... data containing indicators of outcomes or processes of care, ideally linked to quality of care; and delivery of reports or communications that present these data to care providers in a format ... role of social networks in disseminating knowledge among a wide variety of groups, including farmers, women in developing countries, public health officers, and physicians [15,23,44] A class of interventions ... Sample All employed staff providing direct care to residents in continuing carein both facilities are eligible to participate in the study Direct care staff include care managers (unit managers),...
... common inlongtermcarefacilities (LTCF) and hospitals [4] Indeed, the consequences of falling can be particularly devastating in these settings with high rates of injury, reduced quality of life ... review of all systematic reviews including meta-analyses of RCTs that sought to prevent falls in older adults dwelling in LTCF of hospital settings Meta-analyses of RCTs that investigated any intervention ... that include individual risk assessment and tailored interventions are effective in preventing falls in these settings Whilst there is a paucity of research investigating fall interventions in...
... al Effectiveness and implementation aspects of interventions for preventing falls in elderly people in long- termcare facilities: A systematic review of RCTs J Am Med Dir Assoc 2011;12:410–25 28 ... Nordin E, Lundin-Olsson L, Nyberg L A randomized controlled trial of fall prevention by a high-intensity functional exercise program for olderpeople living in residential carefacilities Aging ... al Interventions for preventing falls in older people incarefacilities and hospitals Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012;12:CD005465 24 Hauer K, Becker C, Lindemann U, Beyer N Effectiveness of...
... collected and conducted kinematic analysis of video footage of real-life falls experienced by older adults in longterm care (LTC) facilities We then determined the impact velocities of the hip, head ... feet (at the moment of fall initiation), and oriented in the plane of the fall (defined by the line connecting the mid-point of the feet and the location of the head at the moment of pelvis impact) ... height of 2.6 m and horizontal distance of m from the site of the fall, which was typical of the falls we captured in the two longtermcarefacilities (although there was variability in this...
... , or participate in high-intensity strength-training programs [82] , report significantly better QoL These findings demonstrate the importance of integrating training programs into gynecological ... Qualitative methods of inquiry provide an in- depth insight into the lived experience of people However, predominantly standardized QoL-questionnaires are being applied A distinct number of reliable and ... quality of life as main outcome (cont.) QoL results Ref Factors related to quality of life in long- term survivors of gynecological cancer Review clinically effective and feasible to deliver in clinical...
... well-versed in developing and using these tools within diverse continuing care settings We will use findings from this study to identify best practices and implement process improvements in the use of ... staff in each of the nine nursing units during a consistent week in each month during the 13 months of the intervention period Each report is specific to the nursing unit, and all direct care ... usually infeasible to assess the degree of uptake of the intervention We have discussed the rationale for measuring intent to change behavior earlier Including intent to change behavior as an intermediate...
... electronic format, on a quarterly basis as part of routine clinical care at all of the long- termcarefacilitiesin the health regions involved in Page of 13 (page number not for citation purposes) ... in nursing: An examination of formal structure and influencing factors In Dissertation Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing; 1997 Estabrooks CA: Modeling the individual determinants ... personal interview (CAPI) format of survey administration with healthcare aide staff in the main project Based on acceptable response rates with online versions of the ACT inacutecare settings...
... source of data will be non-participant observation in the long- termcare facility, including observation in resident care areas and at a variety of meetings General observations within units of the ... Translating Research in Elder Care: Building Context – an Organizational Monitoring Program in Long- TermCare Project ) [2]; and TREC project two (Study Protocol for Translating Research in Elder Care: ... examined using numerical data in project one [2] The team is also interested in focusing on skin care practice, which during preliminary data collection in sites also appears to be an important indicator...
... source of data will be non-participant observation in the long- termcare facility, including observation in resident care areas and at a variety of meetings General observations within units of the ... Translating Research in Elder Care: Building Context – an Organizational Monitoring Program in Long- TermCare Project ) [2]; and TREC project two (Study Protocol for Translating Research in Elder Care: ... examined using numerical data in project one [2] The team is also interested in focusing on skin care practice, which during preliminary data collection in sites also appears to be an important indicator...
... education of individuals planning to work in long- termcare It contains a wide range of information they will need as they provide leadership in the long- termcare arena This handbook is also intended ... contain costs while maintaining quality of and access to care Too often the seeming intractability of the problems has fostered public denial and inaction Increased knowledge and understanding of ... Compatibility of Long- TermCare and Independent Living 85 ARTHUR W BLASER Informal Caregivers and Caregiving: Living at Home with Personal Care .105 SHARON M KEIGHER xi CRC_AU5327_FM.indd...
