Current hazardous waste disposal policies in the Home Health Care setting were evaluated as it related to the need for better regulation of hazardous materials entering residential waste streams. It was found that all waste materials from home care visits with the exception of “sharps,” were placed directly into residential waste streams. Therefore, large volumes of potentially hazardous waste ...

Adequate nutrition is critical to child development and institutions such as day-care centers could potentially complement children's diets to achieve optimal daily intakes. The aim of the study was to describe the full-day diet of children, examining and contrasting the relative contribution of home-derived versus institutional energy and nutrient sources. The present comparison should be cons...

Meeting psychosocial needs of nursing home residents is increasingly regarded as a critical component of care, and the nationally-mandated nursing home care screening instrument- the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0-was modified and implemented in 2010 to promote better assessment of psychosocial needs and health. Recognizing the importance of psychosocial well-being among nursing home residents, and...

or bottle feeding. Before discharge mother stays for a couple of nights and has complete charge of the baby in her room but with the support of staff close by. Such participation and the continuing practical care parents are encouraged to give are critical. Going home follows naturally, irrespective of age or weight. Good liaison between hospital and community services, especially the home heal...

Two stochastic, discrete-time simulation models for the spread of an epidemic through a population are presented. The models explore the effects of nonrandom mixing within the population and are based on an SIR epidemic model without vital statistics. They consider a population of preschool children, some of whom attend child care facilities. Disease transmission occurs both within the home nei...

AIMS We explore home care nurse decision-making about the need for and amount of service by clients and families at the end of life. We identify factors nurses refer to when describing these decisions, situated within contextual features of nursing practice. BACKGROUND Home care nurses are often responsible for decisions which have an impact on the access of clients and families to services a...

A study was undertaken in southern peninsular state of India, the Tamil Nadu State, to assess the farmers’ “Willingness to pay” (WTP) for receiving annual health care services to their dairy animals. The districts of the state were categorized as “Livestock developed” (LD) and “Livestock under developed” (LUD) based on initial base line developed. Contingent valuation (CV) approach was used to ...

If you’re caring for an older adult with advanced dementia, odds are you’ll be asked to participate in a critical decision in the next 6 months and the decision will likely center on administration of antibiotics, hydration, or nutrition. The article entitled, “Critical decisions for older people with advanced dementia: A prospective study in long-term institutions and district home care” in th...

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