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Chemical restraint as behavioural euthanasia: case studies from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background The prescription of psychotropic medication to older people living with dementia in residential aged care has become an increasing concern.
Patricia Cain, Pelden Chejor, Davina Porock   +2 more
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Use of an Activity Monitor and GPS Device to Assess Community Activity and Participation in Transtibial Amputees

Sensors, 2014
This study characterized measures of community activity and participation of transtibial amputees based on combined data from separate accelerometer and GPS devices.
Brenton Hordacre, Christopher Barr, Maria Crotty   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Incorporating Safety and Quality Measures Into Australia’s Activity-Based Funding of Public Hospital Services

Health Services Insights, 2023
In a bid to improve quality of care, numerous countries have incorporated rewards and penalties into the funding and pricing of hospital services. This paper outlines recent advances in Australia to incorporate financial penalties for hospital acquired ...
Samuel B. G. Webster, Sarah E. Neville, Jennifer Nobbs, Jada Ching, Kees van Gool   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and incidence of cancer related lymphedema in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Cancer, 2020
Background Little is known about the prevalence and incidence in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) of secondary lymphedema due to cancer. The purpose of the study is to estimate the prevalence and incidence in LMICs of secondary lymphedema related ...
Eric Torgbenu, Tim Luckett, Mark A. Buhagiar, Sungwon Chang, Jane L. Phillips   +4 more
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Desafios para constituição dos organismos estaduais de defesa agropecuária: interesse nacional ou direcionamento da classe rural hegemônica?

Novos Cadernos NAEA, 2023
O texto aborda a construção da Defesa Agropecuária no país, apresentando suas prioridades, contradições e heranças posturais repassadas às estruturas estaduais de execução dessa Política Pública e o seu impacto na construção ideológica dos órgãos ...
Fabiola Ewerton Kamakura Mesquita, José Sampaio de Mattos Junior, Tânia Maria Duarte Silva, Maria Cristiane Pestana Chaves Miranda   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Building the Nursing Workforce of The Future

Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management
The supply, retention and distribution of a quality nursing workforce is critical to ensure Australians have access to health and aged care, when and where they need it.
Karen Cook , Samantha Lavender , Frances Rice   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Relationship of Students’ Coping Styles with Stress and E-Learning in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bezmiâlem Science, 2022
Objective:This research was planned to evaluate the relationship between coping styles with stress and e-learning of health services vocational school students during the distance education process in the Coronavirus diease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic.Methods:
Yağmur AKBAL, Hilal PEKMEZCİ, Burcu ÇUVALCI   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of online self-management resources for adults living with primary brain cancer, and their carers: a systematic environmental scan

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background A primary brain cancer diagnosis is a distressing, life changing event. It adversely affects the quality of life for the person living with brain cancer and their families (‘carers’).
Isabelle Schaefer, Nicole Heneka, Tim Luckett, Meera R. Agar, Suzanne K. Chambers, David C. Currow, Georgia Halkett, Domenica Disalvo, Ingrid Amgarth-Duff, Cleola Anderiesz, Jane L. Phillips   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the fatal burden of COVID-19 in residential aged care homes in Australia: Using linked data to generate evidence

International Journal of Population Data Science
Aim To quantify the impact of the pandemic on fatal burden of disease among those living in residential aged care homes (RACH) in Australia. Methods Using Residential Aged Care data linked to Death Registrations (Jan 2016 to 11 Aug 2022), we ...
Jennifer Welsh, Grace Joshy, Rachel Freeman-Robinson, Nicholas Biddle, Emily Banks, Clement Schlegel, Kayla Jordan, Phillip Gould, Paul Kelly, Rosemary Korda   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source