LONG-term health careMENTAL illnessHOSPITAL careELIGIBILITY (Social aspects)COMMUNICATIONThe path to long-term care (LTC) may be challenging, especially when transferring from inpatient mental health care. Here, eligibility and placement determinations may not fit within typical dec...
Among older adults who stay at long-term care facilities, the share of people who take central nervous system medications on more than one day per year was 86.8 percent, 9.6 percentage points higher than the share of care recipients who stay at their homes. Among those who take these drugs ...
In China, the population is rapidly ageing and the capacity of the system that cares for older people is increasingly a concern. In this Review, we provide a profile of the long-term care system and policy landscape in China. The long-term care system is characterised by rapid growth of ...
UTI in Long-Term Care Facilities Among Older Adults Primary Care ReportsKuritzky, Louis
Older adults with schizophrenia who were living in a long term care facility were significantly more likely to be older (t = 2.82; p = 0.005; OR [95%CI]=1.05 [1.01–1.08]), and to live in an urban area (X2 = 4.10; df=1; p = 0.043; OR [95%CI]=1.77 [1.01–3.08]), and ...
Equitable treatment: The Medicaid reimbursement system should provide resources to support independent long-term care and home care providers who often care for the most vulnerable and medically fragile older adults. "Although these are not new problems, the pandemic has exacerbated and amplified their...
Nearly half (46%) of adults who need long-term services and supports, or LTSS, reported their health as "fair" or "poor," compared with 15% of adults overall in California. The study also showed that adults who have unmet LTSS needs experienced serious psychological distress at a proportion...
The purpose of this study was to investigate depression and psychotherapy for adults who are in long-term care facilities. Depression is a serious problem for the elderly in general and for residents of nursing homes in particular. The current study drew on the dynamic stress vulnerability ...
(2001). Adults with intellectual disability in long-term respite care: A qualitative study. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 26, 339-344.Chan, J, Sigafoos, J, Watego, N & Potter, G 2001, `Adults with intellectual disability in long-term respite care: a qualitative study'...
The previous study encountered the long-term effectiveness of STB and FV for preschool children provided by MOPH with the System Dynamics Model (SDM) [7]. Likewise, the study has shown the beneficial effects of programs for children during the age of 0 to 5 years. However, there was a de...