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Family members providing home-based palliative care to older adults: The enactment of multiple roles
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Clemmer, S., Ward-Griffin, C., Forbes, D.
Canadians are experiencing increased life expectancy and chronic illness requiring end-of-life care. There is limited research on the multiple roles for family members providing home-based palliative care. Based on a larger ethnographic study of client-family-provider relationships in home-based...
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2003
The prevalence of dementia in older adults is increasing.Due to cuts in funding for formal support,many families are having to provide care for a loved one with dementia at home.This systematic review gathered and synthesized information on interventions designed to enhance the well-being of...
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2012
Mayo, K., Fisher, J. W., Wilson, D. M., MacLeod, R. D., Newman, N., Thompson, R.
AIM: This project investigated New Zealanders' views about palliative care and local hospice services. METHOD: A representative population-based sample of 1011 New Zealanders completed an online survey. RESULTS: The age, gender, and geographic region of the 1011 participants were broadly...
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2007
Forbes, D.A., Wood, J., Morgan, D., Taylor, B., Markle-Reid, M., Forbes, S.C.
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: 1.To evaluate the effects of physical activity programs on function (e.g., activities of daily [ADLs], physical function), cognition, mood, behaviour, and mortality in older persons with dementia. 2.To...
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2008
Morgan, D., Wood, J., Culum, I., Markle-Reid, M., Forbes, S.C., Forbes, D.A.
Background. There is some evidence that physical activity delays the onset of dementia in healthy older adults and slows down cognitive decline to prevent the onset of cognitive disability. Studies using animal models suggest that physical activity has the potential to attenuate the...
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Place of death of people living with parkinson's disease: A population-level study in 11 countries
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Teno, Joan, Cohen, Joachim, Morin, Lucas, Harding, Richard, Houttekier, Dirk, Loucka, Martin, Marchetti, Stefano, Moens, Katrien, Wilson, Donna M, Cardenas-Turanzas, Marylou, Deliens, Luc, Van den Block, Lieve, Rhee, YongJoo, Naylor, Wayne A, Garcia-Leon, Francisco J, Csikos, Agnes
Background Most people prefer to receive end-of-life care in familiar surroundings rather than in hospital. This study examines variation in place of death for people dying from Parkinson’s disease (PD) across 11 European and non-European countries. Methods Using death certificate data of 2008...
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Social-interaction knowledge translation for in-home management of urinary incontinence and chronic care.
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Forbes, D., Jansen, L., Forchuk, C., McWilliam, C.
Although urinary incontinence (UI) can be managed conservatively, it is a principal reason for the breakdown of in-home family care. This study explored the social interaction processes of knowledge translation (KT) related to how UI management knowledge might be translated within in-home care....
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The preferred place of last days: Results of a representative population-based public survey.
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Houttekier, D., Deliens, L., Cohen, J., Hewitt, J. A., Wilson, D. M.
Background: The place of death is of considerable interest now, yet few studies have determined public preferences for place of end-of-life (EOL) care or final days of life. Objective: A survey was designed to answer three questions: (1) What are public preferences for the place of last days?...