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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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2013
Stewart, N., Morgan, D. G., Estabrooks, C. A., Norton, P., Squires, J. E., Poss, J. W., Doupe, M., Teare, G. F., Cummings, G. G.
Nursing homes have become complex care environments where residents have significant needs and most have age-related dementia. Building on research by Hirdes et al. (2011), we describe a resident profile in a representative sample of 30 urban nursing homes in the prairie provinces using Resident...
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2007
A replication study was undertaken to validate a model of quality of life (QOL) generated in an earlier study on a random sample of 202 older adults. Pathways found to be significant were retested using QOL data from a convenience sample of 420 older adults. Using path analysis, we found that...
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2015
Low, Gail, Stickland , Michael, Ross, Carolyn, Wong, Eric, Wilson, Donna
The prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is growing, and people are living with this disease well into older age. Little is known about how people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease adapt to aging, particularly the physical changes of aging. According to the Identity...
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2013
Gibson, M., Forbes, D., Morgan, D. G., Thiessen, E., Blake, C., Markle-Reid, M., Culum, I., Finkelstein, S.
This article discusses the First Nations sample of a larger study on dementia care decisions and knowledge sharing. The purpose is to enhance understanding of the process of knowledge sharing among health care practitioners (HCPs), care partners, and persons with dementia (PWDs) within a rural...
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Ease of Imagination, Message Framing and Physical Activity Messages
2010
Abstract: Objectives. The purpose of this research was to replicate a study that examined how message framing and ease of imagination interact to influence attitudes towards the prevention of heart disease through physical activity and a healthy diet. Changes were made such that only physical...
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Evidence-based approaches to remedy and also to prevent abuse of community-dwelling older persons
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Els, C., Ratajewicz, S.E., Asirifi, M.A., Wilson, D.M.
Elder abuse is a global issue, with an estimated 4–10% of older persons in Canada abused each year. Although Canadian legislation has been created to prevent and punish the abuse of older persons living in nursing homes and other care facilities, community-dwelling older persons are at greater...
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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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2008
Myers, T., Worthington, C.A., Prentice, T., Sommerfeldt, S., Mill, J.E., Jackson, R.C., Archibald, C.P., Wong, T.
Background: HIV infection is a serious concern in the Canadian Aboriginal population, particularly among youth; however, there is limited attention to this issue in research literature. The purpose of this national study was to explore HIV testing and care decisions of Canadian Aboriginal youth. ...