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Measurement of the Calf Muscle Circumference is Useful for Diagnosing Sarcopenia in Older Adults Requiring Long-Term Care [PDF]
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and ResearchBackground Calf muscle circumference is a potential alternative for measuring skeletal muscle mass. However, the association between calf muscle circumference and sarcopenia and the reliability of sarcopenia diagnosis based on calf muscle circumference ...
Ryo Sato +7 more
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BMJ Open, 2023 Objectives Malnutrition in cancer-free older patients receiving home medical care may affect prognosis, but indicators of long-term nutrition-related prognosis have not been developed.
Yuko Goto, Hisayuki Miura
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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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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, 2022 Objectives To investigate the association between clinical, demographic, and organizational factors and formal (health professionals) and informal (relatives) resource utilization in nursing home patients with and without dementia.
Maarja Vislapuu +6 more
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Curationis, 1979 It is probably safe to state that even in highly developed countries, by far the most un-wellness, ill health, discomfort, and pain are suffered at home, whether before, after, or without having had recourse to available primary, secondary or tertiary health services.
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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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BMC Geriatrics, 2019 Background The coming years will see more persons with dementia living longer at home. However, “the home” is a complex concept with a multitude of meanings, varying among individuals and raising ethical and practical dilemmas in the support provided for
Stein Erik Fæø +3 more
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My Home Life: promoting quality of life in care homes [PDF]
, 2012 A new report from JRF outlines the findings from the My Home Life project. My Home Life is a collaborative initiative between Age UK, City University, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Dementia UK promoting quality of life in care homes.
Meyer, J., Owen, T.
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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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