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- 2Estabrooks, Carole Anne
- 2King, Kathryn Margaret.
- 2Kunyk, Diane
- 2Lemermeyer, Gillian
- 2Moore, Katherine N.
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Fall 2017
Heart failure (HF) is a common, costly, disabling and deadly syndrome. It places a considerable burden on Canadian society and on patients, their families, and the health care system. Self-care behaviors are essential to effective HF management. Adherence to some self-care recommendations,...
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Fall 2011
Despite their proximity to death because of advanced old age and disability necessitating institutionalization, the oldest-old have rarely been the recipients of a comprehensive palliative approach to care or the focus of palliative care research. This lack has been attributed prognostic...
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Fall 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine the unique information provision needs and preferences of younger HNC survivors in the post-treatment phase of recovery. Participants were asked about information considered most important, sources of information used during recovery, sources considered...
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The lived experience of family caregivers who provided end-of-life care to a relative with advanced dementia
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With aging of the baby boomer population, older adults living longer, and no known cure for dementia, the prevalence of dementia in older adults will inevitably rise. Dementia is a terminal illness, although it may not be recognized as such. Family caregivers to persons with dementia provide...