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COVID-19 pandemic in long-term care: An international perspective for policy considerations

International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2023
This paper identifies key factors rooted in the systemic failings of the long-term care sector amongst four high income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal is to offer practice and policy solutions to prevent future tragedies.
Doris Grinspun, Jennifer H. Matthews, Robert Bonner, Teresa Moreno-Casbas, Josephine Mo   +4 more
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Financial abuse: circumstances of occurrences against older adults

Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2020
Objective: To analyze the occurrences of financial abuse against older adults. Methods: a descriptive and retrospective cross-sectional study with a qualitative and quantitative approach was conducted through the analysis of 209 Police Reports (PR) of ...
Miriam Fernanda Sanches Alarcon, Vanessa Porto Paes, Daniela Garcia Damaceno, Viviane Boacnin Yoneda Sponchiado, Maria José Sanches Marin   +4 more
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Interpersonal violence and other social-structural barriers associated with needing HIV treatment support for women living with HIV

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2021
Women living with HIV (WLWH), experience disproportionate rates of violence, along with suboptimal HIV health outcomes, despite recent advancements in HIV treatment, known as antiretroviral therapy (ART).
M. Erickson, K. Shannon, Flo Ranville, Patience Magagula, M. Braschel, Andrea Ratzlaff, N. Pick, M. Kestler, Kathleen Deering on behalf of the SHAWNA Project   +8 more
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Developing a Delphi Consensus on the Domains and Conduct of Brief Geriatric Assessments in Singapore [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
Background Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a process supporting a multidimensional assessment of the health and well-being of older adults and leads to the development of long-term personalized care plans.
Jonathan Gao, Penny Lun, Lay Khoon Lau, Woan Shin Tan, Edward Tan, Wee Shiong Lim, Reshma Aziz Merchant, Laura Tay, Yew Yoong Ding   +8 more
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Effectiveness of nurse-led volunteer support and technology-driven pain assessment in improving the outcomes of hospitalised older adults: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Hospitalised older adults are prone to functional deterioration, which is more evident in frail older patients and can be further exacerbated by pain.
Max K Bulsara, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Rosemary Saunders, Kate Crookes, Mustafa Atee, Caroline Bulsara, Beverley Ewens, Olivia Gallagher, Renee M Graham, Karen Gullick, Sue Haydon, Kim-Huong Nguyen, Bev O'Connell, Karla Seaman, Jeff Hughes, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Debra Scaini   +16 more
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Participation Intention in Fall-prevention Project and Related Influencing Factors in Community-living Elderly Residents at High Risk of Falls [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2022
Background With the aging of the population, it is essential to implement fall prevention programs for the elderly. Although China has carried out fall prevention programs sporadically, among which comprehensive fall prevention programs centered on ...
CHENG Meng, WANG Jian, LI Zhipeng, ZHAO Qi, SUN Xiaoming
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Costs of health care in the last-year-of-life in Colombia: Evidence from two contributive regime health plans

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 2018
Introduction: In USA, each year 5% of Medicare beneficiaries die, accounting for 25% of total Medicare health spending. Currently there are no studies addressing this issue in Latin American countries.
Sergio Iván Prada
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Does mobile phone ownership predict better utilization of maternal and newborn health services? a cross-sectional study in Timor-Leste. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundIncreasingly popular mobile health (mHealth) programs have been proposed to promote better utilization of maternal, newborn and child health services.
Gu, Jing, Hofstee, Marisa, Mercer, Mary Anne, Nie, Juan, Thompson, Susan, Unger, Jennifer Anna   +5 more
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Incidence and costs of unintentional falls in older people in the United Kingdom [PDF]

, 2003
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the number of accident and emergency (A&E) attendances, admissions to hospital, and the associated costs as a result of unintentional falls in older people. DESIGN: Analysis of national databases for cost of illness. SETTING:
Chaplin, S., Legood, R., Scuffham, P.
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Acceptability of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled chatbots, video consultations and live webchats as online platforms for sexual health advice [PDF]

, 2020
Objectives Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services are undergoing a digital transformation. This study explored the acceptability of three digital services, (i) video consultations via Skype, (ii) live webchats with a health advisor and (iii ...
Bayley, J., Bayley, J., Graham, C.A., Graham, C.A., Kidsley, S., Kidsley, S., Llewellyn, C., Llewellyn, C., Nadarzynski, T., Nadarzynski, T.   +9 more
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