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Exploring equity and inclusion in Malawi’s National Disability Mainstreaming Strategy and Implementation Plan

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021
Background Equity and inclusion are important principles in policy development and implementation. The aim of this study is to explore the extent to which equity and inclusion were considered in the development of Malawi’s National Disability ...
Ikenna D. Ebuenyi, Emma M. Smith, Alister Munthali, Steven W. Msowoya, Juba Kafumba, Monica Z. Jamali, Malcolm MacLachlan   +6 more
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Assistive Technology and the Wellbeing of Societies from a Capabilities Approach

Societies, 2023
This Special Issue considers two core facilitators of functioning: assistive technology and environmental intervention [...]
Natasha Layton, Johan Borg
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A Telemedicine Robot System for Assisted and Independent Living

Italian National Conference on Sensors, 2019
The emerging demographic trends toward an aging population, demand new ways and solutions to improve the quality of elderly life. These include, prolonged independent living, improved health care, and reduced social isolation.
N. Koceska, S. Koceski, P. B. Zobel, V. Trajkovik, N. Garcia   +4 more
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Assessing psychometric properties of the PROMIS Sleep Disturbance Scale in older adults in independent‐living and continuing care retirement communities

Sleep Health, 2019
Purpose: Sleep disturbances are associated with poor health outcomes in older adults. The Patient‐Reported Outcomes Information System (PROMIS) Sleep Disturbance Scale was designed to assess self‐reported general sleep and sleep disturbance.
Kelsie M. Full, A. Malhotra, Katie Crist, Kevin Moran, J. Kerr   +4 more
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Feasibility of implementing an innovative manual handling risk assessment training program for staff working in long-term care

Archives of Public Health, 2023
Background The Risk Assessment for moving Individuals SafEly (RAISE) program is a hospital-based manual handling nursing training program. RAISE involves upskilling on continual risk assessment during patient-assisted movements.
Natasha K Brusco, Christine Graven, Leanne Boyd, Helen Kugler, Helen Dawes, Helen Rawson, Lynne Clayton, Suzanna Tan, Victoria A Goodwin, Abi J Hall, Nicholas F Taylor   +10 more
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Early vocational rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury: a research protocol using realist synthesis and interviews to understand how and why it works

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Return to work after spinal cord injury (SCI) is linked to well-being and better physical and mental health outcomes. In New Zealand, work rates after SCI are lower than the general population.
Andrew Hall, Sarah Derrett, Jennifer Dunn, Rachelle A Martin, Jonathan J Hackney, Joanne L Nunnerley, Deborah Snell, John A Bourke   +7 more
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Study of Independent Living Residents of a Continuing Care Senior Housing Community: Sociodemographic and Clinical Associations of Cognitive, Physical, and Mental Health.

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry, 2019
OBJECTIVE To examine associations of sociodemographic and clinical factors with cognitive, physical, and mental health among independent living older adults in a continuing care senior housing community (CCSHC). METHODS This was a cross-sectional study
D. Jeste, Danielle Glorioso, Ellen E. Lee, Rebecca Daly, S. Graham, Jinyuan Liu, A. Paredes, Camille Nebeker, X. Tu, E. Twamley, Ryan Van Patten, Yasunori Yamada, C. Depp, Ho-Cheol Kim   +13 more
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Ambient Sensors for Elderly Care and Independent Living: A Survey

Italian National Conference on Sensors, 2018
Elderly care at home is a matter of great concern if the elderly live alone, since unforeseen circumstances might occur that affect their well-being. Technologies that assist the elderly in independent living are essential for enhancing care in a cost ...
Md. Zia Uddin, W. Khaksar, J. Tørresen
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Networks in Healthcare: A Systematic Review

BioMedInformatics, 2023
Networks form the backbone of any healthcare system. Various databases were searched with relevant keywords, data were abstracted, and numerous papers were appraised for this synthesis.
Santhosh Kumar Rajamani, Radha Srinivasan Iyer   +1 more
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Methodical support of teaching Russian in the foreign educational environment: main categories of subjects and their characteristics

Russian Language Studies, 2018
The article deals with the problems of methodical support of teaching Russian in the foreign educational environment. These problems are of great significance in the sphere of geopolitical interests of the Russian Federation.
Dmitriy Yuryevich Guzhelya
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