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Pre-admission assessment of elderly applicants to long-term care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Aim: to identify whether pre-admission assessment of elderly applicants could be an effective means of identifying actual need for long term care Methods: 105 applicants to long term care were assessed at source for suitability for admission.
Dimech, Joseph, Fiorini, Anthony
core  

A qualitative study of the views of residents with dementia, their relatives and staff about work practice in long-term care settings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Background: Most people living in 24-hour care settings have dementia, and little is known about what makes long-term care a positive experience for them.Method: This carer-led qualitative study examined working practices in 24-hour long-term care ...
Kitchen, G   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Most costly and prevalent reasons for hospitalization in children with medical complexity in Ontario, Canada

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Children with medical complexity (CMC) have chronic health conditions often associated with functional limitations. CMC comprise 1%–5% of the pediatric population. In Canada, their care accounts for one‐third of pediatric health spending.
Erin Hessey   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Status quo and influencing factors of geriatric nursing ability of 9 767 clinical nurses in Chongqing

open access: yesHuli yanjiu
ObjectiveTo investigate the status quo of clinical nurses' geriatric nursing ability in Chongqing and analyze its influencing factors, so as to provide a basis for targeted geriatric nursing professional nurses training in Chongqing and improving ...
LONG Jinfeng   +8 more
doaj  

Caregiver Integration During Discharge Planning for Older Adults to Reduce Resource Use: A Metaanalysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objectives To determine the effect of integrating informal caregivers into discharge planning on postdischarge cost and resource use in older adults. Design A systematic review and metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials that examine the effect of ...
Begg   +27 more
core   +2 more sources

A failed transplant

open access: yes
Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
David L. Curtis
wiley   +1 more source

Revision and verification analysis of Geriatric Nursing Competency Inventory

open access: yesHuli yanjiu, 2016
Objective:To revise and verify Geriatric Nursing Competency Inventory.Methods:A total of 480 nurses were surveyed by using revised Geriatric Nursing Competency Inventory which was developed by the domestic scholar Wang Zhang’an,and then using SPSS17.0 ...
Guo Jiajia, CHEN Min, CHEN Juan
doaj  

Optimising nutrition in residential aged care: A narrative review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In developed countries the prevalence of protein-energy malnutrition increases with age and multi-morbidities increase nutritional risk in aged care residents in particular.
Agarwal, Ekta   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

The 7P's of cultivating potential

open access: yes
Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Samir S. Shah
wiley   +1 more source

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