 65 years and older
… stage. Participants included 277 residents of 6 continuing care retirement communities in a midwestern state. A site administered survey instrument used a modified Stages of Change Instrument (Marcus, Selby, Niaura, & Rossi, 1992); the Health Status Inventory (Gorely & Gordon, 1995); and the …
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