Researchers have studied negative effects of caregiving on a family caregiver; however, less is known about positive aspects of exchanging assistance for both members of a family caregiving dyad. In a previous naturalistic inquiry the author indentified a basis for studying caregiving interactions was a construct called shared care. The three components of shared care identified in the naturali...

When refugees resettle in the United States, their health burdens are many and often unusual, their stories are unique and compelling and their access to health care difficult. The evolution of the Hasbro Hospital Refugee Health Clinic has not only addressed refugee health, but has provided an opportunity for medical student education. In the Refugee Health Clinic, medical students can combine ...

Over the past two decades, the foster care system experienced an unprecedented rise in the number of children in out-of-home care, significant changes in the policy framework guiding foster care practice, and ongoing organizational impediments that complicate efforts to serve the children in foster care. This article discusses the current status of the foster care system and finds: Agencies oft...

This paper addresses how families' roles and responsibility for care are constructed within home health (in contrast to the responsibility of home health). A discourse analysis informed by a critical theoretical approach was used to analyze qualitative interviews with 13 home health managers and clinical leaders in British Columbia, alongside home care documents. When referring to family involv...

after chemo/radiation therapy, mucositis is one of the most common side effects, so timely nursing care and instructed home care, significantly could decrease cost of medical care, and then increase quality of life. this review summarizes preventive and therapeutic intervention of mucositis (localized or systemic), between some of patients with cancer.

level Solving problems by reasoning Uses mental resources to create mental model of problem and to work out solution from ®rst principles Supervisor level Supervisory control Allocates attention and mental resources Resource management level Resource management Uses available resources, information, equipment and personnel to manage perioperative care of patient Fletcher et al.

Occupational therapists working in home care have an advantage over those working in other settings because they can observe the influence of the naturalistic context on task performance. However, to use this advantage, therapists working in home care must use an evaluation approach that enables them to capture the client-task-context transaction. In this article, we discuss the ability of four...