ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND WORKFORCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUALITY IN LONG-TERM CARE

Financing Long-term Care: The Role of Culture and Social Norms; Comment on “Financing Long-term Care: Lessons From Japan”

Based on the experiences of Japan and Germany, Ikegami argues that middle-income countries should introduce public long-term care insurance (LTCi) at an early stage, before benefits have expanded as a result of ad hoc policy decisions to win popular support. The experience of the Netherlands, however, shows that an early introduction of public LTCi may not prevent, but ...

Current Status of Long-term Care in Taiwan: Transition of Long-term Care Plan From 1.0 to 2.0

the effects of keyword and context methods on pronunciation and receptive/ productive vocabulary of low-intermediate iranian efl learners: short-term and long-term memory in focus

از گذشته تا کنون، تحقیقات بسیاری صورت گرفته است که همگی به گونه ای بر مثمر ثمر بودن استفاده از استراتژی های یادگیری لغت در یک زبان بیگانه اذعان داشته اند. این تحقیق به بررسی تاثیر دو روش مختلف آموزش واژگان انگلیسی (کلیدی و بافتی) بر تلفظ و دانش لغوی فراگیران ایرانی زیر متوسط زبان انگلیسی و بر ماندگاری آن در حافظه می پردازد. به این منظور، تعداد شصت نفر از زبان آموزان ایرانی هشت تا چهارده ساله با...

Culture change in long-term care.

The American long-t long-t long-t long-t long-term care (L erm care (L erm care (L erm care (L erm care (LT T T T TC) C) C) C) C) system, based on a medical model, regards residents as sick patients, unable to care for themselves. Routines are organized for the efficient operation of the facility, rather than the needs of residents. 1 The focus of care is to treat the residents' weaknesses, not...

Globalization, women's migration, and the long-term-care workforce.

With the aging of the world's population comes the rising need for qualified direct long-term-care (DLTC) workers (i.e., those who provide personal care to frail and disabled older adults). Developed nations are increasingly turning to immigrant women to fill these needs. In this article, we examine the impact of three global trends-population aging, globalization, and women's migration-on the ...