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Unhomely at Home: Dwelling with Domestic Robots

MediaTropes, 2011
Nicholas S. Anderson
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Forced treatment and care in home-dwelling persons with dementia [PDF]

Nursing Ethics, 2020
Background: The use of forced treatment and care of home-dwelling persons with dementia is a universally important topic. These patients are completely dependent on care from others to continue living at home. Aim: This study aimed to ...
Åshild Gjellestad, Trine Oksholm, Frøydis Bruvik   +2 more
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Exercise and risk of injurious fall in home-dwelling elderly [PDF]

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2008
To examine the relationship between different types of physical exercise and the risk of subsequent fall-related injury.A prospective study of the home-dwelling elderly.A population sample of home-dwelling subjects aged 85 years or older (n = 512) in northern Finland participated in the study.
Sari, Iinattiniemi, Jari, Jokelainen, Heikki, Luukinen   +2 more
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Differences in Pain Characteristics and Functional Associations between Nursing Home Residents and Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2021
Background Pain is one of the most critical issues in older adults, and the place of residence may play an important role in pain characteristics and related factors. However, it is an understudied subject.
Melis Tansuğ, Turhan Kahraman, Arzu Genç   +2 more
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Exploring Factors Associated With Family Caregivers’ Preparedness to Care for an Older Family Member Together With Home Care Nurses: An Analysis in a Swiss Urban Area

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2022
Introduction: Home-dwelling older people with chronic diseases often need the support of informal and formal caregivers in order to continue living at home.
Irène Ris, Thomas Volken, Wilfried Schnepp, Romy Mahrer-Imhof   +3 more
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Experience of Community Health Services for Home-dwelling Old Adults: a Qualitative Study [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue
Background The family-centered and community-based community home-based elderly care has gradually become the main trend in the context of increased population aging in China. As an important component of the primary care service system, community health
WANG Jiangyue, JIN Xue, YUAN Tongling, TANG Zongbao, LUO Xiaolu, YANG Mei, CHEN Hong, CHI Chunhua
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Pharmaceutical Care as Described by Home-Dwelling Older People in Finland [PDF]

Medicina, 2011
Background and Objective. Pharmaceutical care is one of the most important therapeutic tools in older people care. The aim of this study was to describe the knowledge and attitudes of older home-dwelling people’s about their perceptions of pharmaceutical care and use of medication. Material and Methods.
Sini Eloranta, Sanna Hannukainen, Pirkko Routasalo, Matti Viitanen, Seija Arve   +4 more
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A multi-level perspective on perceived unmet needs for home support in home-dwelling older adults in the Swiss context: a secondary data analysis of a population study

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Unmet needs for home support occur when any support services perceived by older people as needed are not being received. Not meeting these needs can negatively impact older adults’ quality of life, and increase health care utilization ...
Maria Jose Mendieta, Sabina M De Geest, Geert Goderis, Olivia Yip, Mieke Deschodt, Suzanne Dhaini, the INSPIRE Consortium   +6 more
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Place of death associated with types of long-term care services near the end-of-life for home-dwelling older people in Japan: a pooled cross-sectional study

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background Many older people wish to die at home. However, there is still a huge gap between the place where older adults wish to die and the place where they, in fact, do die.
Kazuhiro Abe, Atsushi Miyawaki, Yasuki Kobayashi, Taeko Watanabe, Nanako Tamiya   +4 more
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Development，Reliability and Validity of a Concise，Prediction Model-based Nutritional Risk Assessment Scale for Nursing Home-dwelling Older People [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2022
BackgroundThe Malnutrition Risk Assessment for Elderly Adults (WS/T 552-2017) , a malnutrition risk assessment scale issued by the National Health Commission has proven to have unsatisfied reliability and validity, with some inappropriate items in ...
ZHU Dan, XIE Hong
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