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Evaluation of a hospice rapid response community service: a controlled evaluation [PDF]

, 2012
(provisional) Background While most people faced with a terminal illness would prefer to die at home, less than a third in England are enabled to do so with many dying in National Health Service hospitals.
Holdsworth, LM, Holdsworth Laura M, Coulton Simon, Laura M Holdsworth, Butler, C, Simon Coulton, Claire Butler, Gage, Heather, Heather Gage, Holdsworth, Laura M., Gage Heather, Butler Claire, Butler, Claire, Coulton, Simon, Coulton, S, Claire Butler   +15 more
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Health Care Use Among Patients Presenting to Emergency Department for Gout Flares in Ontario, Canada: A Population‐Based Health Systems Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We characterized emergency department (ED) gout visits and identified patient characteristics and health services patterns contributing to ED presentations. Methods We conducted a population‐based study of ED gout visits in Ontario, Canada, between 2014 and 2023.
Timothy S. H. Kwok, Samantha Morais, William K. Silverstein, Clare L. Atzema, Gregory Choy, Priyanka Chandratre, Ping Li, Jessica Widdifield   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effective service: Some 1930 results showing the value of county farm and home demonstration agency work

, 1930
This document summarizes various statistics about Alabama agriculture and farm life for 1930 to demonstrate the value to Alabama of the Extension Service.
Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Extension Service
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Strategies for Enhancing Home Economics Teachers’ Service Delivery in Some Selected Public Secondary Schools in Lagos State

International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research
This study determined the strategies for enhancing home economics teachers’ service delivery in some selected public secondary schools in Yaba, Lagos State. The study adopted a descriptive survey design.
Kemi P. Ogbonna, Ukamaka G. Okwume, Francisca N. Onyeka, Temitope F. Ogabi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The uses of provincial administrative health databases for research on palliative care: Insights from British Columbia, Canada

BMC Palliative Care, 2005
Background Research indicating that people increasingly prefer to die at home suggests that palliative care is likely to play a more prominent role in the future of Canada's health care system.
Reid R Colin, Stajduhar Kelli I, Allan Diane E   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Caregiver Perspectives on the Burden of Disease and Treatment in Uncontrolled Gout

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Uncontrolled gout (UG) refers to persistently elevated serum urate (SU) levels >6 mg/dL and ongoing gout symptoms despite use of urate‐lowering therapy (ULT). The objective of this study was to evaluate the burden associated with informal caregiving for individuals with UG.
Angelo Gaffo, Bhavisha Desai, Abiola Oladapo, Nana Kragh, Rebekah Zincavage, Brad Padilla, Naomi Schlesinger   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the efficacy of coproduction to better understand the barriers to achieving sustainability in NHS chronic kidney services and create alternate pathways

Health Expectations, 2022
Context Too many people living with chronic kidney disease are opting for and starting on hospital‐based dialysis compared to a home‐based kidney replacement therapy. Dialysis services are becoming financially unsustainable. Objective This study aimed to
Leah Mc Laughlin, Gail Williams, Gareth Roberts, David Dallimore, David Fellowes, Joanne Popham, Joanna Charles, James Chess, Sarah Hirst Williams, Jonathan Mathews, Teri Howells, Judith Stone, Linzi Isaac, Jane Noyes   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

"My Preference would be to be at Home": Patients' Experiences of their Hospice at Home Care [PDF]

, 2014
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.A specialist 'Hospice at Home' (HaH) service commenced in 2006 in Mid West Ireland whereby participants received palliative care from a specialist team in their own home.
Armstrong, Claire, Armstrong, C, Taylor, Ann, McKay, EA, Taylor, A, McKay, Elizabeth   +5 more
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Factors Associated With Fibromyalgia Diagnosis Among People Meeting Criteria: Results From UK Biobank

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The diagnosis of fibromyalgia (FM) is challenging due to the absence of definitive biomarkers, numerous overlapping comorbidities, and its reliance on patient‐reported symptoms. Discrepancies between diagnostic criteria and clinical practice imply the possibility of diagnostic biases, complicating timely and accurate identification.
Sung‐A Kim, Gary J. Macfarlane, Marcus J. Beasley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptions of self-determination and quality of life among Swedish home care recipients - a cross-sectional study

BMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background It is acknowledged that preservation of self-determination is very important in order for older adults to experience good quality of life, but to what degree and in what areas people receiving help from home care service experience self ...
Karin Bölenius, Kristina Lämås, Per-Olof Sandman, Marie Lindkvist, David Edvardsson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source