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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn +3 more
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The Impact of a Cycled Lighting Intervention on Nursing Home Residents: A Pilot Study
Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2019 Purpose: Achieving adequate levels of illumination to stimulate the circadian system can be difficult in a nursing home. The aim of this study was to examine the impact that a 4-week cycled lighting intervention had on activity, sleep, and mood in older ...
Oonagh M. Giggins PhD +3 more
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Intersectional perspectives on family involvement in nursing home care: Rethinking relatives' position as a betweenship [PDF]
, 2014 This study seeks to understand, in the context of intersectional theory, the roles of family members in nursing home care. The unique social locus at which each person sits is the result of the intersection of gender, status, ethnicity and class; it is ...
Almberg +38 more
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.Implementation of a multimodal perioperative care program and reduction of postoperative complications. ABSTRACT Purpose This retrospective study aimed to assess the clinical effectiveness of a multimodal perioperative care program in reducing postoperative complications in elderly patients undergoing gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
Keiichi Fujiya +13 more
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Factor Substitution and Unobserved Factor Quality in Nursing Homes [PDF]
This paper studies factor substitution in one important sector: the nursing home industry. Specifically, we measure the extent to which nursing homes substitute materials for labor when labor becomes relatively more expensive.
David C. Grabowski +2 more
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Promoting Quality in Nursing Homes: The Wellspring Model [PDF]
, 2001 Examines the core elements of a nursing home-based initiative -- developed by an alliance of eleven nonprofit nursing homes in Wisconsin -- that works to improve care and reduce staff turnover through model clinical practice ...
Robyn Stone, Susan Reinhard
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.This retrospective study analyzed patients aged ≥ 85 years undergoing emergency abdominal surgery, focusing on short‐term outcomes and inpatient cost structure under the Japanese DPC system. Although major complications occurred in 19.4% of patients, more than 70% were discharged home.
Yuta Kobayashi +8 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2019 Background Availability of nursing home care has declined and national efforts have been initiated to improve the quality of nursing home care in the U.S.
Yun Wang +9 more
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Developing national level informatics competencies for undergraduate nurses : methodological approaches from Australia and Canada [PDF]
, 2013 Health information systems are being implemented in countries by governments and regional health authorities in an effort to modernize healthcare. With these changes, there has emerged a demand by healthcare organizations for nurses graduating from ...
Borycki, Elizabeth +4 more
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger +8 more
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