towards residents with dementia. We focused on two types of networks: communication networks among staff, and networks between nursing staff and relatives/acquaintances of residents. Data was collected in 37 long-term care units in nursingand residential homes in the Netherlands. In units with more networks between nursing staff and relatives of residents, staff treated residents with more resp...

Objective Mothers with a history of infertility may experience parenting difficulties and challenges. This study was conducted to investigate the role of residential early parenting services in increasing parenting confidence in mothers with a history of infertility. MaterialsAndMethods This was a retrospective chart review study using the quantitative data from the clients attending the Karita...

â  tribes settlement focuses is as a development approach for tribes society. in this paper have been considered the main problems of tribes focuses. three focuses of biggest tribes involving bakhtiary and ghashghai were selected. the methodology of this paper is complex containing field study and analytical methods. according to the results, the main problems of tribes settlement are: support ...

Building materials have played a more and more important role in saving building energy since the central government of China set higher standards and requirements for new-constructed and retrofit buildings after 2005. Glazing units, especially energy-saving units including LOW-E coated glazing units and PVB laminated glass, are utilized nation-wide. This paper employs energy simulation to anal...

Although the hazards of exposure to tobacco smoke are well established, and laws mandating smoke-free indoor air are widespread, private homes have long been considered spaces beyond the legitimate reach of regulation. Reflecting this view, the federal government has not required public-housing units to be smoke-free. Historically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has maint...

Conducting a conformity analysis helps minimize damages due to natural disasters that may occur in city and contributes the growth of harmony with environment. Moreover, it offers an opportunity identify most suitable locations for settlement by making cities increasingly controlled. In this study, suitability Tekirda? terms was examined using land-use conflict ?dentification strategy model. co...

BACKGROUND Current projections indicate that there will be a significant increase in the number of people with dementia in Ireland, from approximately 40,000 at present to 100,000 by 2036. Psychosocial interventions, such as reminiscence, have the potential to improve the quality of life of people with dementia. However, while reminiscence is used widely in dementia care, its impact on the qual...

BACKGROUND There is increasing interest in the proposition that residential environment can affect mental health. AIMS To study the degree to which common mental disorder clusters according to postcode units and households. To investigate whether contextual measures of residential environment quality and geographical accessibility are associated with symptoms of common mental disorder. METH...

School adjustment is one the greatest challenges in residential child care programs. This study has two aims: to analyze school adjustment compared to a normative population, and to carry out a multi-source analysis (child, classmates, and teacher) of this adjustment. A total of 50 classrooms containing 60 children from residential care units were studied. The "Método de asignación de atributos...