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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"long-term care home"”.
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Exploring the Perceptions of Cultural Competence Among Personal Support Workers in an Ontario Long-Term Care Home: A Case Study
… Workers (PSWs) 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 …
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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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Approaches to accountability in city of Toronto long-term care homes
Within the context of healthcare accountability are concepts such as quality and safety of care, resource allocation and the notion of value for money. When understanding accountability, questions such as who is accountable for what and how is accountability demonstrated arise. As the number of …
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Lessons Learned from COVID-19? A Comparative Policy Analysis of Long-Term Care Policies in Two Francophone Countries
… disproportionately affected older adults in long-term care (LTC) homes, exposing systemic challenges. This study compares LTC policy responses in Québec (Canada) and France across regulation, service provision, funding, and workforce. It identifies lessons from the pandemic by comparing LTC …
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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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A pilot examination of quality and cost of long-term care settings in Illinois
Transitioning residents out of long-term care (LTC) institutions and back into the community has been shown to reduce Medicaid expenditure and improve quality of life for recipients of care. This research was conducted to build upon the findings of previous studies by contrasting components of cost …