... LONG- TERMCARE 78 4.1 Experience with long- term health care .78 4.2 Paying for the long- termcareof a parent 85 RECEIVING LONG- TERMCARE 91 5.1 Likelihood of receiving appropriate care ... Shopping Getting in and out of a bed or chair Light housework 7% 4% 4% C ooking\ preparing meals 4% Moving around at home 3% Bathing or showering 3% Dressing and undressing 3% Taking careof finances ... profile Technical note Questionnaire Data tables -2- Special EUROBAROMETER 283 “Health and Long- TermCare INTRODUCTION Confronted with rising long- termcare needs due to an increasingly ageing...
... to fragmented adhesion region in the cell center Vinculin staining on the whole cell surface in most of the cells (green, G); some cells still have vinculin staining similar to starved cells (arrow) ... again highlight the stimulatory role of P2Y12 in mitogen-activated protein kinase and Akt kinase signaling pathways On the other hand, the functional activity of the P2Y1 receptor in long- term ... phosphorylation was inhibited by 70%, returning to the level observed after the addition of fresh medium in the absence of agonist (Fig 6C, inset) Incubation in media containing specific receptor...
... scores indicating more dysfunction Self-administered, interviewer-administered Time to administer: 15 Scaling & scoring/Administration Table 1: Description of quality of life instruments in long- term ... Comparison of mood and QoL of BCS with those observed in low-risk breast cancer screening patients Evaluationof QoL of long- term BCS and to examine the role of ethnicity Evaluationof effect of time ... studies in long- term breast cancer survivors Evaluation of effect of chronic pain on health status and overall QoL resulting from surgical treatment Examining the impact of breast cancer on long- term...
... was born in Akkar Atika, in Lebanon, in 1973 He obtained the Engineering degree in electrical and electricity from the Faculty of Engineering, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon, in 1995 He ... degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Technology of Compiegne (UTC) in France, in 1996 He received his Ph.D degree from the University of Technology of Troyes in France, in 1999 ... France in 1973, e e and the doctorat d’´ tat in sciences in 1983 e He joined the University of Technology of Troyes in 1994, where he is currently in charge of the Charles Delaunay Institute of Research...
... functions of site factors, tree size factors and distance independent competition factors ing in large trees never dying Therefore the results of the longterm simulations became unreliable Thus, in ... mortality with increasing dbh for the other tree species, result- Ingrowth model Table The tree species proportion in percent of volume/ha for the experts expectation according to Starlinger (in Lexer ... site as determined in 1982 (Fig 2) Afterwards volume decreases within the next 260 ± 36 years to a minimum of 310 ± 61.5 m3/ha and in the further development all plots show three waves in the volume...
... DXMP resulted also in a significant reduction of urinary pyridinoline, indicating an inhibition of the ongoing, inflammation-mediated breakdown of collagen If translated into clinical practice, ... was monitored in one joint per paw using a predefined arthritis index on a scale of (normal) to (ankylosis), resulting in a maximum arthritis index of 16 The incidence of arthritis in the used ... chains in these tissues are connected by 3hydroxypyridinium crosslinks, which become discharged and excreted as pyridinoline upon disintegration of collagen [19] Levels of urinary pyridinoline...
... systemic inflammation in terms of leukocyte number Thus, these results indicate that in patients with CHRF and HMV, HRQL provides valuable information for long- term survival beyond that of biological ... assertion of significant associations Clinical experience also shows that HMV is often perceived as cumbersome in COPD, impairing HRQL In fact, the predictive value of HRQL for long- term survival in ... predictive value of 6-MWD might have been contained in the SRI Of course, HRQL can be no more than one factor in the multivariate panel determining the clinical state and prognosis of patients with...
... Quinupristin/dalfopristin Quinuprisitn/dalfoprisitin is a combination of two streptogramins, quinupristin and dalfopristin (in a ratio of 30:70 w/w), that inhibit different sites in protein synthesis Each individual ... for clinical use in the US Failed to demonstrate non-inferiority against linezolid for treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infection CPK, creatine phosphokinase However, increasing ... Complicated skin and skin-structure infections and catheter-related blood stream infections: noninferiority of linezolid in a phase study Clin Infect Dis 2009, 48:203-212 Page of (page number...
... with a limit of detection of 0.01 μg/L, a 99th percentile cutoff point of less than 0.01 μg/L, and a coefficient of variation of less than 10% at 0.035 μg/L Determination of creatinine levels was ... natriuretic peptide and amino terminal proBNP predict one-year mortality in short of breath patients independently of the baseline diagnosis ofacute destabilized heart failure Clin Chim Acta 2006, ... studies presuming this finding - including those of Cheng and colleagues [38], who used BNP, or Bettencourt and colleagues [15], who used NT-proBNP - used combined endpoints consisting of all-cause...