Racial/ethnic disparities in home health care: charting a course for future research [0.03%]
家庭护理中的种族和民族差异：绘制未来研究的路线图
Joan K Davitt
Joan K Davitt
Racial/ethnic disparities in health have been well-documented. However, we know little about the existence of or mechanisms that contribute to disparities in home health care. This article proposes a conceptual framework, based on a compreh...
Meals on Wheels: exploring potential for and barriers to integrating depression intervention for homebound older adults [0.03%]
送餐上门：居家老年人抑郁干预的机遇与挑战
Namkee G Choi,Anna Lee,Michael Goldstein
Namkee G Choi
The purpose of this study was to explore Meals on Wheels' (MOW) organizational potential for integrating depression screening, referral, and treatment for homebound older adults. In a survey of 164 MOW administrators, MOW's current practice...
Charlene Harrington,Terence Ng,Martin Kitchener
Charlene Harrington
This article estimates the potential savings to the Medicaid program of using 1915c Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waivers rather than institutional care. For Medicaid HCBS waiver expenditures of $25 billion in 2006, we estimate t...
Consumer-directed personal care: comparing aged and non-aged adult recipient health-related outcomes among those with paid family versus non-relative providers [0.03%]
居家个人护理：付费家庭成员与非亲属提供者之间的老年及非老年成人受益者的健康相关成果的比较
Robert Newcomer,Taewoon Kang,Julia Faucett
Robert Newcomer
Risk factors associated with the incidence of recipient injuries, bedsores and contractures, and health care use (i.e., emergency department and hospital use) among aged and non-aged adult personal care recipients are investigated. Data are...
Comparative Study
Home health care services quarterly. 2011 Oct;30(4):178-97. DOI:10.1080/01621424.2011.622245 2011
"I'm satisfied … but": clients' and families' contingent responses about home care [0.03%]
"我满意……但是":居家护理的客户及家属的附带回应
Kerry Byrne,Joanie Sims-Gould,Krista Frazee et al.
Kerry Byrne et al.
Home care service organizations need a means of gaining useful feedback about satisfaction with care from clients and their families. Interviews were conducted with 82 older adult clients and 52 family members about their satisfaction with ...
An evaluation of the factor structure of the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Involvement and Capacity scales of the Minimum Data Set for Home Care for elderly Chinese Community dwellers in Hong Kong [0.03%]
香港居家安老最低数据集的日常操作能力和活动参与量表的因素结构评估：一项针对社区居住老人的研究
Doris Y P Leung,Angela Y M Leung,Iris Chi
Doris Y P Leung
The objective of this study was to evaluate the factor structure of the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Involvement and Capacity scales of the Chinese version of the Minimum Data Set-Home Care (MDS-HC) in a sample of Chinese ...
Psychological distress among Chinese adult-child caregivers: the effects of behavioral and cognitive components of care [0.03%]
中国成人子女照料者的心理困扰：照料的行为和认知成分的影响
Vivian W Q Lou,Chi Wai Kwan,Angela Y M Leung et al.
Vivian W Q Lou et al.
This study examined the effects of behavioral and cognitive components of care on caregivers' psychological distress among adult children who were the primary caregivers of frail older adults living in the community in Hong Kong. The sample...
Ernest Wing-tak Chui
Ernest Wing-tak Chui
In comparison to residential care services, home and community care services in Hong Kong remain underfunded and underdeveloped. The government's long-term care policies have resulted in an overreliance on subsidized long-term care services...
Angela Yee Man Leung,Iris Chi,Maria P Aranda
Angela Yee Man Leung
Occupational risk factors for blood and body fluid exposure among home care aides [0.03%]
家庭护理员血液和体液暴露的职业危害因素分析
Shakirudeen Amuwo,Rosemary K Sokas,Kathleen McPhaul et al.
Shakirudeen Amuwo et al.
This cross-sectional study of home care aides examines self-reported occupational exposure to blood and body fluids to determine if factors that place these workers at risk can be identified. Home care aides working for two agencies in the ...