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Nursing home residents make a difference – The overestimation of saving rates at older ages [PDF]

open access: yes
While life-cycle theory makes the clear prediction that people dissave at old-age, this prediction is not at all borne out by the data from many countries. Various suggestions have been made to explain this discrepancy. This paper sheds more light on the
Ziegelmeyer, Michael
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Vermont's Choices for Care Medicaid Long-Term Services Waiver: Progress and Challenges as the Program Concluded Its Third Year [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Based on case study interviews and state data, evaluates the impact of a waiver introduced in 2005 to improve Medicaid beneficiaries' access to home and community-based services while reducing the use of nursing home care and controlling ...
Jeffrey S. Crowley, Molly O'Malley
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Individual and collective transitions: Changes in family information networks over time in life with chronic illness

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Chronic illness represents a transition for both patients and their family members although transitions and information behavior changes have largely been explored from an individual perspective. Illness‐related transitions may be undertaken individually or collectively, but little is known about how family information networks change in the ...
Lindsay K. Brown, Tiffany C. Veinot
wiley   +1 more source

Nobody\u27s Home: Candid Reflections of a Nursing Home Aide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
After caring for his mother at the end of her life, Thomas Edward Gass felt drawn to serve the elderly. He took a job as a nursing home aide but was not prepared for the reality that he found at his new place of employment, a for-profit long-term-care ...
Gass, Thomas Edward
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The woman researcher's tale: A review of bibliometric methods and results for studying gender in science

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract There has been a notable increase in bibliometric research studying gender in academia. This narrative review aims to organize and synthesize this extensive body of work to uncover new insights into gender disparities in science. We begin by analyzing key methodological elements, including gender assignment techniques, units of analysis, and ...
Elvira González‐Salmón   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Craft-a-smile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Invitation for students to make holiday decorations for senior citizens living in Vernon Hall Nursing Home in ...
Boston University Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground
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The issues caused by misinformation—How workers and organizations deal with it: A systematic literature review

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract In today's digital age, misinformation propagates rapidly through digital channels, blurring the lines between truth and fiction, and challenging the foundations of trust in information sources. Although affecting all spheres of life, misinformation poses a significant threat to workers highlighting a critical intersection between ...
Ashwani Malhotra   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moving to the Future [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Last fall, Linfield College purchased 20 acres in northeast Portland for a new nursing campus. When Linfield moves to its new facility in May 2020, it will mark a new chapter in nursing at Linfield, and the end of an era for the Linfield-Good Samaritan ...
Feuerstein, Christian
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Male and Female Healthcare Trajectories in Autism: Are There Any Differences Considering Age at Diagnosis and Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities Status?

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to compare the healthcare trajectories (HCTs) 2 years after a first diagnosis of autism according to sex, age at diagnosis, and intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) status. This is a retrospective cohort study using health administrative data from Québec, Canada.
Mélanie Couture   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multifocal Osteoid Osteoma - A Case Report

open access: yesIndian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2006
R M Chandak   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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