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Employees’ perceptions of patient safety culture in Norwegian nursing homes and home care services

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
BackgroundMost health care services are provided in the primary health care sector, and an increasing number of elderly is in need of these services.
E. Ree, S. Wiig
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Experiences and perceptions of residential and home care services among older lesbian women and gay men in Australia.

Health and Social Care in the community, 2019
The needs of older lesbian and gay people regarding access and use of aged-care services remain underresearched. This paper reports the findings of 33 qualitative interviews with older lesbian women and gay men about their perceptions and experiences of ...
Andrea Waling, A. Lyons, Beatrice Alba, V. Minichiello, Catherine Barrett, M. Hughes, K. Fredriksen-Goldsen, Samantha Edmonds   +7 more
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Home care services for older clients with and without cognitive impairment in Sweden

Health and Social Care in the community, 2018
Little is known about the types of home care services granted to older clients in Sweden. The objectives of this study were to: (a) identify and describe the range of granted home care services and service hours; (b) compare services granted for clients ...
Linda Sandberg, I. Nilsson, L. Rosenberg, L. Borell, A. Boström   +4 more
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IVsight as an Infusion Monitor for Patients Receiving Intravenous Therapy: An Exploratory, Unblinded, Single-Center Trial

Current Therapeutic Research
: Background: Intravenous (IV) infusion therapy is commonly used in health care settings. However, IV therapy at home can be challenging because it relies on the patient's ability to manage multiple medications correctly, which may lead to decreased ...
Carlos Mejia-Chew, MD, Brett Heuring, PharmD, Jeffrey Salmons, RN, Lori Weilmuenster, PharmD, Joe Beggs, BEng, Glen Kleinschmidt, BEng, Jake Eshelman, BEng, Sai Dodda, PharmD   +7 more
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Let There Be PEACE: Improving Continuous Symptom Monitoring in Hospice Patients

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2020
Objective: To ensure that a standardized method of continuous symptom monitoring was available to hospice patients enrolled at our institution. Patients and Methods: The Palliative/End-of-Life/Assessment/Care Coordination/Evidence-Based Program (PEACE ...
Cory Ingram, MD, MS, Charles J. Bruce, MD, Erin L. Shadbolt, MSN, RN, Erin Mahnke, MHA, Adam Darkins, MD, Sheri Dodd, MS, Lindsay M. Streeter, RN, BSN, CHFN, ICST   +6 more
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Patterns of home care assessment and service provision before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada.

PLoS ONE, 2022
ObjectiveThe objective was to compare home care episode, standardised assessment, and service patterns in Ontario's publicly funded home care system during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (i.e., March to September 2020) using the previous year as
Chi-Ling Joanna Sinn, Heebah Sultan, Luke Andrew Turcotte, Caitlin McArthur, John P Hirdes   +4 more
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Organizational flow chart of home care for children with special health care needs [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2020
Objective: To develop a workflow protocol for Home Care (HC) services in the HC2 modality for children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the state of Parana. Method: Quantitative, descriptive, exploratory, multiple case studies.
Vanessa Rossetto, Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves de Oliveira Toso, Rosa Maria Rodrigues   +2 more
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Factors associated with emergency services use in Taiwanese advanced cancer patients receiving palliative home care services during out-of-hours periods: a retrospective medical record study

BMC Palliative Care, 2018
BackgroundFor patients receiving palliative home care, the need to visit the emergency department is considered to be an indicator of poor quality care.
Yee-Hsin Kao, Yao-Ting Liu, M. Koo, J. Chiang   +3 more
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“If you understand you cope better with it”: the role of education in building palliative care capacity in four First Nations communities in Canada

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background In Canada, there is a growing need to develop community-based, culturally appropriate palliative care for Indigenous people living in First Nations communities.
Holly Prince, Shevaun Nadin, Maxine Crow, Luanne Maki, Lori Monture, Jeroline Smith, Mary Lou Kelley   +6 more
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Towards specialised and differentiated long-term care services: a cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Numerous forces drive the evolution and need for transformation of long-term care services. During the previous decade, primary health care has assumed increased responsibility for developing and providing care services, but there is still ...
Hanne Marie Rostad, Marianne Sundlisæter Skinner, Ragnhild Hellesø, Maren Kristine Raknes Sogstad   +3 more
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