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Current trends, figures and challenges in out of home child care: An internationalcomparative analysis [PDF]

open access: yesPsychosocial Intervention, 2014
This article closes the special issue of this journal about an international review of out-of-home child care, principally family foster care and residential care, tough several aspects related to adoption were included as well.
Jorge F. del Valle, Amaia Bravo
doaj   +1 more source

‘To Feel at Home Is to Feel Safe’: Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (Re)Creating a Sense of Home in Foster Care over Time

open access: yesSocial Sciences
This study explores what unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) emphasise as important to (re)create a sense of home in foster care over time. Through a longitudinal design consisting of semi-structured, photo-elicitation interviews and by drawing on the ...
Frederikke Jarlby   +2 more
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Institutional support in alternative care: Foster care and COVID-19 pandemics [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu, 2022
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has generated new challenges in the work of social welfare institutions, particularly in the area of providing support in alternative forms of care, such as foster care.
Horvat Gordana   +2 more
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Kinship Care for the Safety, Permanency, and Well‐being of Children Removed from the Home for Maltreatment

open access: yesCampbell Systematic Reviews, 2009
Child abuse and neglect are common problems across the world that result in negative consequences for children, families and communities. Children who have been abused or neglected are often removed from the home and placed in residential care or with ...
Marc Winokur   +2 more
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On the causes and effects of a broad interpretation of the concepts of “descendants” and “ascendants” in the Inheritance and Donation Tax Act

open access: yesPrawo Budżetowe Państwa i Samorządu, 2020
A determination of the affiliation to one of the three tax groups of the taxpayer and the person from whom the acquisition of goods and property rights took place is one of the key elements of inheritance and donation tax, on which the amount of the tax ...
Paweł Majka, Jacek Wantoch-Rekowski
doaj   +1 more source

Changing home care aides: Differences between family and non-family care in California Medicaid home and community-based services. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
In California Medicaid home-and-community-based services (HCBS), recipients' family members receive payment as home care aides (HCAs). We analyzed data on first-time HCBS recipients to examine factors associated with the likelihood of switching HCAs ...
Bindman, Andrew B   +5 more
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Nursing Home Implementation of Health Information Technology: Review of the Literature Finds Inadequate Investment in Preparation, Infrastructure, and Training. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Health information technology (HIT) is increasingly adopted by nursing homes to improve safety, quality of care, and staff productivity. We examined processes of HIT implementation in nursing homes, impact on the nursing home workforce, and related ...
Ko, Michelle   +2 more
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Family placement breakdowns in Finland – the 1997 Finnish Birth Cohort study

open access: yesNordic Social Work Research
We used the 1997 Finnish Birth Cohort to study the prevalence of long-term family foster care placement breakdowns. We examined whether and how often placement breakdowns occur among children who have been taken into care and placed in family foster care.
Kaisa Vuolukka   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Qualitative studies of the lived experiences of being in foster care: A scoping review protocol

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2023
Introduction Lived experience of foster care is an area of limited research. Studies tend to focus on foster caregiver retention rates, education performance outcomes, evaluations and policy development. Although these studies are important, they provide
Claire Hayes   +3 more
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Long-term foster care: different needs, different outcomes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This brief examines where foster children are living four years after removal from their homes and the characteristics of these children and their placements. Understanding whether child characteristics such as age or emotional or behavioral problems are
Mattingly, Marybeth J., Walsh, Wendy A.
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