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Prevalence, Characteristics, and Unmet Needs of Unbefriended Residents in Alberta Long-Term Care Homes
DownloadFall 2019
Background: Older adults who lack decision-making capacity and a willing or able surrogate to act as their representative are defined as unbefriended. These unbefriended older adults often require a public guardian and reside in long-term care (LTC) homes. Unbefriended LTC residents are at risk...
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Care Aides’ Perceptions and Experiences of their Roles and Relationships with Residents in Long-term Care Settings
DownloadFall 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore care aides’ perceptions and experiences of their roles and relationships with residents in long-term care institutions, and how the context, including the organizational philosophy, influenced those perceptions and experiences. The method of exploration...
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Spring 2012
Background: Demographics in residential care facilities for the aged have changed, such that residents are older, more functionally dependent, more cognitively impaired upon admission, and more of the elderly are entering these facilities with some or all of their natural dentition, rather than...
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Fall 2014
Purpose: My aim in this thesis was to investigate the relationship between resident aggression towards care aides and quality of care in long-term care (LTC). Design: This is a paper-based thesis comprised of an introduction and overview, a critical review of the literature and an empirical...