Care home residents tend to be very old, most are women, and most have complex co-morbid needs. Most people enter a care home because they can no longer live independently due to ill health, notably dementia. Dementia affects over two thirds of all residents; physical disability and ...
Home care for older people in Sweden: a universal model in transition One aspect of universalism in Swedish eldercare services is that publicly financed and publicly provided services have been both affordable for the poor an... M Szebehely,GB Trydegård - 《Health & Social Care in the Co...
A total of 155 older adults from a municipality in mid-Norway (mean age 82.99, SD 6.03), were interviewed, based on a questionnaire including the item satisfaction with participation from the Participation of People with Mobility Limitations Survey (PARTS/M). A principal component analysis ...
They found that pain was perceived in over 60% of the people in this group and there were limited self-care pain management strategies in nursing homes. But until now, comparative assessment of perceived pain in nursing home and home care settings is missing in the literature. The review of...
home caresocial policydomiciliary careregulationstandardsThis article examines the failure of Ireland's Health Act 2007 to address the need to regulate the provision of paid care and personal services to older people in their own homes so as to guard against poor quality service and abuse. While ...
The first version developed for older people receiving home care has been shown to be acceptable and user-friendly [20]. The aim of the study was to describe older people’s usage of an app and to evaluate the impact of the usage on aspects of health and health literacy over time....
There is increasing concern that older people are discriminated against in terms of access to services and those with dementia are among the most vulnerable of patient groups. The recent strategy calls for greater awareness of dementia among health care workers.Aim: To examine the level of ...
Ceci C, Purkis ME, Bjornsdottir K. Theorizing accommodation in supportive home care for older people. Journal of Aging Studies. 2013;27(1):30-7.Ceci C, Purkis ME, Bjornsdottir K. Theorizing accommodation in sup- portive home care for older people. J Aging Stud. 2013;27(1...
Some HCBS may be associated with older adults’ returning to communities or delaying use of institutional services, and these patterns are of interest to policy makers, people developing community services, and the wider society. As more older adults in need express their preferences for HCBS care...
Over the past 20 years the emphasis on supporting older people has shifted from institutional care to care in the community, which is provided in combination by the social services department, the voluntary and private sectors, and informal groups. Since the implementation of the Community Care ...