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Thompson, Sharon. "The Old Age Home." Feminist Studies 15, no. 2 (1989): 347. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3177793.

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Appachu, Geeta, Anita Ollapally, and Payal R. Shah. "Old Age Homes." Artha - Journal of Social Sciences 2, no. 2 (2004): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.12724/ajss.4.2.

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This study aims to understand the influence of different cultures in the basic purpose and functioning of homes for the old in Norway and India. The study was first conducted at Heimens, (translated as Home) in Norway. The study was later continued in some of the homes for the aged in Bangalore, India. A self-prepared questionnaire was used and the questions were addressed to the Head/ Director and the Nursing staff of the Homes by the author. Conceptual differences in culture were seen in the basic purpose and functioning of the old age homes in India and Norway.
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Ayar, Tugce. "Determining reasons why old people come to old age asylum." New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences 4, no. 2 (2017): 301–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v4i2.2761.

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This study was made descriptive-cross sectional in order to identify the reasons why old people come to old age nursing home. This descriptive study was conducted with the participation of 64 old people among 69 who stayed in a nursing home in Samsun between 13.04.2016 and 15.06.2016, who could communicate with us and who were willing to participate. The data was collected by a survey form prepared by the researchers in line with the literature. Survey form consists of 59 questions aiming to determine the socio-demographical properties of old people and their social and family living conditions before coming to a nursing home. In the evaluation of data percentage calculation and chi-square test were used. The age average of old people is 74.9±8.4. 32.8% of the old people are women and 67.2% of them are men. 34.4% of them were graduated from primary school. 53.1% of them have chronic diseases, 40.6% of them do not have a relative to take care of them, 23.4% of them came to nursing home as they faced decline in proceeding with daily activities without dependence on others, 53.3% of them do not communicate with their children, 43.8% do not have any visitors coming to the institution. 76.6% of them expressed that they stay in the nursing home since their families consider the old people in the family as a burden. 45.3% of them describe the nursing home as a place where they wait for the end of their lives, 25% of them express that they were not wanted by their relatives before coming to a nursing home. 3.1% of them faced physical violence from the relatives with whom they stayed together. In this study, it was observed that reasons, why old people preferred to live in the nursing home, are the absence of individuals to give them care, loneliness, and conflict with children. It is suggested that interventions should be made in order to increase the interactions of old people with family members and convert nursing homes to joyful places where old people can perform social activities with their coevals. Keywords: Family, care, nursing home, loneliness, senescence.
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Richardson, Barbora, and Martin Orrell. "Home assessments in old age psychiatry." Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 8, no. 1 (2002): 59–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/apt.8.1.59.

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“For people to be successfully supported at home, a comprehensive assessment is an essential first step.” (Audit Commission, 2000: p. 43.)Home visits by old age psychiatrists remain popular with elderly patients, their carers and general practitioners (GPs). Home assessments by various disciplines working with older people have been endorsed as a sign of good practice by the Audit Commission (2000) in their recent national report on mental health services for older people: “Assessment at home is often better as people are most likely to behave and communicate in their normal way in familiar surroundings. Staff can also build a more accurate picture of people's needs and learn the views of their carers. Professionals can observe whether there is adequate food in the house, whether people can make themselves a hot drink, and whether there are any likely risks from poor hygiene or fire hazards.” (Audit Commission, 2000: p. 43.)
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Benbow, Susan M., and David Jolley. "Home assessments in old age psychiatry." Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 8, no. 4 (2002): 316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/apt.8.4.316.

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Yokota, Kenji. "Rcommended illuminance in home for old age." JOURNAL OF THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF JAPAN 79, no. 7 (1995): 344–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.2150/jieij1980.79.7_344.

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Bansal, RK, Manoj Bansal, and Mukesh Kumar. "Need to support old-age home residents." Indian Journal of Community Medicine 33, no. 2 (2008): 131. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.40887.

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Haken, Liesbeth M., Nardi Steverink, Wim J. A. van den Heuvel, and Siegwart M. Lindenberg. "Orientation towards living in an old age home: an instrument to predict use of an old age home." Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 16, no. 4 (2002): 353–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-6712.2002.00092.x.

