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1.

Caregiving Systems: Informal and Formal Helpers » Read Now
by Steven H. Zarit, Leonard I. Pearlin, K. Warner Schaie. 332 pgs.

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...Medical care -- Congresses. 4. Aged -- Home care -- Congresses. 8. Home Nursing. WT...Niederehe 201 8 Quebec Home-Care Services: A Program at the Local...health maintenance...
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Family Caregivers: Disability, Illness, and Ageing » Read Now
by Hilary Schofield, Sidney Bloch, Helen Herrman, Barbara Murphy, Julie Nankervis, Bruce Singh. 342 pgs.

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The first book to deal compassionately and objectively with a major social problem.
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The Social Worker in the Emerging Field of Home Care: Professional Activities and Ethical Concerns, in Health and Social Work » Read Now
by Marcia Egan, Goldie Kadushin. 13 pgs.

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...social worker in the emerging field of home care: professional activities and ethical...governing reimbursement and licensing of home care agencies; increasing numbers of...
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Social Work in Psychiatric Home Care: Regulations, Roles, and Realities, in Health and Social Work » Read Now
by Jeffrey Byrne. 7 pgs.

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...Social work in psychiatric home care: regulations, roles, and realities. by Jeffrey Byrne Home health care for psychiatric patients is one...treatment programs...
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Delivery of Home Care Services after Discharge: What Really Happens, in Health and Social Work » Read Now
by Ellen Perlman Simon, Nancy Showers, Susan Blumenfield, Gary Holden, Xiaochu Wu. 10 pgs.

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...Delivery of home care services after discharge: what really...community to learn the extent to which planned home care services were delivered following discharge...higher...
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Abuse and Neglect of Clients in Agency-Based and Consumer-Directed Home Care, in Health and Social Work » Read Now
by Ruth E. Matthias, A.E. Benjamin. 11 pgs.

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...agency-based and consumer-directed home care. by Ruth E. Matthias , A...Morrow-Howell, Li, Dore, 2000). Home care ranges from home health services...legislation designed to...
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Hospital Readmissions during Home Care: A Pilot Study, in Journal of Community Health Nursing » Read Now
by Mary Ann Anderson, Kathleen S. Hanson, Nancy W. Devilder, Lelia B. Helms. 12 pgs.

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...Hospital Readmissions During Home Care: A Pilot Study Mary Ann Anderson...patients are receiving professional home care following discharge from hospitals...facilities and...
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Nursing Diagnosis in Home Care: Audit Tool Development, in Journal of Community Health Nursing » Read Now
by Margo R. Zink. 8 pgs.

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...Nursing Diagnosis in Home Care: Audit Tool Development Margo...value of using nursing diagnosis in home care and the impact that increased acuity...Nursing diagnosis...
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Managing Uncompensated Home Care, in Journal of Community Health Nursing » Read Now
by Lavohn Josten, Sue Strohschein, Cheryl Smoot. 12 pgs.

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...Managing Uncompensated Home Care LaVohn Josten, PhD, RN, FAAN...increased demand for uncompensated home care. A questionnaire was mailed to all...fulfill their mission of...
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A Study of the Relationship of Caregiving Appraisal to Depressive Symptomatology and Home Care Utilization, in Journal of Community Health Nursing » Read Now
by Karen A. Schwarz. 14 pgs.

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...to Depressive Symptomatology and Home Care Utilization Karen A. Schwarz...caregiving appraisal, and use of home care. Satisfaction, impact, and mastery...time spent in...
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Wound Management in Home Care: An Assessment, in Journal of Community Health Nursing » Read Now
by Barbara A. Goldrick. 7 pgs.

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...Wound Management in Home Care: An Assessment Barbara A. Goldrick...effects to the patient existed in home care. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Prior...present status of wound...
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Home-Sweet-Home Health Care, in Monthly Labor Review » Read Now
by Laura Freeman. 9 pgs.

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...and relatively low costs for at-home care have combined to make home health...portion of health care. (See chart 1.) Home care employment has an annual growth rate...large...
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Ethical Dilemmas in Home Health Care: A Social Work Perspective, in Health and Social Work » Read Now
by Goldie Kadushin, Marcia Egan. 14 pgs.

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...ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN HOME HEALTH CARE: A Social Work Perspective...ethics high-technology home health care home health care Medicare reimbursement...Ethical tensions often...
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Provider and Consumer Profiles of Traditional and High-Tech Home Health Care: The Issue of Differential Access, in Health and Social Work » Read Now
by Leonard W. Kaye, Joan K. Davitt. 10 pgs.

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...profiles of traditional and high-tech home health care: the issue of differential access...K. Davitt Medicare annual home health care expenditures have grown...
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Who Cares for Them? Workers in the Home Care Industry » Read Now
by Penny Hollander Feldman, Alice M. Sapienza, Nancy M. Kane. 244 pgs.

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Large and growing numbers of the frail elderly and disabled depend on paid workers to assist them in daily life. Identifying critical factors that affect the work conditions and job satisfaction of the home aide work force, the authors also describe demonstration programs that document the potential...
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Large and growing numbers of the frail elderly and disabled depend on paid workers to assist them in daily life. Identifying critical factors that affect the work conditions and job satisfaction of the home aide work force, the authors also describe demonstration programs that document the potential for work life changes in the home care industry--changes that will improve quality of work life, reduce turnover, and contribute to greater continuity of care. Managerial strategies and the policy changes necessary to implement these innovations are thoroughly explored.
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