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Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2015 Sin (2016) explores different consequentialist approaches towards analyzing filial obligations in relation to parents in need of care. Undoubtedly, the question of filial duties is important. It is therefore remarkable that there is relatively little thorough research on this subject in contemporary academic literature.
Bert, Gordijn, Henk, Ten Have
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Assistive Technology for Elderly Care: An Overview
IEEE Access, 2021 Global demographic changes have resulted in a growing technological demand to meet the arisen social needs. In particular, the increasingly ageing population requires assistive technologies to stay at home for longer independently while receiving ...
Ester Martínez-Martín, Ângelo Costa
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Neck circumference is a highly reliable anthropometric measure in older adults requiring long-term care [PDF]
PeerJThe reliability of neck circumference measurement as an assessment tool for older adults requiring long-term care remains unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of neck circumference measurement in older adults requiring long-term care ...
Ryo Sato +6 more
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The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of respite for caregivers of frail older people [PDF]
, 2007 The proportion of frail elderly people in the industrialized world is increasing. Respite care is a potentially important way of maintaining the quality of life for these people and their caregivers.
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Characteristics of Elderly Care Work That Influence Care Workers’ Turnover Intentions
Healthcare, 2021 Turnover and retention of care workers in long-term care (LTC) settings is an important issue. However, much research about turnover in LTC settings has focused on licensed nurses or nurse assistants.
Jeongmi Lim
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Self-care profiles of the elderly institutionalized in Elderly Care Centres [PDF]
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2018 The concept of self-care in the elderly has been frequently associated with autonomy, independence and personal accountability. Self-care practices are a result of individual lifestyles and paths adapted to the circumstances and expectations of the elderly.
Imaginário, Cristina +4 more
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BMC Medical Education, 2018 Background To deliver high quality of care for the growing population of older patients more geriatricians are needed. However, the interest of medical students for a career in geriatrics is lagging behind due to a lack of exposure, the nature of the ...
Ariadne A. Meiboom +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 Objective: To examine the nature and scope of questions about psychiatric patient cases submitted by general practitioners (GPs) to an established online consultation platform and to determine if they could have been answered by consulting existing ...
Nynke W. Bock +3 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Health care for the elderly is one of the key issues in the field of public health. In the context of global aging, the government's policy framework for elderly care affects the development of local elderly care.
Xiu-juan Li, Aoyi Yang, Haina Yan
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Smart home for elderly care: development and challenges in China
BMC Geriatrics, 2020 Background China’s smart home for elderly care emerged in 2008, and had went through four developmental stages which consists of seed stage, start-up stage, development stage and popularization stage.
Quan Zhang, Meiyu Li, Yijin Wu
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