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A descriptive-comparative study of medications used by older people prior to and following admission to a continuing care facility
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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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2024-04-27
SSHRC CG awarded 2024: This application seeks funding for the 53rd Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG). The three-day conference entitled "AGEnts of Change: Unraveling Complexity and Advancing Transformation" recognizes the potential for the...
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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...
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Functional Mobility of Community-Dwelling Older Persons: An Ethnographic Pre-Feasibility Study
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The purpose of this pre-feasibility study was two-fold: first, to examine perceptions and experiences of mobility challenges in the urban Brazilian community-dwelling older persons; second, to examine study participants’ perceptions about a sit-to-stand activity. The method of exploration was...
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Spring 2022
Abstract Background: Upon graduation, nursing students continue to be ill-prepared in gerontological nursing care and lack a desire to work with older persons. Although nurse educators are expected to facilitate students’ learning about how to provide appropriate older person care, they lack...
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2010-02-01
Strain, Laurel A., Wanless, Deanna
This brief report for family caregivers provides a summary of a case study that focused the relocation of an institutional, hospital-like long-term care facility to a purpose-built, cottage-style facility.
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2010-02-01
Strain, Laurel A., Wanless, Deanna
This brief report for staff provides a summary of a case study that focused the relocation of an institutional, hospital-like long-term care facility to a purpose-built, cottage-style facility.