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Sociodemographic and clinical profiles of patients receiving home care and the occurrence and management of healthcare-associated infections: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

open access: yesSão Paulo Medical Journal
BACKGROUND: Home care is increasingly adopted worldwide to improve patients’ quality of life and reduce the burden on hospitals. However, the risk of healthcare-related infections in home settings is a growing concern that necessitates further ...
Joelma Lacerda de Sousa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Additional file 1 of Longitudinal association between personality traits and homebound status in older adults: results from the National Health and Aging Trends Study

open access: yes, 2022
Additional file 1: Supplemental Table 1. Correlation coefficient matrix of independent variables.
Sun, Xiaocao   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

“What Could Possibly Go Wrong?”: A Consumer‐Centric Approach to Exploring Vulnerability and Algorithmic Bias in AI‐Driven Financial Planning

open access: yesFINANCIAL PLANNING REVIEW, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT With the accessibility of generative AI, the uptake of consumers using it for their financial planning queries and needs has exponentially increased. However, algorithmic bias in AI‐driven financial planning poses significant challenges, particularly to consumers experiencing vulnerabilities as it can cause further marginalization by the ...
Bomikazi Zeka, Raechel Johns
wiley   +1 more source

A case study exploring therapeutic communication as a mechanism for delivery of integrated care management (icm) by home healthcare (hhc) nurses

open access: yesInternational Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Background: There is ample evidence that nurse-led micro level integrated care management (MICM) is needed to fully address the health needs of homebound elderly HHC patients.
Dianne Liebel
doaj   +1 more source

A Phenomenological Analysis of Knowledge, Impact and Coping Strategies to Climate Change: Experiences of Persons With Albinism

open access: yesPublic Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
Persons with albinism in this study have inadequate knowledge regarding climate change, self‐reported eye and skin conditions, and utilize insufficient protection strategies. Although they adopt various strategies to cope with climate change effects, these are insufficient for their full protection.
Botha Nkosi Nkosi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cuidar de pessoas com tetraplegia no ambiente domiciliário: intervenções de enfermagem na dependência de longo prazo Cuidar de personas con tetraplégia en el ambiente domiciliario: intervenciones de enfermería en la dependencia de largo plazo Take care of people with quadriplegia at home environment: long-term nursing interventions

open access: yesEscola Anna Nery, 2006
O crescente índice de acidentes de trânsito e a violência urbana contribuem para o aumento de pessoas com seqüelas neurológicas graves na coluna vertebral, fenômeno com reflexos diretos na relação de dependência de suas vítimas com cuidados sistemáticos ...
Ana Paula Scramin   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spiritual Support on Skype for the Seriously Ill

open access: yesVoices in Bioethics, 2015
Newly diagnosed and seriously ill patients who need spiritual support, but are unable to travel for it, can now access free counseling via Skype or phone from chaplains working with ChaplainsOnHand.org, ChaplainCareforVeterans.org and ...
Randi Belisomo
doaj   +1 more source

The Joy of Pests: Camaraderie, Wonder and Dialectical Autonomy in UK Professional Pest Management

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract Using interviews and participant observation, this research explores the everyday practices and experiences of UK‐based pest management professionals. It reveals an unexpected and unalienated ‘joy of pests’ anchored in problem‐solving variety, camaraderie and zoological curiosity.
Hannah Fair
wiley   +1 more source

Household members and health care workers as supervisors of tuberculosis treatment Miembros familiares y profesionales de salud en la supervisión del tratamiento de la tuberculosis Membros familiares e profissionais de saúde na supervisão do tratamento da tuberculose

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública, 2010
OBJECTIVE: To compare tuberculosis cure rates among patients supervised by household members or health care workers. METHODS: Prospective cohort study of 171 patients treated by the program in Vitoria, Southeastern Brazil, from 2004 to 2007. Each patient
Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social connection and cognitive health: A review of concepts, measures, and research priorities

open access: yesAlzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 22, Issue 5, May 2026.
Abstract Lack of social connection is a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, on a par with other common risk factors like physical inactivity and smoking. Yet we still know surprisingly little about how social connection affects cognitive health.
Reed DeAngelis   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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