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Lundgren, Dan, Marie Ernsth Bravell, Ulrika Börjesson, and Ingemar Kåreholt. "The Association Between Psychosocial Work Environment and Satisfaction With Old Age Care Among Care Recipients." Journal of Applied Gerontology 39, no. 7 (2018): 785–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0733464818782153.

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This study examines the association between nursing assistants’ perceptions of their psychosocial work environment and satisfaction among older people receiving care in nursing homes and home care. Cross-sectional surveys were conducted among people receiving care ( N = 1,535) and nursing assistants ( N = 1,132) in 45 nursing homes and 21 home care units within municipal old-age care. Better psychosocial work environment was related to higher satisfaction in old-age care among the recipients. Significant and stronger associations were more common in nursing homes than in home care. Perception of mastery and positive challenges at work were associated with higher recipient satisfaction both in home care and in nursing homes: social climate, perception of group work, perception of mastery, and positive challenges at work only in nursing homes. Findings suggest that recipient satisfaction may be increased by improving the psychosocial work environment for nursing assistants, both in nursing homes and in home care.
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Jamieson, Anne. "Home Care in Old Age: A Lost Cause?" Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 17, no. 4 (1992): 879–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/03616878-17-4-879.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Old age home"

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Yeung, Hung-kay Keith. "Residential care home for the elderly." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2595166x.

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Lee, Chun-leung Lawrence. "Between the aged and the agelessness : an elderly home in Wong Tai Sin /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25955482.

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Lee, Wing-shuen. "Home for the elderly : on the fringe of community /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25946420.

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Yoggerst, Lauren M. "Predictors of depression in nursing home residents /." View online, 2010. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211131576037.pdf.

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Tsui, Chi-fong. "Acute gastroenteritis outbreak in elderly home in Hong Kong." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38478766.

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Yeung, Hung-kay Keith, and 楊鴻基. "Residential care home for the elderly." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31983133.

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Wong, Chun-ho Eyckle. "A study on fears of falling in old age home centre." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31979464.

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Wong, Chun-ho Eyckle, and 黃振浩. "A study on fears of falling in old age home centre." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31979464.

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Leung, Kwok-fai Tony. "Relationship between perceived autonomy and depression amongst the elderly living in residential homes." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19469986.

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Kahn, David L. "Living in a nursing home : experiences of suffering and meaning in old age /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7359.

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Books on the topic "Old age home"

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Forrest, Ray. Home ownership in old age. Anchor Research, 1996.

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Brindley, Louise. They must have seen me coming. Magna, 1987.

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David, Phillips. Home from home?: Private residential care for elderly people. Joint Unit for Social Services Research, Sheffield University/Community Care, 1988.

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Home truths: Old people's homes and the outcome of care. Gower Pub. Co., 1985.

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Bunting, Eve. Sunshine Home. Clarion, 1994.

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Bunting, Eve. Sunshine Home. Clarion, 1994.

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Mikio, Mori, and Mitsuo Teramoto. Fukushi no sangyōka to sōgo fujo shisutemu no kenkyū. Kansai Jōhō Sentā, 1985.

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Old age in a new age: The promise of transformative nursing homes. Vanderbilt University Press, 2007.

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North Carolina Medical Care Commission. Rules and statutes for the licensing of nursing homes and home for the aged beds when licensed as a part of a nursing home. North Carolina Dept. of Human Resources, Division of Facility Services, Licensure and Certification Section, 1985.

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1938-, Sinclair Ian, and Gorbach Peter, eds. Families, services, and confusion in old age. Avebury, 1989.

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Book chapters on the topic "Old age home"

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Clough, Roger. "Going into a Home." In Old Age Homes. Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003191421-6.

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Shubha, N., S. Sahana, K. Pavithra, M. S. Meghana, and K. Panimozhi. "Smart Old Age Home Using Zigbee." In Proceeding of the International Conference on Computer Networks, Big Data and IoT (ICCBI - 2019). Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43192-1_11.

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Hiramatsu, Makoto, Mari Ishida, Yukio Tonozuka, et al. "Application of Peritoneal Dialysis in Elderly Patients by Classifying the Age into Young-Old, Old, and Oldest-Old." In Home Dialysis in Japan. S. KARGER AG, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000336935.

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Ham, Anita. "Social Dynamics and Concepts of Good Care Affecting the Interaction Between Established Employees and Newcomers in a German Nursing Home." In The Global Old Age Care Industry. Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2237-3_9.

