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

, 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
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Trauma‐Informed Practice in Welfare‐to‐Work and Employment Services: A Scoping Review

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition within welfare services, including employment services, that many participants may have histories of trauma. Research suggests that experiences of trauma not only impact individuals' psychosocial health but also vocational elements such as job performance, employability, career progression, and financial ...
Emily Corbett, Michael McGann, Mark Considine, René Rejón   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

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, Heinz Rothgang, Jürgen Wasem, Roman Mennicken   +3 more
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Family Caregivers' Experiences in Nursing Homes: Narratives on Human Dignity and Uneasiness [PDF]

, 2014
This qualitative study focused on dignity in nursing homes from the perspective of family caregivers. Dignity is a complex concept and central to nursing. Dignity in nursing homes is a challenge, according to research.
Aasgaard, Trygve, Caspari, Synnøve, Heggestad, Anne Kari Tolo, Høy, Bente, Lillestø, Britt, Lindwall, Lillemor, Lohne, Vibeke, Nåden, Dagfinn, Rehnsfeldt, Arne, Råholm, Maj-Britt, Slettebø, Åshild, Sæteren, Berit   +11 more
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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

Australian 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, Ashleigh Powell, Claire Hutchinson, Richard Leibbrandt, Svetlana Bogomolova   +4 more
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Drinking Water Policy: A Realist Review

Australian 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, Felicity Chapman, Vita Christie, Carmen Parter, Jodi Knight, Simone Sherriff, Uncle Boe Rambaldini, Bradley Moggridge, Kylie Gwynne   +8 more
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Namaste Care in nursing care homes with people with advanced dementia: protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2018
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ.Introduction Many people living with advanced dementia live and die in nursing care homes. The quality of life, care and dying experienced by these people is variable.
Bunn, Frances, Burnside , Girvan, Coast , Joanna, Dunleavy , Lesley, Froggatt, Katherine, Goodman, Claire, Hardwick, Ben, Kinley , Julie, Patel , Shakil, Perez Algorta , Guillermo, Preston , Nancy, Walshe, Catherine   +11 more
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Relationships and Identity: An Ethnographic Study With Young People in South‐East Queensland Who Had Left Out‐Of‐Home Care

Australian 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
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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
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