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Home care services as a possibility to express art, creativity and access to technology

Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing, 2008
This study is a reflection about art, creativity and technologies applied to nursing, within the process of contemporary care, particularly about the home care user and in the light on integral care.
Janice de Moraes Blois, Maria do Horto Fontoura Cartana, Grace T.M. Dal Sasso, Cleusa Rios Martins   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

“Safety at Home”: Experiences From Testing of Video Communication Between Patients and Home Health Care Personnel

SAGE Open, 2017
The implementation of welfare technology in Norwegian municipals is a governmental priority, but there is little research on transfer of technological solutions into regular health care services.
Linda Rykkje, Gunhild H. B. Hjorth
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Barriers of Home Care Services in Iran: A Qualitative Study

Scientifica, 2016
With increasing chronic diseases, the use of home care is rising in the world. Home care in Iran has many challenges and to improve that, we should identify the challenges and barriers of home care.
Heshmatolah Heydari, H. Shahsavari, A. Hazini, A. Nasrabadi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health‐Related Quality of Life in Rare Forms of Childhood‐Onset Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We assessed health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) in 80 children with rare hereditary spastic paraplegias using the Caregiver Priorities and Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities and clinician‐reported outcomes. HRQoL was consistently reduced, particularly in relation to motor, autonomic, and bulbar symptoms.
Henri J. D. Schmidt, Nicole Battaglia, Joshua Rong, Amy Tam, Siofra Carty, Vicente Quiroz, Kathryn Yang, Zainab Zaman, Luca Schierbaum, Katerina Bernardi, Julian E. Alecu, Darius Ebrahimi‐Fakhari   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hospital Readmission After Traumatic Brain Injury Hospitalization in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the risk of hospital readmission after an index hospitalization for TBI in older adults. Methods Using data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, we used propensity score matching of individuals with an index TBI‐related hospitalization to individuals with (1) non‐TBI hospitalizations (primary analysis)
Rachel Thomas, Connor A. Law, Joan A. Casey, Thomas Mosley, Rebecca F. Gottesman, Ramon Diaz‐Arrastia, Holly Elser, Andrea L. C. Schneider   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Family systems care approaches and methodologies for maternal, newborn and child health in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review

Global Health Action
Integrating family-centered maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) services along the care continuum can improve health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Christina Schuler, George Edward Ntow, Rebecca Berner, Salai Thet Naing Oo, Riccardo E. Pfister   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home care services for sick children: Healthcare professionals’ conceptions of challenges and facilitators

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2017
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore healthcare professionals' conceptions of caring for sick children in home care services. BACKGROUND Families often prefer home care to hospital care, and the number of home care services for children is increasing. Caring
C. Castor, I. Hallström, H. Hansson, Kajsa Landgren   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lessons Learned From a Delayed‐Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) is debilitating and has limited treatments. Modafinil modulates beta/gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), like PPN deep brain stimulation. We therefore tested the hypothesis that Modafinil would improve FOG in PwPD.
Tuhin Virmani, Lakshmi Pillai, Reid D. Landes, Aliyah Glover, Shannon Doerhoff, Jennifer Kleiner, Mitesh Lotia, Rohit Dhall, Edgar Garcia‐Rill   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

From village health volunteers to paid care givers: the optimal mix for a multidisciplinary home health care workforce in rural Thailand

Human Resources for Health, 2021
Background Thailand is a rapidly aging society, which places high demand on home health care services for the elderly. The shortage of health care workforce in rural areas is a crucial obstacle to the delivery of adequate home health care services.
Nonglak Pagaiya, Thinakorn Noree, Penapa Hongthong, Karnwarin Gongkulawat, Pagaluk Padungson, Dariwan Setheetham   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is 911 The Answer? A Retrospective Review of Emergency Medical Services Use by Home Care Providers [PDF]

, 2023
Sandra McKay, Emmelie T.C.L. Mohammed, Meghla Roy, Vivian Hung, Matthew C. Wong, Bonnie Lum, Emily C. King   +6 more
openalex   +1 more source