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Home Based Care Services as Strategy to Support Anti-Retroviral Adherence: The Case of Musoma Municipal, Mara region [PDF]

, 2012
A descriptive qualitative study was conducted to assess whether Home Based Care services can be used as a strategy to support Anti-retroviral adherence for People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Musoma Municipality, Mara region in March 2012. Six public health facilities that are providing ARVs were included in the study; this included the regional ...
Rwezaura, P.K., Rwezaura, Pamela Kokusima   +1 more
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The influence of municipal characteristics on the use of informal home care and home care services by the elderly Flemish [PDF]

European Journal of Public Health, 2012
When explaining the use of care, the context of the care gains importance. This article focuses on the influence of the municipality on the lives of the elderly regarding the usage of different forms of care, whereas controlling for the effect of individual characteristics.Two databases on the individual characteristics of elderly Flemish people living
Demaerschalk, Melanie F., Vanden Boer, Lut E., Bronselaer, Joost L., Molenberghs, Geert, Declercq, Anja G.   +4 more
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Logistics of care: Trust-reform and self-managing teams in municipal home care services

Journal of Social Policy, 2023
AbstractThe central idea in trust-reform is to improve service delivery by granting professional autonomy and acknowledging the experiential knowledge of professionals. In this article, we study trust-reform bottom-up from the perspective of frontline care workers.
Helle Cathrine Hansen, Cecilie Basberg Neumann   +1 more
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The influence of individual and municipality characteristics on allocation of long-term care services: a register-based cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Variation in service allocation between municipalities may arise as a result of prioritisation. Both individual and societal characteristics determine service allocation, but previous literature has often investigated these factors separately.
Lisa Victoria Burrell, Hanne Marie Rostad, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Marianne Sundlisæter Skinner, Maren Kristine Raknes Sogstad   +4 more
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Efficiency in the Provision of Municipal Nursing- and Home-Care Services: The Norwegian Experience [PDF]

, 2002
Municipalities of Norway are, by law, responsible for provision of care of persons in need, due to old age or physical and psychological handicaps, etc. The care can take place either in institutions or in peoples’ homes. This is public sector production, with a few private not-for-profit institutions, and is the most important municipal spending ...
Erlandsen, Espen, Førsund, Finn R.
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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
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TalkingMats as a decision aid to promote involvement in choice and decision-making around home care services for older people with mild to moderate dementia – study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background In Sweden, 72% of people with dementia live in ordinary housing. Of these, 50% receive home care services. Older people with dementia may benefit from developments in decision-making support which aim to facilitate their ability to communicate
Anna Dunér, Angela Bångsbo, Tina M. Olsson   +2 more
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Entrusting life to professionals: A phenomenological hermeneutical study of older persons' participation in prehospital emergency care involving municipal home care and ambulance services

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 2023
AbstractBackgroundParticipation in care is considered to promote safe and qualitative care. Care‐dependent older persons ageing in place have increased emergency care needs, which initiate inter‐organisational collaboration involving municipal home care and ambulance services.
Anna Hjalmarsson, Gunnel Östlund, Margareta Asp, Birgitta Kerstis, Mats Holmberg   +4 more
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Nurses’ Willingness and Demand for Internet+Home Care Services and the Associated Factors in Municipal Hospitals in China: Cross-Sectional Survey

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023
Background Developing Internet+home care (IHC) services is a promising way to address the problems related to population aging, which is an important global issue. However, IHC services are in their infancy in China. Limited studies have investigated the willingness and demand of nurses in municipal hospitals to
Jinghui Zhang, Sha Peng, Jianmei Hou, Guiyuan Ma, Yanhui Liu, Yuhua Fan, Lingxia Luo, Zhengkun Shi   +7 more
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Clustering and inertia: structural integration of home care in Swedish elderly care

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2007
Purpose: To study the design and distribution of different organizational solutions regarding the responsibility for and provision of home care for elderly in Swedish municipalities.
Nils Olof Hedman, Roine Johansson, Urban Rosenqvist   +2 more
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