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- 51Canada--Nunavut (NWT)-- [Arviat [Eskimo Point]]
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- 79Halpern, Joel Martin
- 14Edmonton Social Planning Council
- 3Kolkman, John
- 3Mumtaz, Z.
- 2Edmonton Council of Community Services
- 2Faid, Peter
- 79Joel Martin Halpern Image Archive
- 79Joel Martin Halpern Image Archive/Northern North America Collection
- 24Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC)
- 12Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
- 12Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of/Theses and Dissertations
- 10Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC)/Poverty and Social Assistance (Edmonton Social Planning Council)
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Fall 2017
Former foster youth often experience an array of serious challenges during their young adult years. Problems such as homelessness, school drop-out, and mental health and drug problems have been attributed to the requirement that foster youth lose their supports from child welfare as they approach...
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2008
A retrospective study was performed using the case files of women shelter users to profile and describe the factors that are associated with homelessness in the women population in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Case files (660) were extracted by selecting every fifth file in each group (one group...
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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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2011
Thomas, R., Wilson, D.M., Kovacs Burns, K., Hewitt, J.A., Mohankumar, D.
Context. Little is known about the number and types of moves made in the last year of life to obtain healthcare and end-of-life support, with older adults more vulnerable to care setting transition issues. Research Objective. Compare care setting transitions across older (65+ years) and younger...