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Long‐term care facilities' response to the COVID‐19 pandemic: A protocol of a cross‐sectional, multi‐site, international survey

Nursing Open, 2022
Aim To examine the response of long‐term care (LTC) residential facilities to the COVID‐19 pandemic worldwide, and the antecedents and outcomes of this response. Design A protocol of a cross‐sectional survey.
Sameh Eltaybani, Haruno Suzuki, Ayumi Igarashi, Mariko Sakka, Yuko Amamiya, Noriko Yamamoto‐Mitani   +5 more
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Which factors increase informal care hours and societal costs among caregivers of people with dementia? A systematic review of Resource Utilization in Dementia (RUD)

Health Economics Review, 2021
Background Nearly 19 million people across OECD countries are living with dementia, and millions of family caregivers are affected by the disease. The costs of informal care are estimated to represent 40–75% of the total dementia cost exceeding formal ...
Renira C. Angeles, Line I. Berge, Marie H. Gedde, Egil Kjerstad, Maarja Vislapuu, Nathalie G. Puaschitz, Bettina S. Husebo   +6 more
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PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS AMONG HIV- POSITIVE CLIENTS RECEIVING ANTIRETRO VIRAL THERAPY AT VILLA MARIA HOSPITAL, KALUNGU DISTRICT: A CROSS SECTIONAL DESCRIPTIVE STUDY.

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Background With the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART), TB remains a leading Co-infection among people living with HIV while on ART, responsible for 30% of deaths among PLHIV in Uganda. This study was designed to determine the prevalence and
SSENTEZA MATHIUS , Jonathan Kazibwe, Godfrey Mugisa   +2 more
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Practices of Depression Care in Home Health Care: Home Health Clinician Perspectives [PDF]

Psychiatric Services, 2015
The study assessed gaps between published best practices and real-world practices of treating depression in home health care (HHC) and barriers to closing gaps.The qualitative study used semistructured interviews with nurses and administrators (N=20) from five HHC agencies in five states.
Yuhua, Bao, Ashley A, Eggman, Joshua E, Richardson, Thomas F, Sheeran, Martha L, Bruce   +4 more
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Factors associated with formal and informal resource utilization in nursing home patients with and without dementia: cross-sectional analyses from the COSMOS trial

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Objectives To investigate the association between clinical, demographic, and organizational factors and formal (health professionals) and informal (relatives) resource utilization in nursing home patients with and without dementia.
Maarja Vislapuu, Line Iden Berge, Renira C. Angeles, Egil Kjerstad, Janne Mannseth, Wilco P. Achterberg, Bettina S. Husebo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

“We live as good a life as we can, in the situation we’re in” – the significance of the home as perceived by persons with dementia

BMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background The coming years will see more persons with dementia living longer at home. However, “the home” is a complex concept with a multitude of meanings, varying among individuals and raising ethical and practical dilemmas in the support provided for
Stein Erik Fæø, Bettina S. Husebo, Frøydis Kristine Bruvik, Oscar Tranvåg   +3 more
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Physical health of Post-9/11 U.S. Military veterans in the context of Healthy People 2020 targeted topic areas: Results from the Comparative Health Assessment Interview Research Study

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023
Large-scale epidemiological studies suggest that veterans may have poorer physical health than nonveterans, but this has been largely unexamined in post-9/11 veterans despite research indicating their high levels of disability and healthcare utilization.
Yasmin S. Cypel, Dawne Vogt, Shira Maguen, Paul Bernhard, Elizabeth Lowery, William J. Culpepper, Irvine Armand-Gibbs, Aaron I. Schneiderman   +7 more
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Oral health plays second fiddle in palliative care: an interview study with registered nurses in home healthcare

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background Oral health is crucial to the experience of well-being, and symptoms from the mouth are common at the end of life. Palliative care aims to identify and treat symptoms early to avoid unnecessary suffering and is thus an important part of ...
Anna Gustafsson, Johanna Skogsberg, Åsa Rejnö   +2 more
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Measurement of the Calf Muscle Circumference is Useful for Diagnosing Sarcopenia in Older Adults Requiring Long-Term Care [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
Background Calf muscle circumference is a potential alternative for measuring skeletal muscle mass. However, the association between calf muscle circumference and sarcopenia and the reliability of sarcopenia diagnosis based on calf muscle circumference ...
Ryo Sato, Yohei Sawaya, Tamaki Hirose, Takahiro Shiba, Lu Yin, Shuntaro Tsuji, Masahiro Ishizaka, Tomohiko Urano   +7 more
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EHS Health Care Annual Report, 1992

, 2023
EHS Health Care, Oak Brook, IL: Annual report of the Evangelical Health Systems. In 1992 Evangelical Health Systems rebranded as EHS Health Care. This report include data about legacy hospitals: Christ Hospital and Medical Center, South Chicago Community
Advocate Aurora Health
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