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The Influence of Foster-Home Care on Psychiatric Patients
Archives of General Psychiatry, 1976Adult patients placed into foster families by six administrations in three provinces of Canada were oberved at time of placement and followed up 18 months later. Over this period, they exhibited a substantial decline in symptoms-almost as great as with similar patients retained in the hospital.
H B, Murphy +2 more
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Nutritional evaluation of menus for adult foster care homes
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 1982An evaluation of the meals served in 41 Adult Foster Care facilities in Michigan showed that 38 did not serve meals which obtained the expected dietary score based on food groupings. Eighty-three percent of the facilities did not provide adequate amounts of milk/dairy products and 54 percent of homes did not provide 5 oz.
S M, Brogan +2 more
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Day care homes can foster children's health
Day Care and Early Education, 1979Because so many infants and young children are cared for in family day care homes, these can play a very important role in the promotion of children's health. Parents and family day care home caregivers should work closely to provide adequate child health supervision, emergency care, nutrition education, mental health services, and sick care services ...
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Fostering dignity in the care of nursing home residents through slow caring
Nursing Ethics, 2016Background: Physical impairment and dependency on others may be a threat to dignity. Research questions: The purpose of this study was to explore dignity as a core concept in caring, and how healthcare personnel focus on and foster dignity in nursing home residents. Research design: This study has a hermeneutic design. Participants and research context:
Vibeke, Lohne +11 more
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The Substitutability of Adult Foster Care for Nursing Home Care in Oregon
Medical Care, 1997This study investigates the degree of substitutability of adult foster care for nursing home care in Oregon.Using three tests, the authors determined (1) the extent to which an additional adult foster care resident in a county reduces the number of nursing home residents in that county, (2) which characteristics of residents and facilities are ...
J A, Nyman +4 more
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Foster family care: an innovative home care option.
Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine, 1998Home care agencies can extend the range of long-term care service they provide by including foster family care. With this care option, clients move into host homes, where they receive room, board, and other necessary care. Foster family care is yielding benefits to clients, care providers, and agencies alike--and it's helping to achieve long-term care ...
E R, Frenkel, S, McGibney
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Therapeutic homes: A treatment alternative to foster care
Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 1981Abstract For disturbed children a small family‐like setting is frequently a therapeutic choice. However, traditional approaches to foster care also involve a legal step to separate children and their parents. The program at Smoky Mountain Mental Health Center offers a model that avoids the legal separation yet accomplishes the therapeutic, small family‐
Joe H. Lanier, Jerry A. Coffey
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Going home and returning to foster care
Children and Youth Services Review, 1996Abstract The study describes 210 children and families returning home from foster homes and group facilities in 20 agencies in New York City. It examines whether a child's reentering care within one and two years of discharge, as opposed to not reentering care, was associated with certain child, caregiver, and situational factors.
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When Children Cannot Remain Home: Foster Family Care and Kinship Care
The Future of Children, 1998Despite the best efforts of child welfare agencies, community agencies, and individuals, some children are not safe in their homes and must be placed in substitute care settings by child welfare authorities. Increasingly, as this article points out, child welfare agencies are placing children in the homes of their relatives rather than in traditional ...
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