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The effectiveness of a multidisciplinary foot care program for children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: an exploratory trial [PDF]

, 2013
Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of multidisciplinary foot-care, and to evaluate the methodological considerations of a trial of multidisciplinary care in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Design: Exploratory randomised controlled trial.
Brandon, Mhairi, Friel, Lorraine, Gardner-Medwin, Janet, Hendry, Gordon, Lorgelly, Paula K., Sturrock, Roger D., Turner, Deborah, Watt, Gordon, Woodburn, James   +8 more
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Prevalence of self-care disability among older adults in China

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Self-care disability among older adults is a global public health issue. However, it lacks the up-to-date information based on nationally representative, more comprehesive data in China.
Yu Guo, Tian Wang, Tingshuai Ge, Quanbao Jiang   +3 more
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Perceived disability from hearing and voice changes in the elderly [PDF]

, 2014
Aim: Dysphonia and hearing loss are underestimated conditions in the elderly, despite their significant prevalence (18% and 50%, respectively) and their sociopsychological implications.
BARBARA, Maurizio, FILIPPI, CHIARA, MONINI, Simonetta, Rossella Baldini   +3 more
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Dementia Care: Intersecting Informal Family Care and Formal Care Systems

Journal of Aging Research, 2014
Dementia is one of the major causes of disability and dependence amongst older people and previous research has highlighted how the well-being of people with dementia is inherently connected to the quality of their relationships with their informal ...
Prabhjot Singh, Rafat Hussain, Adeel Khan, Lyn Irwin, Roslyn Foskey   +4 more
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Disability Care and Support [PDF]

The Productivity Commission inquiry report — Disability Care and Support — was released on 10 August 2011. Current disability support arrangements are inequitable, underfunded, fragmented, and inefficient and give people with a disability little choice ...
Commission, Productivity
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The changing of the guard: groupwork with people who have intellectual disabilities [PDF]

, 2009
This paper considers the impact of service systems on group activities. It describes an inter-professional groupwork project facilitated by a social worker and a community nurse.
A. McClimens, A. Mullender, B. Nirje, B.W. Tuckman, C. Barnes, C.J.G. Gersick, D. Cardore, D. Herd, D. Ward, D.G. Race, F. Kevan, H. Northen, J. Edge, J. Walmsley, J. Walmsley, K. Nichols, L. Staples, M. Cohen, M. Doel, M. Preston-Shoot, P. Reason, P. Trevithick, P. Williams, R. Burke, R. Smith, R. Townsley, R.J. Stancliffe, S-J. Hays, S. Read, S. Russell, S.H. Chia, T. MacKay, T. Tyson, W. Utting   +33 more
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Acceptability of virtual psychiatric consultations for routine follow-ups post COVID-19 pandemic for people with intellectual disabilities: cross-sectional study

BJPsych Open
Background After the rapid implementation of digital health services during the COVID-19 pandemic, a paucity of research exists about the suitability of remote consulting in people with intellectual disabilities and their carers, particularly for ...
Samuel Tromans, Sarah Rybczynska-Bunt, Sarah Mitchell, Susan Cummins, David Cox, Jennifer Downing, Paul H. Lee, Lucy Teece, Tony Marson, Rohit Shankar   +9 more
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Self-reported measures in health research for people with intellectual disabilities: an inclusive pilot study on suitability and reliability

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2018
Background The lack of suitable and reliable scales to measure self-reported health and health behaviour among people with intellectual disabilities (ID) is an important methodological challenge in health research.
Kristel Vlot-van Anrooij, Hilde Tobi, Thessa I. M. Hilgenkamp, Geraline L. Leusink, Jenneken Naaldenberg   +4 more
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Survey of Rehabilitation and Return-to-Work Practices Among U.S. Disability Carriers [PDF]

, 2007
[Excerpt] Disability insurance provides financial protection for workers who become disabled and are unable to perform their occupations. It is beneficial to both disabled employees and their employers to have their employees return to work as soon as ...
Beal, Robert W
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Caring for the carer: home design and modification for carers of young people with disability [PDF]

This HMinfo Occasional Research Paper focuses on carers, that is those who deliver informal (unpaid) care to young people with disability, and particularly those carers who share their home with the person they are caring for, as well as the housing ...
Catherine Bridge, Laura Davy, Toni Adams
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