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Zhang, Dong, and Bo Sun. "“Home for Care”: Localized Exploration for Niche Pension Approach." In Annual Report on Financing Old Age Care in China (2017). Springer Singapore, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0968-7_13.

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Verma, Smita. "Transition of Elderly from Home to Old-Age Home: A Narrative on Marginalisation and Seclusion in Urban India." In Marginalities in India. Springer Singapore, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5215-6_16.

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Dötsch, Jörg, Martina Eckardt, and Eszter Megyeri. "My Home Is My Castle? Sustainability of Private Pensions and Private Homeownership in Hungary." In Old-Age Provision and Homeownership – Fiscal Incentives and Other Public Policy Options. Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75211-2_7.

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Gallistl, Vera. "Cultural Exclusion in Old-Age: A Social Exclusion Perspective on Cultural Practice in Later Life." In International Perspectives on Aging. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51406-8_20.

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AbstractCultural exclusion in older age is conceptually under-developed and empirically under-explored. This results in a lack of knowledge concerning the mechanisms through which cultural exclusion is produced and the policy instruments that support cultural inclusion in later life. This article explores how cultural practice changes in old age and how these changes associate with old-age social exclusion. Cultural participation comprises (a) going-out, (b) home-bound and (c) identity-culture. These domains are explored with survey data (n = 1000) of Austrians aged 60 years and older.Results suggest shifting cultural practice later in life, from public to private spaces, and three clusters of cultural participants (Omnivore, Univore-Television (TV), Univore-Entertainment), which differ in their cultural practice, social status, and taste preferences. Univores-TV are typically involved in home-bound cultural practices, most likely to be socially excluded, and show the highest appreciation of folk art. Disengagement from public cultural spaces is, hence, more prevalent among socially marginalised groups with folk tastes.Gerontology needs to problematize older adults’ exclusion from cultural practice as a matter of spatial and taste marginalisation. In order to build more age-inclusive cultures across Europe, policy should address the diversity of older adults’ cultural participation and provide support in bringing marginalised practices to public spaces.
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Clough, Roger. "Participant Observation in Old Age Homes." In Old Age Homes. Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003191421-4.

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Clough, Roger. "Introduction." In Old Age Homes. Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003191421-1.

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Conference papers on the topic "Old age home"

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Richard, Abdullah Al Roman, Md Farhad Sadman, Istiyar Rahman, Umma Habiba Mim, Abir Ahmed, and Md Saniat Rahman Zishan. "Design and Implementation of Smart Old Age Home." In 2021 International Conference on Automation, Control and Mechatronics for Industry 4.0 (ACMI). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/acmi53878.2021.9528237.

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Ma, Xiao-xuan, Xiu-xia Zhang, Li-Xin Guo, et al. "An intelligent old-age home endowment monitoring system based on Internet of Things." In 2017 International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing (PIC). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pic.2017.8359568.

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Cheng, Ruijia. "The Problems and Solutions of the Community Home-Based Old-Age Care Model." In Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Conference on Social Science and Contemporary Humanity Development (SSCHD 2019). Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/sschd-19.2019.9.

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Zeyad, Mohammad, Susmita Ghosh, Rakibul Islam, S. M. Masum Ahmed, and Sheikh Raihana Shoshi. "Proposing a Technique of a Low Cost Automatic Cooling and Exhaust System for Old Age Home Kitchen." In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icecct.2019.8869220.

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Dagale, Haresh, S. V. R. Anand, Malati Hegde, et al. "CyPhyS+: A Reliable and Managed Cyber-Physical System for Old-Age Home Healthcare over a 6LoWPAN Using Wearable Motes." In 2015 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/scc.2015.50.

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Min, Joo-Won, Jae Ho Chung, and Sang-Joon Park. "Clinical Characteristics Of Old Age Nursing-Home Acquired Pneumonia (NHAP) In Korea: A Comparison With Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)." In American Thoracic Society 2012 International Conference, May 18-23, 2012 • San Francisco, California. American Thoracic Society, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2012.185.1_meetingabstracts.a1784.

