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“This isn’t gonna fix your child,” Experiences of parents using involuntary stabilization for a child’s substance use
DownloadFall 2021
Background: Evidenced-informed strategies are urgently needed to support families who are struggling with a youth’s substance use disorder. One strategy used in several Canadian provinces is involuntary stabilization programs, which involve the apprehension and confinement of youth whose...
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A descriptive-comparative study of medications used by older people prior to and following admission to a continuing care facility
Download2012
Medications are beneficial for curing or managing acute and chronic illnesses. Medications typically have positive outcomes, although older people are prone to drug-related problems. Community-dwelling seniors are at particularly high risk of polypharmacy, as they tend to receive many...
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2013
Stewart, N., Morgan, D. G., Estabrooks, C. A., Norton, P., Squires, J. E., Poss, J. W., Doupe, M., Teare, G. F., Cummings, G. G.
Nursing homes have become complex care environments where residents have significant needs and most have age-related dementia. Building on research by Hirdes et al. (2011), we describe a resident profile in a representative sample of 30 urban nursing homes in the prairie provinces using Resident...
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2014
Keating, N., Wilson, D.M., Williams, B.E.C.
This report documents the findings of a mixed-methods study focused on the advanced directives of 182 residents of three LTC facilities in southern Ontario, Canada. Although almost all had a completed advance directive within 3 months of death, most did not have a palliative designation or...
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Affirming the value of the resident assessment instrument: Minimum data set version 2.0 for nursing home decision-making and quality improvement
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Wagg, Adrian S., Drummond, Lindsay S., Jones, C. Allyson, Slaughter, Susan E.
Background: We examined the agreement over time of the physical functioning domains of the Resident Assessment Instrument: Minimum Data Set Version 2.0 (RAI-MDS) and the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) in nursing home residents with dementia. Methods: We completed a secondary analysis of...
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Alone in Eden: Care aides' perceptions of consistent assignments.
2014
The Eden AlternativeÒ is a philosophy of care and transformational model aimed at increasing quality of life for nursing home residents by enhancing institutional environments and restructuring delivery of care. Three fundamental components of restructured care are resident care provided...
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2012-10-12
SSHRC Awarded IG 2013: This research will contribute to theories of institutional change by identifying the processes by which institutionalized arrangements embracing multiple logics are reconstructed. The empirical context is the public provision of addition services in Alberta, a mature...
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Designated Assisted Living (DAL) and Long-term Care (LTC) in Alberta: Alberta Continuing Care Epidemiological Studies (ACCES) Methodology
Download2011-06-01
Maxwell, Colleen J., Strain, Laurel A., Wanless, Deanna
This methodology report provides information about sample selection and data collection in ACCES, a large-scale longitudinal study involving over 2000 older adults residing in designated assisted living and long-term care in Alberta, their family caregivers, and the facilities in which they live.
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Designated Assisted Living (DAL) and Long-term Care (LTC) in Alberta: Selected Highlights from the Alberta Continuing Care Epidemiological Studies (ACCES)
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Maxwell, Colleen J., Gilbart, Erin, Wanless, Deanna, Strain, Laurel A.
This report provides a descriptive overview of selected findings from a large-scale, longitudinal study involving over 2000 older adults residing in designated assisted living and long-term care in Alberta, their family caregivers, and the facilities in which they lived.
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Designated Assisted Living (DAL) and Long-term Care (LTC) in Alberta: Selected Highlights from the Alberta Continuing Care Epidemiological Studies (ACCES) - Executive Summary
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Gilbart, Erin, Wanless, Deanna, Strain, Laurel A., Maxwell, Colleen J.
This Executive Summary is from a report that provides a descriptive overview of selected findings from a large-scale, longitudinal study involving over 2000 older adults residing in designated assisted living and long-term care in Alberta, their family caregivers, and the facilities in which they...