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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Recent policy change in Massachusetts encourages schools to limit their use of exclusionary discipline to “extraordinary circumstances,” but little work has explored the opportunities and challenges of transitioning to nonpunitive practices after student substance use infractions in schools.
Kristina Conroy +6 more
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Caregiver Statistics: Work and Caregiving
, 2016 A caregiver—sometimes called an informal caregiver—is an unpaid individual (for example, a spouse, partner, family member, friend, or neighbor) involved in assisting others with activities of daily living and/or medical tasks.
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Frontiers in Public HealthObjectiveThis study examined differences in care burden between formal and informal caregivers of dependent older adults according to care-related characteristics, and whether care time had a moderating effect on the relationship between care-related ...
Eunmi Oh +4 more
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Economic valuation of informal care (annual) per caregiver.
, 2019 Economic valuation of informal care (annual) per caregiver.
María del Mar García-Calvente (6718583) +5 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn +6 more
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The Informal Caregivers' Perception of Wandering
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®, 2011 Although the term wandering is routinely used by clinicians, researchers, and informal caregivers (ICs), the meaning of this term varies depending on the source of the definition and the context in which it is used. The purpose of this study was to examine the terms ICs used to describe different scenarios that have been identified in literature as ...
Houston, Amy M. +3 more
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Hours Worked by Primary Carers in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Primary caregivers constitute a major unpaid workforce in Australia. The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic factors that are associated with carer workloads. Multinomial logistic regression modelling was applied to the nation‐wide Australian Government survey.
Andrew J. Hamilton
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Caregiver burden in Parkinson’s disease: a mixed-methods study
BMC Medicine, 2023 Background Providing informal care for a person with Parkinson’s disease (PD) can be a demanding process affecting several dimensions of a caregiver’s life and potentially causing caregiver burden.
Angelika D. Geerlings +9 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Older adult abuse is a significant social issue that has attracted necessary attention in Australian policy. Yet, the scope of abuse prevention strategies proposed within these policies has not been systematically reviewed, nor has their alignment with evidence‐informed frameworks been assessed.
Madeline Lee +2 more
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Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and FinancingIntroduction Informal caregivers provide essential assistance to older adults living at home, but can experience burden and unmet needs. While caregiver burden is well studied, its conceptual boundaries and relationship to unmet needs remain unclear ...
Sirrý Sif Sigurlaugardóttir +6 more
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