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Vaidya, Bhaumik, Ankit Patel, Anand Panchal, Rangat Mehta, Krish Mehta, and Parth Vaghasiya. "Smart home automation with a unique door monitoring system for old age people using Python, OpenCV, Android and Raspberry pi." In 2017 International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Control Systems (ICICCS). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iccons.2017.8250582.

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J. Taylor, W., G. X Zhu, J. Dekkers, and S. Marshall. "Socio Economic Factors Affecting Home Internet Usage Patterns in Central Queensland." In 2003 Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Informing Science Institute, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/2647.

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This paper aims to identify associations between demographic and socioeconomic factors and home Internet use patterns in the Central Queensland region, Australia. It found that people living outside of Rockhampton, male, those with higher education levels, married, those with higher income level, or fully employed tend to use Internet more for work at home; people living in Rockhampton, those within the youngest group (18-24), or with secondary education level or higher tend to use Internet more for education; people living in Rockhampton, those within the youngest group, never married, or unemployed tend to use Internet more for entertainment; males, people within the youngest group, those with lower family income, or either semi-employed or unemployed tend to use Internet more for information search; females, people with no children, or lower family income tend to use Internet more for communication through email; married people tend to use Internet for financial management; and people within 25-39 year old group, with higher education levels tend to use Internet more for on-line purchases. It is suggested that further research should be conducted to monitor the youngest age group in home Internet use for entertainment and information search.
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van den Eijkel, Stefan, Dorien Foppen-de Graaf, Robbert Schuurmans, Stefan van Genderen, Koen Smit, and Sam Leewis. "Social robots in elderly healthcare: a burden or a gift?" In Digital Support from Crisis to Progressive Change. University of Maribor Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-485-9.37.

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The healthcare sector is currently under enormous pressure and the COVID-19 pandemic does not improve this situation. The quality of healthcare will be negatively impacted when this pressure continues in the longer term. In 2050 it is expected that a total of 2.1 billion people will be aged 60+ years old. To overcome the increasing demand for healthcare by this age group, various studies are being conducted into various technological solutions, such as social robots. In this study, the Alpha Mini social robot was used in an experiment to research which tasks a social robot could assist with, to reduce the work pressure of healthcare professionals and to help the elderly live longer at their own homes. The experiment was carried out using interviews with healthcare professionals and informal caregivers about the demonstrated Alpha Mini. In addition to the experiment and interviews a survey was sent out to 237 healthcare organizations in the Netherlands to identify the 1) work pressure, 2) daily tasks, 3) social robot experiences, and 4) the features a social robot should have to gather requirements. The experiment failed due to work pressure at the healthcare organization. The survey resulted in 181 respondents. The results suggest that tasks such as reminders, setting alarms and physiotherapy have a great potential to help the healthcare professional in reducing their work pressure and tasks, and the elderly to be able to stay living longer at their own home.
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Ahmed S. Hussein, Mai, Mohamed Attia, and Noha Mohamed. "Child-resistant features of pharmaceutical packaging in the egyptian and global market; a comparative study." In 10th International Symposium on Graphic Engineering and Design. University of Novi Sad, Faculty of technical sciences, Department of graphic engineering and design,, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.24867/grid-2020-p39.

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Child-Resistant packaging is substantial requirement especially when it is related to pharmaceuticals. Children under five years old are the most groups in risk of drug poisoning, as a result of their constant passion and attracting their attention to medicines, especially the distinctive color and small size. Due to the presence of medicines for adults, especially chronic diseases that require the presence of the drug always at home with exciting properties for the passion of a young child who is affected by colors and the small size which they can insert easily into their mouths. The child-resistant features attached to packages may present a problem (e.g., how to open the package) to its potential user (child or adult). Many of these features are used with the primary packaging and less for the secondary ones. Are these features efficient with available cost or not. Evaluation of each one might be varied according to package structure, level and child behavior. Therefore, the importance of adding some features in the pharmaceutical packaging Child-Resistant, in order to achieve the safety of children with a targeted age (children under 5 years old). By adding these special properties to the pharmaceutical packaging it will affect the design of the pharmaceutical packaging. Finally, this paper aimed to review and evaluate the child resistant features & securing methods that are used with pharmaceutical products in the Egyptian market, with which are available globally, then make a comparison between them by description and analysis.
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Reports on the topic "Old age home"

