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Libraries of life: Using life history books with depressed care home residents [PDF]
, 2006 Depression is a common, and often undetected, psychiatric disorder in geriatric care home residents 1,2. Reminiscence, an independent nursing therapy used by a variety of health and social care professionals, can prevent or reduce depression 14.
Plastow, N A
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Tramadol/Diclofenac Fixed-Dose Combination: A Review of Its Use in Severe Acute Pain
Pain and Therapy, 2020 Pain is a health issue affecting all populations, regardless of age, gender, economic status, race, or geography. Acute pain is the most common type of pain, with a complex aetiology.
Dilip D. Shah, Zubair H. Sorathia
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The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2015 OBJECTIVES This study investigates how health- and disability-based need factors and enabling factors (e.g., socioeconomic and family-based resources) relate to nursing home admission among 3 different racial and ethnic groups.
M. Thomeer, S. Mudražija, J. Angel
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Lack of protections for home care workers: overtime pay and minimum wage [PDF]
, 2012 This brief examines overtime hours and hourly wages among home care workers (home health aides and personal care aides) and compares them with hospital and nursing home aides. These aides engage in similar work for their clients, even though they work in
Smith, Kristin
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Role of Non-Invasive Technique in Cardiology
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2013 NA
MP Aziz
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Employees’ perceptions of patient safety culture in Norwegian nursing homes and home care services
BMC Health Services Research, 2019 BackgroundMost health care services are provided in the primary health care sector, and an increasing number of elderly is in need of these services.
E. Ree, S. Wiig
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Is nursing home demand affected by the decline in age difference between spouses? [PDF]
We investigate whether declines in the age difference between spouses has influenced widowhood and nursing home demand. We first use life-table methods to simulate the impact of the declining age gap on the risk of widowhood.
Darius N. Lakdawalla, Robert Schoeni
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Survival and Functional Outcomes after Hip Fracture among Nursing Home Residents
Journal of Korean medical science, 2015 Following the implementation of a long-term care insurance system for the elderly in Korea, many nursing homes have been established and many more patients than ever before have been living at nursing homes.
Hong-Man Cho +8 more
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Factor Substitution and Unobserved Factor Quality in Nursing Homes [PDF]
This paper studies factor substitution in one important sector: the nursing home industry. Specifically, we measure the extent to which nursing homes substitute materials for labor when labor becomes relatively more expensive.
David C. Grabowski +2 more
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A Proposal to Finance Long-Term Care Services through Medicare with an Income Tax Surcharge [PDF]
, 2007 Proposes expanding Medicare to cover comprehensive long-term care services, including home care and custodial nursing home care, and financing this expansion of benefits with a surcharge on federal income ...
Leonard E. Burman, Richard W. Johnson
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