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Authors’ AcknowledgementsThe rese
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ContentsCouncil Comments and Recomm
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6.7 Meaningful Occupation 1296.8 Ch
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CouncilComments andRecommendations
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Quality of Life DomainsThe research
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Meaningful ActivitiesThe research n
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the research revealed that, in gene
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The Council accepts that the cultur
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this regard. The Council believes t
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ExecutiveSummary
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MethodologyA mixed method research
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Long-Stay Facility Survey FindingsT
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Residents were most positive about
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Chapter OneIntroduction
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There is no single definition descr
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This chapter provides justification
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Chapter TwoQuality of Careand Quali
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2.2 Separating Quality of Care and
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2.3 Policy for Long-Stay Care in Ir
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2.4 Regulatory StructuresThere are
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Medical preparations - medication s
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inspections are mainly concerned wi
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often not designed to meet the spec
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Residents who did not want to be in
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Human resources management standard
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The Mid-West Standards for Resident
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process and outcomes of the service
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2.9 ConclusionQuality of life for o
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Chapter ThreeThe Interpretationand
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The difficulty of defining such an
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Implicit definitions use the broad
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Human needs may also provide part o
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successfully complete a self-report
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In relation to older people specifi
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The results of this particular stud
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The design of a residential care se
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Chapter FourMethodology
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each method used at the same point
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4.3.3 Data AnalysisThe transcripts
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Table 4.2: Distribution of question
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4.4.4 Quantitative Data AnalysisThe
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Anonymity and confidentiality are i
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from stakeholders who attended the
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4.7 Ethical ClearanceEthical cleara
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Chapter FiveQuality of Lifein Long-
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All participants reported that ther
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Staffing and skill mix: comments fr
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Recruiting and retaining staff: com
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Impact of physical environment on r
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5.6.2 Social EnvironmentParticipant
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They believed that this problem was
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Participants also discussed at leng
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Chapter SixQuality of Lifein Long-S
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Table 6.1: Type of facilityN %Priva
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Figure 6.2: Age profile of long-sta
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Figure 6.5 shows the percentages of
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Figure 6.7: Long-stay residents’
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In private and voluntary facilities
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Table 6.6: Ratio of RNs on the even
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Staff turnover investigates the num
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Table 6.10: Therapeutic and other s
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sector and 50 per cent in the volun
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Table 6.13: Number of facilities in
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stay units also allow ambulant, men
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The majority of private and volunta
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Table 6.17: Call bell facilities by
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Chapter SevenDescription ofStudy Si
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others were open and residents’ b
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7.2.2 StaffingRegistered nurses and
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Some residents were able to leave t
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the day by their bed. In addition,
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equired full assistance with dressi
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Chapter EightCare Environmentand Et
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8.2 Promoting AutonomyThis category
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Table 8.1: Involvement of residents
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Table 8.2: Maintaining independence
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Focus group participants reported t
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Staff respondents also highlighted
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Therefore, the practice of rosterin
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