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- 17Canada, Alberta, Edmonton
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- 9Edmonton Social Planning Council
- 8Forbes, D.
- 3Forbes, D. A.
- 3Gibson, M.
- 3Halpern, Joel Martin
- 3Hopper, Tammy
- 28Nursing, Faculty of
- 24Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
- 24Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of/Theses and Dissertations
- 22Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC)
- 22Nursing, Faculty of/Chronicity
- 6Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC)/Children, Youth and Family (Edmonton Social Planning Council)
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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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Fall 2014
The present research examined social motivation in dementia within the theoretical framework of socioemotional selectivity theory (SST; Carstensen, 2006). SST is a lifespan theory of social motivation that argues goal selection and pursuit are inextricably related to perceived time remaining in...
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Canadians with dementia: Gender differences in use and availability of home- and community-based health services.
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Hawranik, P., Jansen, L., Kingston, D., Markle-Reid, M., Henderson, S., Peacock, P., Forbes, D., Morgan, D., Leipert, B.
The purpose was to examine the use and availability of home and communitybased services by men and women with dementia using data from the 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey.Variables of interest were based on the Andersen and Newman model and included predisposing, enabling, need, and use of...
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Chart review of current end-of-life care needs and care practices in acute care hospitals: final report of an investigation
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A total of 1,018 charts of people who died from August 1, 2008 through July 31, 2009 were reviewed to describe and examine current end-of-life care needs and care practices provided in two acute care hospitals. The mean age of those who died was 72.5, the majority of decedents were elderly...
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2012-06-11
Wesner, Stephanie, Sellinger, Kelly, Pangalia, Jessica, Mak, Karen
Individuals with dementia who live in long-term care facilities often lack opportunities for social interaction. Mealtimes provide such an opportunity, yet there are few studies of the nature of communication during mealtimes. The purpose of this 900 project was to examine verbal and non-verbal...