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What can local authorities do to improve the social care-related quality of life of older adults living at home? Evidence from the Adult Social Care Survey [PDF]

, 2014
Local authorities spend considerable resources on social care at home for older adults. Given the expected growth in the population of older adults and budget cuts on local government, it is important to find efficient ways of maintaining and improving ...
van der Horst, H.E., Bosmans, J.E., Ostelo, R.W.J.G., Van Leeuwen, Karen, van der Horst, H E, Jansen, A.P.D., Malley, Juliette, Ostelo, R W, Jansen, A, Bosmans, J E, Netten, Ann, Netten, A., Bosmans, J.E.; id_orcid, Ostelo, R.W., van Leeuwen, K.M., Malley, J., Ostelo, R.W.J.G.; id_orcid   +16 more
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Municipal healthcare providers’ perceptions of reasons for frequent and unplanned hospital admissions among home-dwelling older adults: a Norwegian focus group study

BMC Geriatrics
Background In healthcare policies and research, patients who utilise substantial healthcare services receive significant attention. Persons who are frequently admitted to hospitals are often termed ‘frequent users of hospital services’. Understanding how
Jill-Marit Moholt, Cathrine Arntzen, Audhild Høyem, Bodil H. Blix   +3 more
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Cancer patients’ use of primary care out-of-hours services: a cross-sectional study in Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2016
Objective: To investigate how cancer patients in Norway use primary care out-of-hours (OOH) services and describe different contact types and procedures. Design: A retrospective cross-sectional registry study using a billing registry data source. Setting:
Camilla Kjellstadli Thoresen, Hogne Sandvik, Steinar Hunskaar   +2 more
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Affective dimensions in the information behavior of forcibly displaced people: A literature review. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This review analyzed 241 scholarly articles published between 2010 and 2025 in information science venues to examine how affect shapes refugees' information behavior during forced migration and to identify additional contextual factors. It identifies seven affective dimensions: anxiety, shame and stigma, grief and loss, frustration, (mis)trust,
Maja Krtalić, Lilach Alon
wiley   +1 more source

Literature Review of the Evidence Base for a Hospice at Home Service [PDF]

, 2008
This literature review aimed to identify the evidence base for a hospice at home service at the end of life for facilitating death at home to narrow the gap between preference and reality.
Stosz, Laura
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A Prospective Intervention Study With 6 Months Follow-up of the Effect of Reablement in Home Dwelling Elderly: Patient-reported and Observed Outcomes

Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation
Objectives: To investigate the effect of a reablement intervention (a person-centered, interdisciplinary rehabilitation approach) compared with usual care services in home-dwelling elderly experiencing functional declines in activities of daily living ...
Jeanette Kjernsholen, MD, Inger Schou-Bredal, PhD, RN, OUS, Rolf Kaaresen, MD, PhD, OUS, Helene Lundgaard Soberg, PhD, Aase Sagen, PhD   +4 more
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Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond salaries: Teachers' experiences of navigating early years education amid economic instability in Türkiye

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The intersection of economic conditions and early years education has long been debated, particularly where financial constraints shape educational practice and professional realities. Türkiye, characterised by high inflation and structural vulnerabilities in purchasing power parity, provides a critical context for examining how economic ...
Ebru Aydın, Şerif Yüksel
wiley   +1 more source

Health care services for older people in COVID-19 pandemic times – A Nordic comparison

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Objective To explore the Nordic municipal health and care services’ ability to promote principal goals within care for older people during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design and setting Two surveys were conducted among managers of municipal health care ...
Trond Bliksvær, Therese Andrews, Andrej Christian Lindholst, Auvo Rauhala, Maria Wolmesjö, Timo S. Sinervo, Lisbeth M. Fagerström, Morten Balle Hansen   +7 more
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The Degradation of Access‐Based Business Models: Customer Misbehavior and Shared Mobility

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Access‐based services are considered one of the strategies to embed sustainability in business models. Yet, because the evolution of these business models has been overlooked, we do not know whether their promise to create triple value is sustained.
Andres Camacho, Carmen Valor
wiley   +1 more source