Social inclusion through ageing-in-place with care? [PDF]
, 2012 The onset of ill-health and frailty in later life, within the context of the policy of ageing-in-place, is increasingly being responded to through the provision of home care.
Barrett, Patrick +2 more
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The potential for deprescribing in care home residents with Type 2 diabetes [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Type 2 diabetes is a common diagnosis in care home residents that is associated with potentially inappropriate prescribing and thus risk of additional suffering.
Andreassen, Lillan Mo +4 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2020 Background As the number of persons with dementia is increasing, there has been a call for establishing sustainable clinical pathways for coordinating care and support for this group.
Stein Erik Fæø +4 more
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Who Receives Home-Based Perinatal Palliative Care: Experience from Poland [PDF]
, 2013 The current literature suggests that perinatal palliative care (PPC) programs should be comprehensive, initiated early, and integrative. So far there have been very few publications on the subject of home-based PC of newborns and neonates.
Korzeniewska-Eksterowicz, Aleksandra +4 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background COVID-19 isolated home-dwelling people with dementia (PwD) from home care services, respite care, and daytime activities. We aimed to investigate the consequences of these restrictions on informal (family, friends) and formal (homecare staff ...
Maarja Vislapuu +5 more
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Home-based versus clinic-based care for patients starting antiretroviral therapy with low CD4⁺ cell counts: findings from a cluster-randomized trial. [PDF]
, 2014 OBJECTIVES: African health services have shortages of clinical staff. We showed previously, in a cluster-randomized trial, that a home-based strategy using trained lay-workers is as effective as a clinic-based strategy. It is not known whether home-based
Amuron +14 more
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Neck circumference is a highly reliable anthropometric measure in older adults requiring long-term care [PDF]
PeerJThe reliability of neck circumference measurement as an assessment tool for older adults requiring long-term care remains unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of neck circumference measurement in older adults requiring long-term care ...
Ryo Sato +6 more
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Quality in home care for older people: factors to pay heed to [PDF]
, 2004 23 home care providers were interviewed concerning what promotes or impedes quality aspects of service-giving, as defined by older customers – like service from familiar staff or flexible help.
Patmore, C
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Correction: Perceptions and attitudes toward palliative care among healthcare professionals in Qatar's home care setting [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineFeras Haddad +5 more
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A co-created intervention with care home residents and university students following a service-learning methodology to reduce sedentary behaviour: the GET READY project protocol [PDF]
, 2018 Background: There is a growing demand for long-term care settings. Care-home residents are a vulnerable group with high levels of physical dependency and cognitive impairment.
Chastin, Sebastien +5 more
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