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Relocation of the Vegreville Care Centre: The Impact of Changing Environments on Residents, Family Caregivers, and Staff: Executive Summary
Download2010-02-01
Strain, Laurel A., Wanless, Deanna
This case study focused on the relocation of an institutional, hospital-like long-term care facility to a purpose-build, cottage-style facility. Information was collected from residents, family caregivers, and staff prior to the move, 4 months after and 12 months after the move. Key informant...
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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...
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2011-05-01
This 4-page document prepared for family caregivers provides selected findings about designated assisted living (DAL), 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...
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2011-05-01
This 4-page document prepared for family caregivers provides selected findings on long-term care (LTC), 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...
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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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The Older Persons' Transitions in Care (OPTIC) study: Pilot testing of the transition tracking tool.
Download2013
Ertel, M., Bissell, L. J., Cooper, S. L., Reid, R. C., Cummings, G. G., Cummings, G. E., Wagg, A., Rowe, B. H., Norton, P., Abel, S. L., Estabrooks, C. A.
Background OPTIC is a mixed method Partnership for Health System Improvement (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/34348.html webcite) study focused on improving care for nursing home (NH) residents who are transferred to and from emergency departments (EDs) via emergency medical services (EMS). In the...
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Treatment in the pediatric emergency department is evidence based: a retrospective analysis.
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Wiebe, N., Waters, K. L., Cramer, K., Klassen, T. P., Hartling, L.
Background Our goal was to quantify the evidence that is available to the physicians of a pediatric emergency department (PED) in making treatment decisions. Further, we wished to ascertain what percentage of evidence for treatment provided in the PED comes from pediatric studies. Methods We...