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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

‘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

Culturally Safe Assistive Technology Provision in Australia: Concept Mapping Perspectives From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disparities in Assistive Technology (AT) access exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples despite recent policy reforms. This paper brings together First Nations and Western academic ways of being, knowing and doing to deliver an AT practice analysis based upon primary data from two research reports into the cultural safety of AT
Shane Hearn, Vanessa Langenberg, Kristy Harper, Libby Callaway, Hilary O'Connell, Eleanor Kennett‐Smith, Natasha Layton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hidden in the Labour Market: An Intersectional Latent Class Analysis of Discouraged Workers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs an intersectionality‐informed latent class analysis (LCA) to examine the hidden diversity of discouraged workers in Australia. Drawing on nationally representative data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, we identified six empirically distinct subgroups defined by intersecting demographic and ...
Sora Lee, Woojin Kang
wiley   +1 more source

Emergency department presentations of older patients in Germany: high rates of ambulatory care–sensitive conditions and increased odds of inpatient mortality in patients living with dementia

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background The crowding of emergency departments (ED) in Germany and many other countries has been a well-known problem and the ageing population is posing additional and very specific challenges to EDs as older patients may present with multimorbidity ...
Kristina Hartl, Anna Slagman, Martin Möckel, Hanna Winkler, Liane Schenk, Thomas Keil, Dorothee Riedlinger   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Translating Biomedical Research to Medical Devices: A Practical Guide and the Arteriovenous Graft Case Study

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
Despite significant advances, most academic research fails to result in medical products that benefit patients. This guide shares five key steps to help researchers close that gap: set clear goals, test thoroughly, protect ideas, build diverse teams, and partner with industry.
Cristina Oldani, Nina Bono, Alice Caldiroli, Stefania Adele Riboldi, Gabriele Candiani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smaller Lateral‐to‐Medial Tibial Plateau Ratios Are Strongly Correlative With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears and Reconstruction Failures

Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Purpose To compare the anterior–posterior distance ratio of the lateral‐to‐medial tibial plateau (LTP/MTP) among 3 patient groups: those with intact anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLi), primary ACL tears (ACLp), and failed ACL reconstructions (ACLf).
Hansel E. Ihn, Collin D. R. Hunter, Alexander J. Mortensen, Benjamin T. Johnson, Devin Eddington, Stephen K. Aoki, Justin J. Ernat   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

P16 | Real calculation of nursing activity expenditure and factors correlated with per-patient nursing over-activities in an Internal Medicine department

Italian Journal of Medicine
Premises and Aims of the study: Adequate nursing care can be decisive for the outcome of a patient admitted to any department. Prediction of nursing activity at the time of a patient’s admission could improve the organization. This study aimed to assess
doaj   +1 more source

Prescribing of Medication to Prevent Glucocorticoid Harms in Patients With Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Cross‐Sectional Study and Two Emulated Target Trials in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common indication for long‐term glucocorticoid (GC) treatment. Bone‐protective and gastroprotective medications are recommended for those at high risk of adverse events from GCs, but no trials have evaluated their effectiveness in PMR.
Helen Twohig, David Jenkinson, James Bailey, Samantha Hider, Ian C. Scott, Sara Muller   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinician's attitudes & perspective on chemical adherence testing in hypertension (CATCH): A qualitative interview study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Chemical Adherence Testing (CAT) is gaining prominence as a reliable and valid clinical method to detect whether antihypertensive agents are being taken as prescribed. This study aimed to explore clinicians' attitudes and perspectives on the clinical use of CAT.
Roshan Shahab, Louise Rabbitt, Gerard J. Molloy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source