A cluster randomized controlled trial of a train-the-trainer behavioral intervention delivered via respite care centers to improve nutritional outcomes and quality of life persons with dementia and their caregivers. [PDF]
Qanungo S +3 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Homelessness is rising in Ireland, and people experiencing homelessness face disproportionately poor mental health outcomes due to intersecting structural and psychosocial factors. Access to mental healthcare remains limited, leaving generalist services to manage increasing need, particularly during crises.
John P Gilmore +3 more
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Beyond safety net value(s): Tourist hotel rooms for people experiencing homelessness
Abstract This article examines the shape of care and value through an ethnographic study of an intensive, temporary housing intervention for people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco, California, during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Building on a new anthropological theory of value, the results highlight the slipperiness between surveillance and care,
Naomi C. Schoenfeld
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“Nowhere else to go”: Slow abandonment and (en)closures of long‐term care in Los Angeles
Abstract Residential long‐term care facilities, known in California as “board and care” homes, have been closing rapidly in the last decade. Proponents assert these provide vital forms of housing and care to the poor and must be saved, while critics contend they perpetuate the institutionalization of people with disabilities and should be abolished ...
Maxwell A. Hellmann
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In-Home Respite Care Services Available to Families With Palliative Care Needs in Quebec: Novel Digital Environmental Scan. [PDF]
Castro A +11 more
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Extraordinary measures of sibling worldmaking
Abstract In this ethnographic research project involving disabled and non/disabled siblings in Canada, we have found that during major life‐changing transitions, such as the death of a parent, siblings face many challenges, including structural and systemic inequalities, struggles with and within various service systems, and difficulties with emotions ...
Pamela Block, Helen Ries, Dima Kassem
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Learning and distraction: Evidence for cognitive load interference in medical education
Abstract Background Distraction may increase cognitive load. Cues may decrease it. But what happens if we cue in distracted learning environments? Does effective instruction buffer against the detrimental effects of distraction? Methods In a 2 × 2 factorial experiment, 117 s–year medical students without prior knowledge watched a standardised ...
Andrea Storck +8 more
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Report on an investigation into complaint no 11 010 725 against London Borough of Lambeth, 16 August 2012 [PDF]
Martin, Jane
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Abstract Examining work by Rowan Williams, this essay explores what he often refers to as the ‘difficulty’ of writing theology. The difficulty of theology lies in engaging the ruse of having ultimate answers to ultimate questions. The stakes are high: ‘God‐talk’ must concern itself with truth, with reality.
Graham Ward
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