Search Results - "Home Alone"

Children left at home alone: the construction of a social problem by Calcraft, Rebecca

Subjects: “…home alone…”
Get full text

A qualitative investigation of the palliative care needs of terminally ill people who live alone by Aoun, Samar, Kristjanson, Linda, Oldham, Marylynn, Currow, D.

Subjects: Get full text

Do models of care designed for terminally ill 'home alone' people improve their end-of-life experience? A patient perspective by Aoun, Samar, O’Connor, M., Skett, K., Deas, Kathleen, Smith, J.

“…This article describes the experiences of terminally ill ‘home alone’ people using one of two models of care aimed at maintaining participants’ need for independent living, focusing on the effect of these two models of care on their physical, social and emotional needs. …”
Get full text

Supporting palliative care clients who live alone: Nurses' perspectives on improving quality of care by Aoun, Samar, Breen, Lauren, Skett, K.

“…The objective was to explore the experiences of nurses providing care to terminally ill clients who live at home alone and who were receiving either additional care aide support or a personal alarm through an RCT. …”
Get full text

Palliative care needs of terminally ill people living alone: A service provider perspective by Aoun, Samar, Wall, D., Kristjanson, Linda, Shahid, Shaouli

“…Conclusions: This study is the first in-depth account of what HSPs perceive they need to effectively look after home alone dying clients. The study provided directions to inform service planning for this growing and challenging population group regarding adequate and timely services that will lead to more complying with the clients’ wishes, more care being delivered at home, a reduction in hospitalisations, a better quality of life and a capacity to die at home.…”
Get full text

Testing models of care for terminally ill people who live alone at home: Is a randomised controlled trial the best approach? by Aoun, Samar, O'Connor, Moira, Breen, Lauren, Deas, Kathy, Skett, K.

“…The RCT approach is not considered appropriate for the ‘home alone’ palliative care population that would have been better supported by providing each participant with a personalised model of care according to needs. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Develop a smart environment for dog social network by Leong, Wai Chun

“…Dog can be lonely when the dog’s owner left the dogs alone at home without understand what the dogs will feel when they are at home alone. Dog might be depressed due to the feel of loneliness being left alone at home. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Therapeutic exercise in cancer cachexia: exploring approaches and outcomes by Maddocks, Matthew

“…The most preferred type of exercise was neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) 36 [35−44]%, followed by walking 22 [16−30]% and resistance training 19 [13−26]% and the majority preferred to undertake exercise at home, alone and unsupervised. This survey suggested that it is realistic to offer therapeutic exercise programmes to patients with incurable cancer and provided rationale to explore NMES in this group. …”
Get full text

Providing better culture in elderly care by Chee, Kwan Foong*, Leow, Serena Wai Yee *, Leow, Kenneth

“…This letter is written in light of the recent distressing increase in the number of elderly individuals being discovered deceased at their homes alone. There is an urgent need to call for transformative improvements in the elderly care homes' culture within the nation.…”
Get full text

Community safety in a rural housing area by Ahmad Zaluki, Nurwati Ashikkin

“…As expected, the level of feeling very unsafe living at home alone after dark was double when their home was not protected by special windows or door grills. …”
Get full text