Home or foster home care versus institutional long-term care for functionally dependent older people. [PDF]
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2017 Changing population demographics have led to an increasing number of functionally dependent older people who require care and medical treatment. In many countries, government policy aims to shift resources into the community from institutional care settings with the expectation that this will reduce costs and improve the quality of care compared.To ...
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Quality of life of patients with schizophrenia treated in foster home care and in outpatient treatment [PDF]
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2015 Mate Mihanović,1,2 Branka Restek-Petrović,1,2 Anamarija Bogović,1 Ena Ivezić,1 Davor Bodor,1 Ivan Požgain3 1Psychiatric Hospital “Sveti Ivan”, Zagreb, 2Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 3Department of ...
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Prevalence of Out-Of-Home Care Among School-Aged Children in Canada, 2002–2018: An Analysis of Nationally-Representative Student Survey Data [PDF]
International Journal of Public HealthObjectivesThe objectives were to estimate the prevalence of out-of-home care among school-aged children in Canada by year, gender, age group, and placement type and assess time trends.MethodsWe analyzed data from five cycles of the Health Behaviour in ...
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Foster Care and Its Transformation in Slovakia – Proclamation and Reality [PDF]
Sociální Pedagogika, 2015 The author presents the process of transforming residential institutional care and foster family care in the Slovak Republic at three levels. It is a socio-political context that led firstly to the fact that "education" and "health" orphanages passed ...
Albín Škoviera
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Different sizes, similar challenges: Out of home care for youth in Germany and the Netherlands [PDF]
Psychosocial Intervention, 2014 While there is a large difference in the number of young inhabitants in the Netherlands and Germany, their child protection frameworks are quite similar. In both countries, child protection services are mainlyfocused on youth aged 0 to 18 and regulations
Annemiek T. Harder +4 more
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Children, 2021 Parental substance misuse and mental health issues are major factors associated with infant placement into out-of-home care. Such placements may result in disruption and/or cessation of breastfeeding.
Stacy Blythe +4 more
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Home First: Stability and Opportunity in Out-of-Home Care
Psych, 2023 In this report, the concept of “Home First” is introduced for those children who require long-term, non-kin placements. The term “Home First” connotes a placement engendering stability and continuity; this concept is introduced in conjunction with an ...
Steven P. Segal
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Mental health of children and adolescents in foster care residential institutions in Northern Taiwan
Taiwanese Journal of Psychiatry, 2020 Objectives: Studies reposted that children and adolescents entering foster care systems are at risk of mental health conditions. In this study, we intended to describe the prevalence of mental illnesses as well as the characteristics of emotional and ...
Shin- Heng Shen +4 more
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LIVING IN FOSTER CARE AND IN A CHILDREN’S HOME: VOICES OF CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS
Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2009 Foster care is clearly seen as the preferred option in alternate care of the vulnerable child inSouth Africa and internationally (Kiraly, 2001; Long, 2007; McKay, 2002; Morei, 2002).
Nevashnee Perumal, Madhu Kasiram
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AN ANALYSIS OF, AND DIFFERENT APPROACH TO, CHALLENGES IN FOSTER CARE PRACTICE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2013 Foster care is perceived to be the best and most widely applied form of alternative care for children besides their maternal home, because it most often occurs within the family context and is supposed to offer safety and protection to children.
Annelie Böning, Sandra Ferreira
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