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Health- and social care in the last year of life among older adults in Sweden
BMC Palliative Care, 2020 Background In the last years of life, burden of disease and disability and need of health- and social care often increase. Social, functional and psychological factors may be important in regard to social- and health care utilization.
Jenny Hallgren +4 more
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Asian Nursing Research, 2019 S U M M A R Y: Purpose: There is a growing number of older adults moving into assisted-living facilities to maintain their independence while being assisted with certain tasks and having convenient access to services. Physical activity (PA) and vitality
Saengryeol Park +4 more
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Smart Kitchens for People with Cognitive Impairments: A Qualitative Study of Design Requirements [PDF]
, 2018 Individuals with cognitive impairments currently leverage extensive human resources during their transitions from assisted living to independent living.
Brady, Erin +3 more
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2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Built Environment Considerations To Reduce Transmission. [PDF]
, 2020 With the rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that results in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), corporate entities, federal, state, county, and city governments, universities, school districts, places of worship,
Coil, David A +5 more
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Perspectives of the Ideal Assisted Living Facilities from Depression Era Nurses
Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 2017 The diversity of the elderly combined with a prolonged life span means their response to changing care and health is varied. Today’s elderly population prefers to stay in their own homes.
Jason Bischoff +4 more
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Suicide Risk in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities: 2003–2011 [PDF]
, 2015 Objectives We investigated the epidemiology of suicide among adults aged 50 years and older in nursing homes and assisted living facilities and whether anticipating transitioning into long-term care (LTC) is a risk factor for suicide.
Leslie, Marc +3 more
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A National Survey of Assisted Living Facilities [PDF]
The Gerontologist, 2003 Throughout the 1990s, assisted living was the most rapidly growing form of senior housing. The purpose of this paper is to describe the existing supply of assisted living facilities (ALFs) and examine the extent to which they matched the philosophy of assisted living.The study involved a multistage sample design to produce nationally representative ...
Catherine, Hawes +4 more
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Operationalizing frailty among older residents of assisted living facilities
BMC Geriatrics, 2011 Background Frailty in later life is viewed as a state of heightened vulnerability to poor outcomes. The utility of frailty as a measure of vulnerability in the assisted living (AL) population remains unexplored. We examined the feasibility and predictive
Patten Scott B +6 more
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Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2013 Background In Canada, the rise of private-pay assisted living facilities is changing the long-term care landscape. Even so, few clinical implications of having these facilities in the spectrum of care have been studied.
James KH Rockwood +5 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2023 This article studies material practices in assisted living facilities (ALF) for young adults, building on empirical data from fieldwork and on analytical resources from the research field of science and technology studies (STS). For the analysis, we made
Kristina Hoydal, Hilde Thygesen
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