Abstract Dementia is a source of growing concern globally, and often impacts on social communicative functioning. INdependent LIving Support Functions for the Elderly (IN LIFE) was project carried out within European Commission Research Innovation programme Horizon 2020 that resulted in development two digital communication aids reminiscence intervention elderly people with dementia their partn...

BACKGROUND A significant minority of dying people experience refractory symptoms or extreme distress unresponsive to conventional therapies. In such circumstances, sedation may be used to decrease or remove consciousness until death occurs. This practice is described in a variety of ways, including: 'palliative sedation', 'terminal sedation', 'continuous deep sedation until death', 'proportiona...

Cancer, a leading cause of death worldwide and has serious impact on public health. More than one in three people will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime. The current study aimed to identify caregiver’s burden and level of depression among family caregivers of patients with cancer. The study can help in creating baseline data on depression level and conducting future counseling p...

OBJECTIVES Despite the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART), many children, particularly in the rural communities of Zimbabwe, remain vulnerable. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors and challenges facing children on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Brunapeg area of Mangwe District, Zimbabwe. METHODS A mixed-method approach involving interviewer-guided focus group discussio...

this study aimed at investigating the effect of learners’ gender on their preferences for corrective feedback. learners’ prefer- ences which were investigated included the necessity, frequency, timing, type, method, and delivering agent of error treatment. to this end, a questionnaire was administered to a random sample of 100 participants (50 males and 50 females) studying english (efl) at shi...

introduction: feedback is very important in education and can help quality in the training process and orient the trainees in clinical contexts. this study aimed to assess the residents’ points of view about feedback in clinical education at shiraz university of medical sciences. methods: the sample of this study included 170 medical residents attending medical workshops in shiraz university of...

Underpinning a general pattern of higher suicide rates in men is the assumption that men do not ask for help or utilize the health-care system during times of psychological distress. There has been a failure to grapple with the dynamic of when, how and from whom men might ask for help during times of psychological distress, and what key barriers or enabling factors are likely to influence poten...

This paper examines how care-giving to adults and/or children and care-receiving is associated with the health and wellbeing of older people aged + in rural South Africa. Data used are from a cross-sectional survey adapted from World Health Organization’s Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) conducted in / in rural South Africa. Bivariate statistics and multivariate logistical...

This study investigated the perceived value of informal and formal supports for older adults withmulti-morbidity fromtheperspectivesofpatients, care-givers and family physicians. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with  patients, their informal care-givers and their family physicians in an urban academic family health team in Ontario. Analysis was conducted using a General Inductive Ap...