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DeAnna, Dixon, and Hodo Wayne. Finite element analysis of quoin block deterioration and load transfer mechanisms in miter gates : pintle and pintle connections. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/40842.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) currently operates and maintains approximately 193 commercially active lock sites with 239 locks and dams spanning nearly 12,000 miles. These networks of water channels are used to transport 600 million tons of domestic cargo, generating $405 billion in revenue annually. Nearly 60% of these structures in operation are over 50 years old and have reached design life. A failure of the miter gates could result in a major negative impact on the economy and on the ability to maintain flood control. Administrators need recommendations to better prioritize maintenance and repair of the USACE miter gates. This work investigated the influence of miter gate’s quoin block degradation on load transfer to the pintle and/or pintle connections. Results of finite element analysis are reported for the quoin block degradation simulated levels of 0%, 25%, 50%, and 75%. The parametric study shows the overstressed regions are the pintle neck and bolt-hole regions. To improve pintle designs so they may better mitigate detrimental environmental based deterioration effects, this work recommends (1) increasing the thickness of the bolt-hole connection region and (2) adding ribbing reinforcement around the neck area of the pintle.
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Mateo Díaz, Mercedes, Laura Becerra Luna, Juan Manuel Hernández-Agramonte, Florencia López, Marcelo Pérez Alfaro, and Alejandro Vasquez Echeverria. Nudging Parents to Improve Preschool Attendance in Uruguay. Inter-American Development Bank, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002901.

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Uruguay has increased it preschool enrollment, reaching almost universal coverage among four- and five-year-olds. However, more than a third of children enrolled in preschool programs have insufficient attendance, with absenteeism higher in schools in lower socioeconomic areas and among younger preschool children. This paper presents the results of a behavioral intervention to increase preschool attendance nationwide. Most previous experiments using behavioral sciences have looked at the impact of nudging parents on attendance and learning for school-age children; this is the first experiment looking at both attendance and child development for preschool children. It is also the first behavioral intervention to use a government mobile app to send messages to parents of preschool children. The intervention had no average treatment effect on attendance, but results ranged widely across groups. Attendance by children in the 25th 75th percentiles of absenteeism rose by 0.320.68 days over the course of the 13-week intervention, and attendance among children in remote areas increased by 1.48 days. Among all children in the study, the intervention also increased language development by 0.10 standard deviations, an impact similar to that of very labor-intensive programs, such as home visits. The intervention had stronger effects on children in the remote provinces of Uruguay, increasing various domains of child development by about 0.33 to 0.37 standard deviations. Behavioral interventions seeking to reduce absenteeism and raise test scores usually nudge parents on both the importance of attendance and ways to improve child development. In this experiment, the nudges focused only on absenteeism but had an effect on both.
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Bano, Masooda, and Zeena Oberoi. Embedding Innovation in State Systems: Lessons from Pratham in India. Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.35489/bsg-rise-wp_2020/058.

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The learning crisis in many developing countries has led to searches for innovative teaching models. Adoption of innovation, however, disrupts routine and breaks institutional inertia, requiring government employees to change their way of working. Introducing and embedding innovative methods for improving learning outcomes within state institutions is thus a major challenge. For NGO-led innovation to have largescale impact, we need to understand: (1) what factors facilitate its adoption by senior bureaucracy and political elites; and (2) how to incentivise district-level field staff and school principals and teachers, who have to change their ways of working, to implement the innovation? This paper presents an ethnographic study of Pratham, one of the most influential NGOs in the domain of education in India today, which has attracted growing attention for introducing an innovative teaching methodology— Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) – with evidence of improved learning outcomes among primary-school students and adoption by a number of states in India. The case study suggests that while a combination of factors, including evidence of success, ease of method, the presence of a committed bureaucrat, and political opportunity are key to state adoption of an innovation, exposure to ground realities, hand holding and confidence building, informal interactions, provision of new teaching resources, and using existing lines of communication are core to ensuring the co-operation of those responsible for actual implementation. The Pratham case, however, also confirms existing concerns that even when NGO-led innovations are successfully implemented at a large scale, their replication across the state and their sustainability remain a challenge. Embedding good practice takes time; the political commitment leading to adoption of an innovation is often, however, tied to an immediate political opportunity being exploited by the political elites. Thus, when political opportunity rather than a genuine political will creates space for adoption of an innovation, state support for that innovation fades away before the new ways of working can replace the old habits. In contexts where states lack political will to improve learning outcomes, NGOs can only hope to make systematic change in state systems if, as in the case of Pratham, they operate as semi-social movements with large cadres of volunteers. The network of volunteers enables them to slow down and pick up again in response to changing political contexts, instead of quitting when state actors withdraw. Involving the community itself does not automatically lead to greater political accountability. Time-bound donor-funded NGO projects aiming to introduce innovation, however large in scale, simply cannot succeed in bringing about systematic change, because embedding change in state institutions lacking political will requires years of sustained engagement.
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Cooper, Christopher, Jacob McDonald, and Eric Starkey. Wadeable stream habitat monitoring at Congaree National Park: 2018 baseline report. National Park Service, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2286621.

