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The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Workforce in Early Childhood Education: Findings From a National Survey of Australian Centre‐Based Services

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Culturally responsive early childhood education (ECE) environments can increase child and family participation, enhance service quality, and improve developmental outcomes for children. Educators from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds contribute to inclusive ECE and are crucial for addressing workforce shortages.
Sene Gide   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nursing Home Quality as a Public Good [PDF]

open access: yes
There has been much debate among economists about whether nursing home quality is a public good across Medicaid and private-pay patients within a common facility. However, there has been only limited empirical work addressing this issue.
David C. Grabowski   +2 more
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Factors influencing use of home care and nursing homes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
AIM: This paper reports a study comparing the characteristics of patients who use home care services and those who are cared for in nursing homes, and identifying the factors that influence the use of these care settings.
조은희
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Factors Associated With Registered Nurses’ Safety Nursing Activities in Nursing Homes

open access: yesAsian 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
doaj   +1 more source

Australian Practitioners' Beliefs, Confidence, and Training Needs for Delivering Behaviour Support to Children and Young People in Out‐of‐Home Care

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) frequently present with complex behavioural needs. In New South Wales (NSW), behaviour support plans (BSPs) are mandated when restrictive practices, including psychotropic medication, are used. Little research has examined whether the statutory workforce is adequately prepared to meet behaviour support ...
Manisha Abayakoon Stanborough   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing for Ownership Mix Efficiency: The Case of the Nursing Home Industry [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper offers an empirical test of ownership mix efficiency in the U.S. nursing home industry. We test to compare the benefits of quality assurance with the costs from the attenuation of property rights that result from an increased presence of ...
John A. Vernon, Rexford E. Santerre
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Exploring the teaching nursing home model: literature review to inform the national evaluation of the TRACS program [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Overview This Literature Review forms one component of the national evaluation of the TRACS Program which was commissioned in late 2012 by the then Department of Health and Ageing, now the Department of Social Services. The review builds on earlier work
Barnett, Kate, Kate Barnett
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The evidence-base for stroke education in care homes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
<b>Summary.</b> <b>Research questions:</b> 1. What are registered care home nurses’ educational priorities regarding stroke care? 2. What are senior care home assistants’ educational priorities regarding stroke care? 3. How do
Smith, L.N.   +3 more
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Public Attitudes Toward Compassionate Release of Older People From Prison: Findings From a National Survey in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid increase in older people in prison populations worldwide is generating significant health, cost, and human rights pressures on custodial systems. Compassionate release for older, frail inmates is a potentially effective response, yet little is known about public support for this approach.
Ye In (Jane) Hwang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Changing Landscape of Residential Care: Care Homes and Alternative Forms of Housing with Care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This thesis draws together a series of publications that were based on research studies conducted between 1981 and 2011, covering care homes and alternative forms of housing with care.
Darton, Robin
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