The Demand for Nursing Home Care: An Analysis of the Substitution Between Institutional and Noninstitutional Care [PDF]
This paper analyzes the demand for nursing home care for the aged. The cross-sectional analysis indicates a high price elasticity of demand (-2.2), and that the demand is greater the less capable are the aged of providing own care, the better the job ...
Barry R. Chiswick
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The association between neighbourhood greenspace and type 2 diabetes in a large cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: To investigate the relationship between neighbourhood greenspace and type 2 diabetes. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: 3 diabetes screening studies conducted in Leicestershire, UK in 2004–2011.
Astell-Burt +38 more
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Personal characteristics and participation in dance events of residents from home for the aged
Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano, 2010 A growing elderly population and an increase in the number of residents of long-stay institutions are currently observed. One of the activities that provides benefits to these individuals is dancing, but little is known about this practice in these ...
Raphael Gonçalves de Oliveira +3 more
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Public acceptability of financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy and breastfeeding [PDF]
, 2014 Objective To survey public attitudes about incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy and for breast feeding to inform trial design. Design Cross-sectional survey. Setting and participants British general public.
Bauld, L +8 more
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Homebound Status Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Disabilities in ADLs and Its Associations With Clinical, Functional, and Environmental Factors [PDF]
, 2016 Brief Report[Abstract] Background. Homebound status is associated with poor health, comorbidity, and mortality and represents a major challenge for health systems.
De-Rosende, Iván +2 more
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BMJ Open, 2019 Objectives (1) To describe the processes used to plan and conduct a stakeholder forum in aged care as a means of informing future uptake of consumer participatory research.
Andrew Georgiou +9 more
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An investigation into African-Caribbean academic success in the United Kingdom [PDF]
, 2002 While, there is a history of academic under-achievement among African-Caribbeans in the United Kingdom, some African-Caribbeans progress successfully through under-graduate and on to postgraduate studies.
Hallam, Susan, Rhamie, Jasmine
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The role of care home fees in the public costs and distributional effects of potential reforms to care home funding for older people in England [PDF]
, 2013 In England, Local Authorities (LAs) contribute to the care home fees of two-thirds of care home residents aged 65+ who pass a means test. LAs typically pay fees below those faced by residents excluded from state support.
Adelina Comas-Herrera +17 more
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Death and COVID-19 Anxiety in Home-Quarantined Individuals Aged 65 and Over During the Pandemic. [PDF]
Omega (Westport), 2022 Aslaner H +3 more
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CARING FOR THE FRAIL AGED AND THEIR CAREGIVERS AT HOME
Cogitare Enfermagem, 1996 The implementation of a subproject which is part of a larger Project sponsored by tha CNPq entitled "Alternative social and health services to the high-risk aged who live with the family and in the community".
Lúcia H. T. Gonçalves +2 more
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