BACKGROUND Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has become an important consideration in assessing the impact of chronic disease on individuals as well as in populations. HRQOL is often assessed using multiple indicators. The authors sought to determine if multiple indicators of HRQOL could be used to characterize patterns of HRQOL in a population, and if so, to examine the association betwee...

The nursing records of the 242 patients who used the domiciliary night nursing care service in Newham Health District showed that three distinct groups of patients were nursed during 1979 at a cost of 8.8 pounds a day. Forty-three elderly chronically sick and five disabled patients aged under 50 received care for more than 28 days, 63 patients had terminal cancer, and 131 needed short-term care...

The 1986 Inventory of Long-Term Care Places (ILTCP) was a survey of two types of facilitie~ nursing and related care homes and facilities for the mentally retarded. This report deals only with nursing and related care homes. As used in this survey, the term “nursing and related care homes” incorporates all nursing care homes including skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities,...

Physically disabled and mentally challenged people are an important part of our society that has not yet received the same opportunities as others in their inclusion in the Information Society. Therefore, it is necessary to develop easily accessible systems for computers to achieve their inclusion within the new technologies. This paper presents a project whose objective is to draw disabled peo...

The Curriculum Standards for Life Adaptation of Compulsory Education in Schools Intellectual Cultivation attaches great importance to the cultivation social adaptability mentally disabled children, which has significance strengthening children new era. Nowadays, compared with normal still have serious deficiencies physical and mental development, daily learning life. Therefore, it is urgent car...

BACKGROUND A growing number of new technologies are becoming available within nursing care that can improve the quality of care, reduce costs, or enhance working conditions. However, such effects can only be achieved if technologies are used as intended. The aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of determinants influencing the success of the introduction of new technologies as per...