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Nutritional Parameters in Homebound Persons of Greatly Advanced Age
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 1983There exists a deficiency of accurate information regarding standard nutritional parameters in people of greatly advanced age. In order to begin obtaining appropriate data, we assessed nutritional status in 45 elderly homebound individuals with a mean age of 84 yr, using anthropometric methods, skin testing, and blood analysis.
M N, Sherman +7 more
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A college-based nutrition counseling service for homebound elderly persons
Journal of Nutrition Education, 1987Since March 1985, 15 master's-level nutrition students have delivered nutrition education services in the homes of over 250 Meals-on-Wheels participants in New York City. The funds are provided under New York State's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and are allocated to State Offices for the Aging, earmarked to improve the well-being of ...
Paula Fishman +2 more
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The Impact of Community Care on Provision of Informal Care to Homebound Elderly Persons
Journal of Gerontology, 1990This study examined the impact of community care on informal care provided by family and friends to homebound elderly persons. Secondary analyses were conducted on data collected from clients at baseline, 9 months (N = 225), and 48 months (N = 76) after acceptance to community care and home-delivered meals programs.
P, Edelman, S, Hughes
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Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Homebound Caregivers of Persons with Dementia
Nursing Research, 1999Family caregivers experience considerable stress in their management of specific behaviors of persons with dementia.To examine the effects of an 8-week cognitive-behavioral (C-B) intervention tailored to the specific deficits of persons with dementia (PWDs) on selected outcomes for homebound caregivers and the functional status of the PWD.The design ...
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Journal of Community Health Nursing, 1988
Multilevel Assessment Instrument, this study investigated similarities and differences in self-reported perceptions of physical health, social interaction, and personal adjustment between 25 continent and 17 incontinent homebound women 65 years old and older.
S L, Breakwell, S N, Walker
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Multilevel Assessment Instrument, this study investigated similarities and differences in self-reported perceptions of physical health, social interaction, and personal adjustment between 25 continent and 17 incontinent homebound women 65 years old and older.
S L, Breakwell, S N, Walker
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Home Health Care Management & Practice, 2023
Alzheimer’s disease is a major and increasing cause of illness and death in the United States, imposing significant social, economic, and psychological burdens on patients and their caregivers. This article explores the perceptions of Medicare home health nurses as to the impact of Medicare home health requirements on their decisions to admit, treat ...
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Alzheimer’s disease is a major and increasing cause of illness and death in the United States, imposing significant social, economic, and psychological burdens on patients and their caregivers. This article explores the perceptions of Medicare home health nurses as to the impact of Medicare home health requirements on their decisions to admit, treat ...
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Social Support and Knowledge Level of the Older Adult Homebound Person with Diabetes
Public Health Nursing, 1996Abstract The purpose of this study was to continue research related to the identification of social support systems for an older adult homebound population of people who have diabetes compared to a control group of elder home care clients without diabetes, their knowledge level, and the significance of home health care intervention in these support ...
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Technology and Disability, 2003
In an interesting twist to the initial fear that the access to internet would result in a more isolative community, the CHIPs program (Computers for Homebound and Isolated Persons) inspired an online community for individuals who were homebound. The subjects began to get to know one another through the Internet, thereby making virtual friends with ...
Bradley, Natalie, Poppen, William
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In an interesting twist to the initial fear that the access to internet would result in a more isolative community, the CHIPs program (Computers for Homebound and Isolated Persons) inspired an online community for individuals who were homebound. The subjects began to get to know one another through the Internet, thereby making virtual friends with ...
Bradley, Natalie, Poppen, William
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The real world experience: death of homebound elderly persons. Staff views from the front lines.
Pride Institute journal of long term home health care, 1993If advance directives are implemented properly, this could, in the long term, be a vehicle for more appropriate utilization of health care services and health care technology. Yet in our own large agency we find few patients and families making the choice to have advance directives.
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