"It's not just about the patient, it's the families too.": End of life care in the home environment [PDF]
Introduction: Most people when asked say they would prefer to die at home. However, ‘Death in Usual Place of Residence’ (DiUPR) does not give any real insight into the quality and experiences of care received.
Bravington, Alison +4 more
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Effects of Right Sidelying Respiratory Left Adductor Pull Back Exercise on Improving Hip Biomechanics in Participants With a Tendency to Stand on Right Side [PDF]
Objectives: A helpful functional exercise that tends to correct postural unevenness and attempts to re-establish lumbopelvic mechanics is beneficial for patients with postural impairment.
Gaurav Shori, Sachin Raghava
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A reassuring presence: An evaluation of Bradford District Hospice at Home service [PDF]
Within the United Kingdom, a developing role for primary care services in cancer and palliative care has resulted in an increase in palliative home care teams. The provision of professional care in the home setting seeks to provide necessary services and
A Cartwright +41 more
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Older Adults Used Fewer Home Care Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Secondary Analysis of an Urgent Survey in Japan [PDF]
Background This study aimed to identify reduced home care use among older people and its impact on user numbers and service provider revenues during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Hiroshige Matsumoto +2 more
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The impact of neighborhood deprivation on patients' unscheduled out-of-hours healthcare seeking behavior: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Background: The use of unscheduled out of hours medical care is related to the social status of the patient. However, the social variance in the patient's preference for a hospital based versus a primary care based facility, and the impact of specific ...
Buylaert, Walter +5 more
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Informal caregivers and persons with dementia’s everyday life coping
This qualitative study explores informal caregivers’ experiences of supporting persons with dementia’s everyday life coping. In the future, there will be fewer health personnel, increased dementia prevalence and limited nursing home availability ...
Bente Nordtug +5 more
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Coverage and development of specialist palliative care services across the World Health Organization European region (2005-2012): results from a European association for palliative care task force survey of 53 countries [PDF]
Background: The evolution of the provision of palliative care specialised services is important for planning and evaluation. Aim: To examine the development between 2005 and 2012 of three specialised palliative care services across the World Health ...
Carrasco, José Miguel +5 more
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The Evaluation of Nosocomial Candidemia in Pediatric Intensive Care: A Single-center Study
Objective: Patients in pediatric intensive care units are more likely to develop serious nosocomial infections due to comorbidities, longer and more invasive procedural treatments, and the development of immunosuppression. We described Candida infections,
Hatice Feray Arı, Murat Arı
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Challenges of Home Care in Iran: A Focus on the Functions of the Health System [PDF]
Home care, as a new form of healthcare services, is extending all over the world. This care is providedat the patients’ homes with the assistance and interaction between caregivers, patients, and families.Home care services include 24hr care, monitoring ...
Mohanna Rajabi
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Changing home care aides: Differences between family and non-family care in California Medicaid home and community-based services. [PDF]
In California Medicaid home-and-community-based services (HCBS), recipients' family members receive payment as home care aides (HCAs). We analyzed data on first-time HCBS recipients to examine factors associated with the likelihood of switching HCAs ...
Bindman, Andrew B +5 more
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