hearing loss occurs in 80 to 90% of ACF residents (Worrall, Hickson & Dodd, 1993; Jee et al., 1995), compared to approximately 40 to 50% of older adults living in the community. In addition, those in ACFs are more complex in terms of audiological management as they have other serious co-occurring health conditions that complicate the rehabilitation process. The major relevant health conditions ...

OBJECTIVES To explore staff perceptions of the impact of 'modernization' on the organization, delivery and culture of adult critical care services in England. 'Modernization' policies aimed to alter the boundaries around critical care and create a comprehensive, seamless service. METHODS Seven hospitals (three teaching and four district general hospitals) in three critical care networks parti...

BACKGROUND Organisational culture is increasingly recognised as important for provision of high-quality long-term care. We undertook this study to measure organisational culture in residential aged care facilities in two Australian states. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Cross-sectional observational study in 21 residential aged care facilities in Western Australia (n = 14) and Queensland (n =...

introduction: evaluation of nurse-patient communication skills have been strongly emphasized in order to ensure the possibility of effective communication as well as assessment of the effect of communication skills training programs. reaching this goal requires the use of standard instruments which is based on the native culture of the target group. due to the absence of native instruments in t...

introductionandobjective:the overall objective of the current study investigated teachers' attitudes towards performance appraisal system; the staff is trained in education branch. methods: all schools in the study sample middle school teacher education in the academic year 1390-1391 a total of 370 branch secretary is formed. of which 191 were randomly classified according to morgan being ...

the purpose of this paper is to make explicit how companies in pharmaceutical sector can ensure their position in different markets by relying on a sustainable competitive advantages resulted from using a good defined marketing model. various factors are highlighted including high research and development roles and costs, hard government regulation in frame of gmp standard, market analysis tool...

Deakin University, Australia, has committed resources over a number of years to developing the use of information and communication technologies in all aspects of teaching and learning. This paper focuses on the development over a four year period of an Asynchronous Learning Network (ALN) for distance education students studying undergraduate introductory macroeconomics. The research is based o...

With the increase in illegal resource harvesting in most protected areas (PAs), the need to understand the determinants and relationships between PAs and local communities to enhance wildlife conservation is increasingly becoming important. Using focus group discussions and interviews, we established the determinants of PA staff-community relationship from both PA staff and local communities' v...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether communication training for housestaff via role-playing exercises (1) is well-received and (2) improves patient experience scores in housestaff clinics. METHODS We conducted a pre-post study in which the housestaff for 3 adult hospital departments participated in communication trainingled by trained faculty in small groups . Sessions centered on a published 5-step s...