Some of the ways child care programs are required to ensure equal access include: eliminating or modifying eligibility criteria which discriminate simply on the basis of disability; removing physical barriers; making reasonable modifications in policies, practices or procedures; and providing auxiliary aids and services to ensure effective communication. Higher insurance premiums for the child ...

OBJECTIVE To understand adolescents' preferences for multidimensional aspects of privacy, including psychological, social, and physical, and confidentiality (informational privacy) in the health care setting. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty-four adolescents with and without chronic illness participated in 12 focus groups composed of participants of the same age (11-14 or 15-19 years), gender, and ...

This paper focuses on the information needs and behaviours of senior citizens and their carers in the community. Two case studies concerning elderly stroke patients and their carers are described and discussed. Analysis of the case study data reveals a number of themes including the actual information needs and information behaviours of the senior citizens, the importance of proxy information s...

Results The study found that long-term care was defined as the care provided by formal professional health care staffs and informal staffs to people who were unable to live their lives on their own because of functional limiting health problems such as chronic illnesses in elderly people. The systems of care that affected the quality of life of clients consisted of biological, psychological and...