Long-term care for older people is provided in both residential and non-residential settings, with residential settings tending to cater for individuals with higher care needs. Evidence relating to the costs and effectiveness of different workforce structures and care processes is important to facilitate the future planning of residential aged care services to promote high quality care and to e...

1 Department of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo (SP), Brazil 2 Department of Planning, National Health Agency, Brazil 3 Department of Health of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil 4 Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo (SP), Brazil Abstract Objective: To evaluate the quality of life during the first three years of trainin...

AbstractThe high prevalence of diabetes in Iran and other developing countries is chiefly attributed to urbanization. The objectives of the present study were to assess the prevalence of self-reported diabetes and to determine its associated risk factors. This study is a part of the national noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance, conducted in 31 provinces of Iran in 2011. First, 1006...

encouraging an active lifestyle is an essential part of successful rehabilitation programs, and the link between physical activity and quality of life (qol) is well established among patients with mobility disorders. biomechanical aspects of wheelchair design play an important role in physical activity and social participation of disabled individuals. this review focuses on key biomechanical fe...

Abstract Flood risk assessment requires a quantitative understanding of hazards and vulnerability. In the coastal built environment, human's vulnerability to combined due floodwater winds is an integral component flood risks. The present study aims reveal human storm‐induced flooding, focusing on New York City during Hurricane Sandy. We develop physics‐based model quantify individuals' physical...

BACKGROUND Sexuality is a key component of quality of life and well-being and a need to express one's sexuality continues into old age. Staff and families in residential aged care facilities often find expressions of sexuality by residents, particularly those living with dementia, challenging and facilities often struggle to address individuals' needs in this area. This paper describes the deve...

The aim of this paper is to find features-patterns relating to the autonomy-disability level of elderly people living in nursing homes. These levels correspond to profiles based on performing activities of daily living, like washing, dressing and transferring... To achieve this aim, an unsupervised approach is used. In the article, we propose a new clustering approach based on the principal com...

Different demographic groups in the U.S. experience unequal exposures to environmental hazards, i.e., 56% of the population in neighborhoods containing commercial waste facilities are people of color, with the associated poverty rates in those communities being 50% higher than in neighborhoods without commercial waste facilities. Developing programs to educate communities about environmental ha...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is endemic in many hospital settings, including nursing homes. It is an important nosocomial pathogen that causes mortality and an economic burden to patients, hospitals, and the community. The epidemiology of the bacteria in nursing homes is both hospital- and community-like. Transmission occurs via hands of health care workers (HCWs) and dire...