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The Southeast Coast Network (SECN) Wadeable Stream Habitat Monitoring Protocol collects data to give park resource managers insight into the status of and trends in stream and near-channel habitat conditions (McDonald et al. 2018a). Wadeable stream monitoring is currently implemented at the five SECN inland parks with wadeable streams. These parks include Horseshoe Bend National Military Park (HOBE), Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (KEMO), Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (OCMU), Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CHAT), and Congaree National Park (CONG). Streams at Congaree National Park chosen for monitoring were specifically targeted for management interest (e.g., upstream development and land use change, visitor use of streams as canoe trails, and potential social walking trail erosion) or to provide a context for similar-sized stream(s) within the park or network (McDonald and Starkey 2018a). The objectives of the SECN wadeable stream habitat monitoring protocol are to: Determine status of upstream watershed characteristics (basin morphology) and trends in land cover that may affect stream habitat, Determine the status of and trends in benthic and near-channel habitat in selected wadeable stream reaches (e.g., bed sediment, geomorphic channel units, and large woody debris), Determine the status of and trends in cross-sectional morphology, longitudinal gradient, and sinuosity of selected wadeable stream reaches. Between June 11 and 14, 2018, data were collected at Congaree National Park to characterize the in-stream and near-channel habitat within stream reaches on Cedar Creek (CONG001, CONG002, and CONG003) and McKenzie Creek (CONG004). These data, along with the analysis of remotely sensed geographic information system (GIS) data, are presented in this report to describe and compare the watershed-, reach-, and transect-scale characteristics of these four stream reaches to each other and to selected similar-sized stream reaches at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, and Chattahoochee National Recreation Area. Surveyed stream reaches at Congaree NP were compared to those previously surveyed in other parks in order to provide regional context and aid in interpretation of results. edar Creek’s watershed (CONG001, CONG002, and CONG003) drains nearly 200 square kilometers (77.22 square miles [mi2]) of the Congaree River Valley Terrace complex and upper Coastal Plain to the north of the park (Shelley 2007a, 2007b). Cedar Creek’s watershed has low slope and is covered mainly by forests and grasslands. Cedar Creek is designated an “Outstanding Resource Water” by the state of South Carolina (S.C. Code Regs. 61–68 [2014] and S.C. Code Regs. 61–69 [2012]) from the boundary of the park downstream to Wise Lake. Cedar Creek ‘upstream’ (CONG001) is located just downstream (south) of the park’s Bannister Bridge canoe landing, which is located off Old Bluff Road and south of the confluence with Meyers Creek. Cedar Creek ‘middle’ and Cedar Creek ‘downstream’ (CONG002 and CONG003, respectively) are located downstream of Cedar Creek ‘upstream’ where Cedar Creek flows into the relatively flat backswamp of the Congaree River flood plain. Based on the geomorphic and land cover characteristics of the watershed, monitored reaches on Cedar Creek are likely to flood often and drain slowly. Flooding is more likely at Cedar Creek ‘middle’ and Cedar Creek ‘downstream’ than at Cedar Creek ‘upstream.’ This is due to the higher (relative to CONG001) connectivity between the channels of the lower reaches and their out-of-channel areas. Based on bed sediment characteristics, the heterogeneity of geomorphic channel units (GCUs) within each reach, and the abundance of large woody debris (LWD), in-stream habitat within each of the surveyed reaches on Cedar Creek (CONG001–003) was classified as ‘fair to good.’ Although, there is extensive evidence of animal activity...
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