Reasons for outpatient care for those who died of “old age”

Health care restructuring and family physician care for those who died of cancer

BACKGROUND During the 1990s, health care restructuring in Nova Scotia resulted in downsized hospitals, reduced inpatient length of stay, capped physician incomes and restricted practice locations. Concurrently, the provincial homecare program was redeveloped and out-of-hospital cancer deaths increased from 20% (1992) to 30% (1998). These factors all pointed to a transfer of end-of-life inpatien...

Remembering those who died from heroin addiction.

H o m e is a gilded bronze flame made of highly polished bronze and housed in a frame made from Irish limestone.The flame will stand in the inner part of the frame in a space that is exactly the size of an ordinary hall door. Leo Higgi n s d e s c ribes his work as evoking “ m e m ories of home where those who are gone are never forgotten and always remembered proudly, in a quiet and dignified ...

Checking on those who care for children.

Old-Age Asszstance Recipzents: Reasons for Nonentitlement to Old-Age and Survivors

Even under the 1950 amendments to the Social Security Act, there are many aged persons in this country who are not able to qualify for benefits under the old-age and survivors insurance program. Some of them, as their opportunities for employment and ability to work decline, are forced to apply for oldage assistance. Before the amendments, of course, the number of such persons tvas greater. The...

Who Cares for Those Who Take Care? Risks and Resources of Work in Care Homes

Over the years - due to the aging population, the process of corporatisation and a demand for a higher quality of services - professionals who work in Care Homes have been exposed to an increasing risk of physical and emotional malaise because of the number of challenges they've been asked to manage. Given these factors, there is a growing interest in the study and understanding of professions ...