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‘They just came with the medication dispenser’- a qualitative study of elderly service users’ involvement and welfare technology in public home care services

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Public home care for the elderly is a key area in relation to improving health care quality. It is an important political goal to increase elderly people’s involvement in their care and in the use of welfare technology.
Heidi Snoen Glomsås, I. Knutsen, M. Fossum, K. Halvorsen   +3 more
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Home Care Services Among Community-Dwelling Adults With Dementia

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2021
Objective To examine how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted use of home care services for individuals with dementia across service types and sociodemographic strata. Design Population-based time series analysis.
A. Jones, L. Maclagan, C. Schumacher, Xuesong Wang, R. L. Jaakkimainen, J. Guan, R. Swartz, S. Bronskill   +7 more
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Usability of a mobile application for health professionals in home care services: a user-centered approach

Scientific Reports, 2023
The use of mobile devices by healthcare professionals has led to rapid growth in the development of mobile healthcare applications designed to improve healthcare services.
Griselda Manzano-Monfort, Guillermo Paluzie, Mercedes Díaz-Gegúndez, Carolina Chabrera   +3 more
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Services and Policies for Care At Home [PDF]

2006 Pervasive Health Conference and Workshops, 2006
It is argued that various factors including the increasingly ageing population will require more care services to be delivered to users in their own homes. Desirable characteristics of such services are outlined. The Open Services Gateway initiative has been adopted as a widely accepted framework that is particularly suitable for developing home care ...
Wang, Feng, Docherty, Liam S, Turner, Kenneth J, Kolberg, Mario, Magill, Evan   +4 more
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Person-centered dementia care in home care services – highly recommended but still challenging to obtain: a qualitative interview study

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Dementia is one of the main causes of disability and dependence in older people, and people with dementia need comprehensive healthcare services, preferably in their own homes.
Kari-Anne Hoel, A. Rokstad, I. H. Feiring, Bjørn Lichtwarck, G. Selbæk, S. Bergh   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of Home Care Services on Patient and Economic Outcomes: A Targeted Review

Home Health Care Management & Practice, 2021
Patient Support Programs (PSPs) reinforce patients’ care provided by health care professionals with the aim to improve adherence and patient empowerment.
I. Lizano-Díez, Sonia Amaral-Rohter, Lucía Pérez-Carbonell, S. Aceituno   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Home Care Workforce Has Not Kept Pace with Growth in Home and Community-Based Services

Health Affairs, 2023
Home and community-based services (HCBS) are the predominant approach to delivering long-term services and supports in the United States, but there are growing numbers of reports of worker shortages in this industry.
Amanda R. Kreider, R. Werner
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bridging the gap between science and care: a qualitative exploration of the role of the Scientific Linking Pin researcher working in research and practice partnerships

Journal of Long-Term Care, 2023
Context: The Living Lab in Ageing and Long-Term Care (Netherlands) and Nurturing Innovation in Care Homes Excellence in Leeds (NICHE-Leeds; UK) are partnerships between science and care.
Irma Everink, Judith Urlings, Alys Griffiths, Hilde Verbeek, Kirsty Haunch, Karen Spilsbury, Jan Hamers, Reena Devi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of the Frequency of In-Home Care Services Utilization and the Probability of In-Home Death

JAMA Network Open, 2021
Key Points Question Do in-home care services enable recipients to stay home at the end of life? Findings In this cohort study that examines 572 059 deaths among older adults using long-term care services in Japan, each day of increase in the use of in ...
Kazuhiro Abe, I. Kawachi, Taeko Watanabe, Nanako Tamiya   +3 more
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The death of a loved one. A proposal to prevent complicated grief in palliative home care when assistance ends

Journal of Clinical & Developmental Psychology, 2020
Background: past studies have investigated the relationship between mourning and the quality of life in caregivers who care for terminally ill patients.
Vittorio Lenzo, Carmen Isgrò, Antonino Germanà, Micol Mazzei, Caterina Testaì, Valeria Verrastro, Maria Catena Quattropani   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source