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Showing 1 to 20 of 244 for “"home care"”.
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Future of individuals after out-of-home care
… that go through diverse forms of out-of-home care. Individuals who have been placed in out-of-home care are at great risk of developing mental health problems, low self-esteem and low resilience, and estimating their quality of life poor and are likely to have a bleaker future outcome. No …
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Religious Coping and Depression in Home Care Patients
… a medical illness in 36 elderly male and female home health care patients with a primary diagnosis of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and how they coped with their medical condition. Relationships between depression and religious coping, functional …
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Creating sustainable home care services for older people
… increases in expenditure and demand for home care services. However, provision of home care is fraught with quality issues such as high staff turnover rates, inadequate staff training, a lack of coordinator support and reduced continuity of care. Consequently, ensuring the sustainability …
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LIFE STYLE ANALYSIS OF HOSPICE HOME CARE NURSES
… of focus within medicine to include palliative care has created a new corps of professionals who fulfill a role that might be considered antithetical to their profession. This new medical role calls for individuals who have personality characteristics that will allow them to constantly face …
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Quality, Cost, and Access Issues in Nursing Home Care
… of the observed pattern in the nursing home industry that non-profit institutions serve a lower percentage of Medicaid patients than do for-profit facilities. This paper shows that information disparities regarding quality between providers and consumers fosters an environment in which …
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Home Care Service Delivery: Proprietary Versus Non-Proprietary Organizations
This research addresses the comparative effectiveness of a market mechanism. Is it superior to a government/voluntary mechanism in the delivery of community-based social services? The proprietary organizations examined reflect the assumptions of a market mechanism while the non-proprietary …
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Choice of inputs into home care for the elderly
… resources in the provision of long-term care to an aged member. The objective was to identify factors that influence the choice of inputs and provide insight into the household's choice-making process. Hypotheses were based on the Becker household production model and Grossman's …
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Diet compliance of home care clients with diabetes mellitus
Home health services are increasing for elderly individuals diagnosed with chronic diseases which are often treated by diet modification. This study was undertaken to evaluate the diabetic homebound client's understanding of and compliance to his/her prescribed diet. An interviewer assisted …
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Do we change the market or does the market change us? : Cooperative home care associates in the New York City home care market
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1994.
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Factors in Predicting the Number of Home Care Physical Visits
… a significant increase in the utilization of home health care during the past decade. Medicare has attempted to control home care costs by 1) allowing Medicare beneficiaries to join Health Maintenance Organizations, and 2) requiring the use of the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) …
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Nursing Needs and Burden of Home Care Patient Primary Caregiver
본 연구는 가정간호대상자 주돌봄자의 간호요구도와 부담감을 파악하고 이들 간의 관계를 알아보고자 실시한 서술적 상관관계 연구로서, 수원시에 소재하는 C 대학병원에서 가정간호서비스를 받는 가정간호대상자의 주돌봄자 123명을 대상으로 2015년 1월 12일부터 3월 12일까지 설문조사를 하였다. 본 연구에서 사용한 조사도구는 김미희(1997)가 개발한 간호요구도 측정도구를 본 연구목적에 맞게 수정·보완한 측정도구와 서미혜와 오가실(1993)이 개발한 가족 부담감 측정도구를 사용하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 20.0 프로그램을 이용하여 …
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Understanding Home Care Aides’ Roles in Health Care for Older Adults
… joint flexibility. Older adults residing at home with these challenges often require support from various individuals, including home care aides (HCAs). Home care aides provide personal care (e.g., bathing) and housekeeping (e.g., laundry) and are not considered part of medical care. Mounting …
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Designing open-source, cross-platform user interfaces for improving home care
Long-term care (LTC) facilities, once the primary source of healthcare for aging citizens face critical shortages that are increasing due to heightened demand for healthcare services. In Canada, LTC facilities struggle to meet the growing needs, which have only increased since the COVID-19 …
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A Study of the Home-care Instruction Needs of Colostomy Patients
… patients were prepared to undertake self-care at home. Related to this goal was the secondary purpose of preparation of a basic list of instructional needs of colostomy patients. Such a list should be useful in determination of content for colostomy self-care teaching programs in …
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Impacts of Increased Home Care Investments on Health System Service Utilization
Introduction: A Canadian home care performance measurement framework does not exist. This research examined the impact of Federal and Provincial investments in home care programs in Alberta. We identified the need for financially focused home care system indicators, refined indicators through a …
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