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Caring for Our Kupuna: Building an Aging in Place Movement in Hawaii [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Government funding for elder care in the United States is becoming increasingly strained as the number of seniors and the cost of healthcare rise. Medicare paid $560 billion for hospital visits, prescription drugs, and other services in 2010 and expects ...

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Stuck in the Waiting Room: An Analytical Essay Exploring Infertility at Work

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this analytical essay, we use our embodied career experiences to explore infertility at work, placing our “infertile body” at the center of analysis. We consider the ways in which infertility has impacted our identities, careers, and timelines.
Nicola Lawrence‐Thomas, Rose Shepherd
wiley   +1 more source

A Model for Collaboration and Results: How Cross-agency Collaboration Helped Hampton, Va., Build a Broad Array of Child and Family Services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This report highlights the highly successful experiences of child-serving agencies that are collaborating in Hampton, Virginia, to achieve better outcomes for children and Families.
Tamara Horne
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Black Fugitivity in the Sporting Workplace: The Story of Eniola Aluko

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Being a Black fugitive involves constant movement: to find and cultivate spaces of safety and hope. In this paper, I curate a sporting archive about the UK Black women's elite football player Eniola Aluko to read her as a Black fugitive. I demonstrate how she traversed a racist and anti‐Black sporting workplace—where she was unfairly demonized
Aarti Ratna
wiley   +1 more source

Older People, Telematics and Care

open access: yes, 2001
About the book: What are the implications of current economic, social and political trends in Britain for older people? Social and demographic changes have led to traditional areas of welfare being transformed.
Clark, Amanda   +2 more
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Child and Family Welfare in Sweden [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Sweden has no special Children’s Act because regulations on children are included in the Social Services Act from 1980, supplemented by an act regulating compulsory care.
Andersson, Gunvor
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Lived Experiences of Pregnancy Loss at Work: Realizing Meaningful Supports

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is increased focus on pregnancy loss at work over recent years, with many countries introducing or exploring the introduction of statutory leave for pregnancies that end pre‐“viability.” Individual organizations are also introducing their own pregnancy loss policies.
Marita Hennessy   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Medical Respite Care on Healthcare Costs and Outcomes for Homeless Populations: A Literature Review

open access: yesTransformative Social Impact
National homelessness rates are steadily rising, posing challenges in health care. Homelessness exacerbates health conditions, increasing chronic mental and medical diagnoses, while reducing traditional treatment efficacy Research highlights medical ...
Amanda Weller   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current trends in the use of residential child care in Scotland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The survey was planned to examine how local authority residential care units were currently being used and to provide data relating to current issues in the use of residential child care. These issues were identified by Scottish Institute for Residential
Hunter, L., Kendrick, A., Milligan, I.M.
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