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Models for providing improved care in residential care homes: a thematic literature review [PDF]

This Annotated Bibliography is one output from a review of the available research evidence to support improved care in residential care homes as the needs of older people intensify. Key findings The review identified extremely little published evidence
Clay, Diane, Szczepura, Ala, Hyde, Julia, Wild, Deidre, Nelson, S. (Sara)   +4 more
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A descriptive study of housing preferences for persons with disabilities living in nursing homes in Dunn County [PDF]

, 2001
Plan BThis descriptive study replicated a Chicago study concerning housing issues for individuals with disabilities conducted by Access Living and The Center for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University (Kruger, 2000).
Jacobs, Joyce
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Describing the status quo of person-centred dementia care in different types of care units in German nursing homes: A convergent mixed methods study

International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
Background: The policies and mission statements of nursing homes support the implementation of person-centred dementia care. The Dementia Policy Questionnaire assesses the content of person-centred dementia care in policies.
Anna Louisa Hoffmann-Hoffrichter, Mike Rommerskirch-Manietta, Johannes Michael Bergmann, Martina Roes, Bernhard Holle, Rebecca Palm   +5 more
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health‐related quality of life following total minimally invasive, hybrid minimally invasive or open oesophagectomy: a population‐based cohort study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
All patients operated for oesophageal cancer in Sweden from 2013 to April 2018 were identified, and 246 patients were recruited to this population‐based nationwide Swedish study. The results show that longitudinal health‐related quality of life after minimally invasive oesophagectomy was similar to that of the open surgical approach.
F. Klevebro, J. H. Kauppila, S. Markar, A. Johar, P. Lagergren   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning: Does Organization Ownership Matter? Structure and Performance in For-profit, Nonprofit and Local Government Nursing Homes* [PDF]

We compare the structure and performance of for-profit (FP), nonprofit (NP) and local government (LG) organizations. These organizations differ in their ownership structure, objectives and agency relations.
Avner Ben-Ner, Ting Ren
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‘Hurry Up and Get Me out of Here’: The Experience of People Under 65 Years (Still) Stuck in Aged Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the Australian Government set a target for no‐one under 65 years of age to be living in residential aged care (RAC) by 2025. The numbers of young people in residential aged care (YPIRAC) have significantly declined since the start of the targets.
Elroy Dearn, Kate D'Cruz, Mark Brown, Jacinta Douglas, Dianne Winkler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Owning Home, Finding Belonging: Relational Meanings of Homeownership for Migrant Healthcare Workers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
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.
Yu, Wei, Bradford, Garnett L.
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