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An Analytics-based Decision Support System for Resource Planning under Heterogeneous Service Demand of Nursing Home Residents [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
Nursing homes (NHs) are critical healthcare infrastructures for caring frail older adults with 24/7 formal care and personal assistance. Adequate NH resource planning is of great importance to ensure desired quality of care and resident outcomes yet challenging.
arxiv  

Social Determinants of Health and Health‐Related Quality of Life: The Potential Mediating Role of Social Activities, Access to Medical Services, and Access to Social Services

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variation and trends in transmission dynamics of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in veterans affairs hospitals and nursing homes

open access: yesEpidemics, 2019
Variation and differences of MRSA transmission within and between healthcare settings are not well understood. This variability is critical for understanding the potential impact of infection control interventions and could aid in the evaluation of ...
Karim Khader   +5 more
doaj  

The Factors Influencing the Sense of Home in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review from the Perspective of Residents

open access: yesJournal of Aging Research, 2016
Purpose. To provide an overview of factors influencing the sense of home of older adults residing in the nursing home. Methods. A systematic review was conducted.
M. D. Rijnaard   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Home health care planning with considering flexible starting/ending points and service features [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
One of the recently proposed strategies in health systems is providing services to patients at home, improving the service quality, besides reducing the health system costs. In the real world, some services, such as biological tests or blood sampling, force the nurses to start or end his/her route from/at the laboratory instead of the depot, changing ...
arxiv  

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Drinking Water Policy: A Realist Review

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures have a deep, enduring connection to water. However, since Australia's colonisation in 1788, water management has shifted, creating ongoing issues for these communities. Notwithstanding the universal recognition of safe drinking water as a human right, significant inequities persist, particularly ...
Margaret Apolima Fono   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross-Sectional Survey of Residential and Nursing Homes for Elderly People. Comparisons of residents in residential and nursing homes for elderly people, 1981-1996

open access: yes, 1997
This paper compares the characteristics of elderly people living in residential and nursing homes over the period 1981-1996. The paper draws on information collected in four surveys: a 1981 survey of local authority, private and voluntary residential ...
Darton, Robin, Miles, Kathryn
core  

Older people's experiences of care in nursing homes: a meta-synthesis.

open access: yesInternational Nursing Review, 2016
AIM To integrate the current international knowledge and enhance our understanding of the experiences of older people of being cared for in nursing homes.
M. Vaismoradi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Relationships and Identity: An Ethnographic Study With Young People in South‐East Queensland Who Had Left Out‐Of‐Home Care

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Young people who transition to adulthood while transitioning from out‐of‐home care, like their peers not in care may face several challenges in early adulthood. These include, high housing costs, fixed (often low) incomes, limited access to jobs and further education, developing and consolidating personal relationships and pressures from ...
Madonna Boman
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining Differences in Remuneration Rates of Nursing Homes in Germany [PDF]

open access: yes
Remuneration rates of German nursing homes are prospectively negotiated between long-term care insurance (LTCI) and social assistance on the one side and nursing homes on the other.
Boris Augurzky   +3 more
core  

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