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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
Barnard, D., Norton, P.G., Cranley, L.A., Estabrooks, C.A., Cummings, G.G.
Background: The current profile of residents living in Canadian nursing homes includes elder persons with complex physical and social needs. High resident acuity can result in increased staff workload and decreased quality of work life. Aims: Safer Care for Older Persons [in residential]...
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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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2012-06-01
Bindiganavile, V.S., Lubell, A.S., Shoaib, A.
Hooked end steel fibers were included between 0~1% by volume to provide enhanced shear resistance to three different types of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) namely, a regular concrete mix, a lightweight aggregate mix and a high strength mix. The test results at the material scale showed a...
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Sustaining Transfers through Affordable Research Translation (START): Study protocol to assess knowledge translation interventions in continuing care settings.
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Eliasziw, M., Estabrooks, C. A., Wagg, A., Slaughter, S. E., Jones, C.
Background Bridging the research-practice gap is an important research focus in continuing care facilities, because the population of older adults (aged 65 years and over) requiring continuing care services is the fastest growing demographic among countries in the Organisation for Economic...
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2011
Slaughter, S., Bostrom, A.M., Cummings, G.G., Morgan, D.G., Estabrooks, C.A., Norton, P.G., Squires, J.E.
Background: Defining what constitutes a resident care unit in nursing home research is both a conceptual and practical challenge. The aim of this paper is to provide evidence in support of a definition of care unit in nursing homes by demonstrating: (1) its feasibility for use in data collection,...
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The Detection and Causality Assessment of Adverse Events Related to Natural Health Product Use in Community Pharmacies through the Implementation of Active Surveillance.
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Background: Natural health products (NHP) are widely used by the public. Since NHPs are pharmacologically active products, their ability to cause adverse reactions (AR) is present and well-documented. Currently employed passive surveillance systems are not well-equipped to detect NHP adverse...
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The Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set 2.0 Quality Indicators : A Systematic Review
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Johnson, C., Teare, G., Milke, D., Hutchinson, A.M., Maisey, S., Squires, J.E., Estabrooks, C.A.
Background: The Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS) 2.0 is designed to collect the minimum amount of data to guide care planning and monitoring for residents in long-term care settings. These data have been used to compute indicators of care quality. Use of the quality...