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The Availability and Supply of Short-Term Care Beds in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Mechanism to Ensure Timely Transfers Out of Hospital for Older Patients in England

Journal of Long-Term Care
Context: At the time of the study, hospitals in England had 24,029 patients who no longer met the criteria to reside (as of 1 April 2022). Objective: This qualitative study examined the availability of short-term beds in long-term care facilities to ...
Madeline Naick, Karen Jones
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Social Innovation and Social Care: Local Solutions to Global Challenges

Social Sciences
This paper presents a case study of the Local Care Ecosystems developed by the provincial government of Gipuzkoa (Basque Country, Spain) to strengthen coordination between social services, health services, and community-based initiatives at the municipal
Javier Castro-Spila, David Alonso González, Juan Brea-Iglesias, Xanti Moriones García   +3 more
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How do managers and leaders in the National Health Service and social care respond to service user involvement in mental health services in both its traditional and emergent forms? The ENSUE study

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2014
Background: This study set out to measure the extent and perceived impact of service user involvement (SUI) in mental health services and to explore different forms of SUI, both collective and individual.
Diana Rose, Marian Barnes, Mike Crawford, Edward Omeni, Dee MacDonald, Aaron Wilson   +5 more
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Social prescription in the US: A pilot evaluation of Mass Cultural Council's “CultureRx”

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionAs the field of public health strives to address the impacts of social determinants of health, it has seen increasing interest in community-referral practices that expand health care beyond clinical spaces. However, community arts and culture
Tasha L. Golden, Tasha L. Golden, Alyson Maier Lokuta, Alyson Maier Lokuta, Aanchal Mohanty, Alyssa Tiedemann, T. W. Cherry Ng, Maanasa Mendu, Nicole Morgan, Maria Nagae Kuge, Tessa Brinza   +10 more
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Does age matter in the social care workforce?

Journal of Long-Term Care, 2018
Context: With the population in England ageing, more people are living with complex physical and mental health needs and need care and support. As a result demand for care workers is increasing.
Valerie Lipman, Jill Manthorpe, Jess Harris   +2 more
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Peripheral settlements and how to create a new identity for them: An experiment as an initial point for the future development [PDF]

Facta Universitatis. Series: Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2007
There are many lands of peripheral settlements: peripheral settlements of cities, municipalities, or close to the country borders. Their genesis, position and connections are different, so that their role in the network of settlements is frequently ...
Marić Igor
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Staff’s and Managers’ Conceptions of Participation for Adults with Profound Intellectual Disabilities or Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2019
One goal of disability policies in Sweden and other countries is to ensure that people with disabilities are afforded an equal level of daily life participation as other citizens.
Lena Talman, Jenny Wilder, Jonas Stier, Christine Gustafsson   +3 more
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An Observational Cohort Study to Evaluate the Impact of a Tailored Medicines Optimisation Service on Medication Use, Accident and Emergency Department Visits, and Admissions Among Patients Identified with Medication Support Needs in Secondary Care

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2022
Nicola Harrap,1 Joshua Wells,1 Katherine Howes,2 Reem Kayyali1 1Department of Pharmacy, Kingston University, Kingston, KT1 2EE, UK; 2Lewisham Integrated Medicines Optimisation Service, Pharmacy Department, Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, London, SE13 6LH,
Harrap N, Wells J, Howes K, Kayyali R
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Multiple Helices as Agents of Change? The Case of the Neighborhoods of the Future Project and the Development of Direction for Policy and Practice on Health, Happiness and Wellbeing for the Next Generation of Older Adults

Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, 2017
This article describes a case study on a project to create cooperation between international (EU) and national governments, small and large enterprises, universities and non-governmental charitable and social organizations.
Ian SPERO, Merlin STONE, Eleni ARAVOPOULOU   +2 more
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Creating a space for strangers

Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2010
For those of you fortunate enough to have experienced a SIRCC annual conference then you will also know that it is an opportunity for so much more than experiential workshops and guest speakers.
Kirsty Hamilton, Kathleen Mulvey
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