To shield older residents from dangerous air pollution, new care homes should be built as far from heavy traffic as possible, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. The study is published in the journal Atmospheric ...
Jun 12, 2024
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Home health aides (HHAs) are vulnerable to stress, isolation and depressive symptoms, which impact their own health as well as their patients' desire to age in place, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. HHAs ...
Jun 7, 2024
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The abuse of people with a learning disability and autistic people sadly features in several health and care services across the years. Researchers have consistently reported that people with a learning disability and autistic ...
May 9, 2024
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A study led by Canadian researchers sheds new light on how to approach decreasing the carbon footprint of our health care system by thinking critically about end-of-life care.
May 9, 2024
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No one can know the mind of Sydney shopping mall killer Joel Cauchi, but psychiatrists say one underlying cause of his rampage is evident: he had schizophrenia, stopped his medication and fell out of treatment.
Apr 21, 2024
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Care home residents receive much better care when they enjoy "family" bonds with staff—but staff must be empowered to create these bonds, new research has found.
Apr 16, 2024
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The recent Facebook announcement by Whaikaha—the Ministry of Disabled People on changes to funding for caregivers and equipment modification and services has put the media spotlight, once again, on respite care for families ...
Mar 27, 2024
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Specialized nursing facility clinicians, or SNFists, may decrease the likelihood of nursing home residents experiencing stressful hospitalizations and improve the quality of life in their last days, according to researchers ...
Mar 15, 2024
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A recent Mayo Clinic study published in the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine investigated how telehealth in palliative care may provide value for rural caregivers, health care teams and their patients. ...
Mar 15, 2024
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A new analysis led by researchers at the University of Oxford has found that virtually all care homes forced to close in England by the Care Quality Commission are run on a for-profit basis. The results, published in The ...
Mar 12, 2024
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