Needs and Ambitions in Swedish Disability Care

Disability and Self-Care among Elders in Yazd

Introduction: Geriatric syndromes lead to a number of disabilities which dramatically affect the quality of life in ageing. Facilitating the process of self-care can improve the elder's health to a great extent which has received less attention in previous studies. This study aimed at investigating the relationship between the disability and self-care in the elderly of Yazd. Methods: This ...

Motivation and satisfaction among community health workers in Morogoro Region, Tanzania: nuanced needs and varied ambitions

BACKGROUND In 2012, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW), Tanzania, approved national guidelines and training materials for community health workers (CHWs) in integrated maternal, newborn and child health (Integrated MNCH), with CHWs trained and deployed across five districts of Morogoro Region soon after. To inform future scale up, this study assessed motivation and satisfaction a...

Ambitions for palliative and end-of-life care.

Residential care in the community for adults with intellectual disability: needs, characteristics and services.

BACKGROUND The pattern of residential services for people with intellectual disability in England has changed dramatically since 1971, with many more places being made available in residential homes in the community. The aim of the present study was to assess the needs and characteristics of residents and features of all the residential homes provided by a national charity. METHOD Assessments...

Estimation of the Long-Term Care Needs of Stroke Patients by Integrating Functional Disability and Survival

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to estimate the dynamic changes of different physical functional disabilities and life-time care needs for patients with stroke. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY DESIGN We examined a hospital-based cohort including 16,043 patients who had their first stroke during 1995-2010. The Barthel Index (BI) was used to measure disability levels in 1,162 consecutive patients, with a to...