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An occupational therapy intervention for residents with stroke related disabilities in UK care homes (OTCH): cluster randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy of an established programme of occupational therapy in maintaining functional activity and reducing further health risks from inactivity in care home residents living with stroke sequelae.
Barton, Garry, Burton, C. R., Burton, Christopher R., Fletcher-Smith, J., Fletcher-Smith, Joanna, Irvine, L., Irvine, Lisa, Lett, K., Mant, J., Mant, Jonathan, Masterson-Algar, Patricia, Peryer, G., Peryer, Guy, Rashid, Farzana, Roalfe, A. K., Roalfe, Andrea K., Sackley, Catherine M., Sharp, L., Sharp, Leslie, Sheehan, B., Sheehan, Bart, Stant, K. E., Stant, Katie E., Steel, Kerry, Steele, K., Walker, M. F., Walker, Marion F., Watkins, C. L., Watkins, Caroline L., Wheatley, K., Wheatley, Keith, Wilde, K., Wilde, Kate, Williams, Jane   +33 more
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Care Leavers Into Parenthood: Support Needs and Effective Practice Approaches Through Transitions From Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is significant local and international evidence to show that young people transitioning from care have children by age 21 at far higher rates than the general youth population. Intergenerational child protection involvement is also far higher for this group.
Jade Purtell, Sarah Morris
wiley   +1 more source

RURAL-URBAN DIFFERENCES IN NURSING HOME ACCESS, QUALITY AND COST [PDF]

Rural-urban differences in the supply of nursing home services as hypothesized to be jointly affected by competitive and regulatory forces, government policies, and the cost structure.
Bradford, Garnett L., Yu, Wei
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Supporting Culture Change: Working Toward Smarter State Nursing Home Regulation [PDF]

, 2009
Examines how the legalistic and enforcement-based regulatory approach affects nursing homes' efforts to implement culture change. Highlights regulatory partnership models that promote high performance and outlines organizational and training ...
Linda Barbarotta, Natasha Bryant, Robyn I. Stone   +2 more
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Variation in ambulance call rates for care homes in Torbay, UK [PDF]

, 2016
Emergency ambulance calls represent one of the routes of emergency hospital admissions from care homes. We aimed to describe the pattern of ambulance call rates from care homes and identify factors predicting those homes calling for an ambulance most ...
Dickens, C, Hancock, J, Lang, I, Matthews, JN, Somerfield, D, Ukoumunne, OC, Wenman, J   +6 more
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THE BOOK OF HOME NURSING [PDF]

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1918
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Caring Futures: Australian Attitudes About the Desirability of Care Work

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid increasing public and policy attention on the care and support sector, which millions of Australians rely upon for essential services, care workers continue to advocate for better pay and fairer conditions. This article draws on the concepts of recognition, value and social distribution from feminist ethics of care scholarship to explore ...
Laura Davy, Ariadne Vromen, Serrin Rutledge‐Prior, Molly Saunders   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Associated With Registered Nurses’ Safety Nursing Activities in Nursing Homes

Asian Nursing Research
Summary: Purpose: A key challenge in quality improvement is ensuring resident safety, especially in nursing homes. However, few studies have comprehensively examined safety nursing activities and explored the possible contributing factors, such as ...
Jiyeon Lee, Sunyeob Choi
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The Right to Cultural Connection for Children in Out‐of‐Home Care: Does Australian Policy and Practice Adequately Support Cultural Identity for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children?

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Development of cultural identity is understood to be central to well‐being; however, it is not always prioritised for children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC). This paper examines current policy and practice designed to support the cultural identity and connection of non‐Indigenous culturally and linguistically diverse children (CALD) in OOHC, who ...
Rebekah Grace, Megan Mitchell, Amy Conley Wright, Kathy Karatasas, Fay Hadley, Jioji Ravulo, Stacy Blythe, Adaora Ezekwem‐Obi, Manjula Waniganayake   +8 more
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Economies of scale and efficiency measurement in Switzerland's Nursing homes [PDF]

This paper examines the cost efficiency in the nursing home industry, an issue of concern to Swiss policy makers because of the explosive growth of national expenditure on elderly care and the aging of the population.
Diego Lunati, Massimo Filippini, Medhi Farsi   +2 more
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