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Bogati, R., & Pirret, A. (2021). Loneliness among older people living in long-term care settings in a metropolitan city in Aotearoa New Zealand. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 37(2). Abstract: Correlates reduced social networks, depression, physical disability, and functional dependence with loneliness in long-term care facilities in NZ. Uses a correlational research design and a convenience sample of 36 older peopl,e with a mean age of 81, from four long-term care facilities in a metropolitan city, to assess functional independence, perceived health and well-being, depression, and levels of loneliness. Suggests that nurses working in such settings should consider and assess loneliness in their care plans for older people. Keywords: Loneliness; Depression; Long-term care; Residential care; Older adults http://www.nursingresearch.co.nz/refbase/show.php?record=1706
Diack, A. (1993). Innovations in home care for infants and young children with long-term illness (observations of care provision in United States of America and England). Margaret May Blackwell Travel Study Fellowship Reports. Invercargill, N.Z.: Nursing Education and Research Foundation (NERF). Abstract: Visits the US and the UK to observe paediatric nursing services for chronically-ill children at home. Discusses the concepts that enable children with long-term illness to be cared for in the home, how staff are chosen and trained and the degree to which the family is involved in setting objectives and directing the focus of care. Part of the Margaret May Blackwell Scholarship Reports series. Keywords: Child health services; Long-term care; Domiciliary nursing; Reports http://www.nursingresearch.co.nz/refbase/show.php?record=1418

Abstract: Correlates reduced social networks, depression, physical disability, and functional dependence with loneliness in long-term care facilities in NZ. Uses a correlational research design and a convenience sample of 36 older peopl,e with a mean age of 81, from four long-term care facilities in a metropolitan city, to assess functional independence, perceived health and well-being, depression, and levels of loneliness. Suggests that nurses working in such settings should consider and assess loneliness in their care plans for older people.

Keywords: Loneliness; Depression; Long-term care; Residential care; Older adults

http://www.nursingresearch.co.nz/refbase/show.php?record=1706

Abstract: Visits the US and the UK to observe paediatric nursing services for chronically-ill children at home. Discusses the concepts that enable children with long-term illness to be cared for in the home, how staff are chosen and trained and the degree to which the family is involved in setting objectives and directing the focus of care. Part of the Margaret May Blackwell Scholarship Reports series.