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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preferences of frail elderly patients with cardiovascular disease for web-based exercise telerehabilitation interventions in China: protocol for a discrete choice experiment study. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Zou H, Wu L, Zheng X, Dong P, Yuan W, Li J, Zhang S, Chen Y.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn, J. Gilroy, S. Peter, F. Talbot, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, B. Rambaldini, A. Haines, M. Lincoln   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expanding the DNA Nanotechnology Toolbox: Hierarchical Assembly and Self‐Sorting of DNA Tiles With Precisely Controlled Hydrophobic Behavior

Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
DNA tile amphiphiles encode dual chemical information, directing nanostructure formation through base‐pairing and hydrophobic effects. Thermal annealing programs hierarchical assembly, with first‐formed interactions biasing the final morphology: short hydrophobic chain strands form DX‐tiles and then into stars, while long‐chain strands form SNAs and ...
Yihao Wu, Muhammad Ghufran Rafique, Christopher Saab, Hanadi Sleiman   +3 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Management of Distal Radius Fractures in Frail Elderly Patients With High Anesthetic Risk: Cast Immobilization Versus Volar Locking Plate Fixation. [PDF]

Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil
Yiğit N, Nazlıgül AS, Ülgen NK, Erginoğlu SE, Bozbek M, Akkurt MO.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Public Attitudes Toward Compassionate Release of Older People From Prison: Findings From a National Survey in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid increase in older people in prison populations worldwide is generating significant health, cost, and human rights pressures on custodial systems. Compassionate release for older, frail inmates is a potentially effective response, yet little is known about public support for this approach.
Ye In (Jane) Hwang, Natasha Ginnivan, Amanuel Kidane Hagos, Tony Butler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dysphagia in frail elderly: self-reported mealtime symptoms and risk. [PDF]

Rev Saude Publica
Valente Junior CN, Sassi FC, Ritto AP, Pecenin ICSF, Andrade CRF.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Hours Worked by Primary Carers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary caregivers constitute a major unpaid workforce in Australia. The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic factors that are associated with carer workloads. Multinomial logistic regression modelling was applied to the nation‐wide Australian Government survey.
Andrew J. Hamilton
wiley   +1 more source

Early-Stage Rectal Mixed Neuroendocrine-Non-neuroendocrine Neoplasm Treated With Local Excision in a Frail Elderly Patient: A Multidisciplinary Management Dilemma. [PDF]

Cureus
Ahmad CM, Kastle RA, Smith T, Kalagana H, Williams-Wuch K.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Supporting Aged Care Worker Wellbeing: A Qualitative Document Analysis of the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aged care work is physically and emotionally demanding. Workers can feel disempowered, vulnerable and at increased risk of experiencing work‐related stress. This in turn can result in sub‐optimal care and staff shortages. This study aimed to investigate what provisions exist within Australia's strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards to ...
Sharon Stoddart, Kate Churruca, Maree Saba, Janet C Long, Peter D. Hibbert, Amy Nguyen, Viviana Wuthrich, Bronwyn Newman, Leonard C. Gray, Hilda Bø Lyng, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Louise A Ellis   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source