The Role of Day Centres in Caring for People in the Final Year of Their Lives

1992 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 313-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham N. Farrow
Keyword(s):  
Random Sample ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
The People

ABSTRACTThe information reported here comes from a study of a random sample of adult deaths registered in 1987. Interviews were sought with the person who could tell us most about the last twelve months in the life of the person who died; 639 people took part in the study. Just under one in ten of the people who died had attended a day centre in their final year. Attenders were more likely to be aged 75 or over at death, to be women and to have been living alone. They were also more likely to have suffered from a number of long-term symptoms and restrictions. According to respondents it would have been helpful if a further 11% of those who died had attended a day centre in the last year of their lives. The most often stated reason for this was that it would have given the carer a break from the demands of caring. But the most often given reason why the person who died had not attended a day centre was that they had not wanted to – an indication of some conflict between family and friends providing care and those they cared for

scholarly journals SPIRIT PEACEBUILDING MELALUI KOMUNITAS PEMUDA DI YOGYAKARTA

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
BJ Sujibto
Keyword(s):  
Youth Violence ◽  
Peace Education ◽  
Peace Movement ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
The People ◽  
Youth Activities ◽  
Youth Community ◽  
Near Future

This research examines the role of youth-based community involved in pence movement on promoting peacebuilding among youths In Yogyakarta and it surrounding. This grassroots Movement as micro-level peacebuilding spectrum ruled by youth faces more challenges in term of students’ brawls and othcr violence in which peer-age youths have taken apart in this cases over last few decades. The escalation -of youth violence represented by students of both from university and senior high school getting involved in bowls has Increased to open the access into public sphere and they have made scared everywhere by pointing ‘hoi zone’ of violence. Peacebuilding process can lake an important role to end youths’ violence by training to attain personal achievement, involving in social activities and addressing a basic peace education so that a “peace” word can be familiar one fid become part of their everyday’s life style with friends in school instead of talking about harm and taking revenge against their enemy from other school. Peacebuilding talkabout reconcilitation how to make peace and live in harmony among the people by understanding indigenous capacities which don’t merely focus on conflct resolution hut it takes time into sustainable peace process. Youth community/ which concerns on peace movement is the answer for eradicating youth’ potential violence in near future. It accomodates widely-opened places, bridging dialog, inviting more and more young generations to meet and talk each other, understanding identities and respecting difference among them. Peace generations represents a community which is active in conflct resolution and peace within youth society. In has involved and initiated many youth activities concerning in peacebuilding process by promoting its core’ values such as youth, participations, pluralism, and active non-violence as the essential basic of its movement. In doing so, youth in the community must be frontrunner for peace to make possibility of achieving a real long-term gain of peace cultures and peace patterns, counting for the peaceful means to practice. Youth initiatives, however, to peacebuilding among their peer are exactly needed in process of sustainable peace by intriguing indigenous capacities as main preference to make patterns of peace culture

scholarly journals Memory of the Caucasian War in Monuments on the Territory of the Republic of Adygea

2020 ◽  
pp. 109-112
Author(s):  
Maryana Adamovna Malish
Keyword(s):  
Historical Memory ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
The Past ◽  
The North ◽  
The People ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Republic

The paper raises the problem of preserving the his-torical memory of the Caucasian War. The author examines the contribution of long-term republican target programs in the development of the region and the education of youth. It is said about the ap-pearance of traditions associated with monuments dedicated to the memory of this war in Adygea. The paper analyzes the attitude of state authorities and public organizations to the establishment of monu-ments of this type. A brief description of the monu-ments to the victims of the Caucasian War is given. It was revealed that the first initiator of their estab-lishment in the North Caucasus, in particular in Adygea, is the International Circassian Association. The role of the media in the study and dissemination of information about the monuments of the region is indicated. It is concluded that memorials testify-ing to the tragic events of the Caucasian War are symbols of historical memory and reflect the atti-tude of the people to the past.

‘Never so at home’: Charles Elton and the Woods of Wytham

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgina M. Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Site ◽  
The People ◽  
As Species ◽  
History Of ◽  
A Site ◽  
Scientific Value ◽  
Scientific Environment ◽  
Long Term Studies

Focusing on the history of an ecological site northwest of Oxford, UK, this essay explores the people, research and values behind the development of Wytham Woods as a scientific environment. A small patch of woodland, Wytham has long been identified by ecologists as a site of great scientific value. In addition to traditional sources of scientific value, such as species diversity, this article examines the role of emotional connection and aesthetics in how scientific sites are formed and maintained over long periods of time. As such, this history of Wytham Woods sheds light on the multiple factors that nurture the relationships formed when researchers dedicate decades to long-term studies conducted in specific scientific environments.

scholarly journals Context: The Role of Place and Heritage in Genealogy

Genealogy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Graeme Aplin
Keyword(s):  
Background Information ◽  
Family Tree ◽  
The People ◽  
Geographical Environment ◽  
The Family

Genealogical research often focuses to varying degrees on the family tree and the ancestors that inhabit it, often ignoring, or at least downplaying, broader issues. There is, however, much scope for broadening the research by adding leaves and flowers to the fruit (the people) on the tree. The broader context to a person’s ancestry is often intriguing and enlightening, providing background information that places the people in their environments, perhaps explaining their actions and lifestyles in the process. Two aspects of this context are dealt with here. The first aspect relates to the place in which each person lives, in other words, to their geographical environment, both natural and social or human made. Secondly, their personal heritage is considered: this includes the most important items in their lives, perhaps inconsequential to others but with long-term meaning for them and quite possibly for their descendants. Other broader aspects of heritage may well be relevant, too.

scholarly journals A Conceptual Study on Role of Trikantakadi Kwath in Mutrakrichhra

2021 ◽  
Vol 07 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Shivani Sundriyal ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Damage ◽  
Contaminated Water ◽  
Urinary Disorders ◽  
The People ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Diet Pattern ◽  
Conceptual Study ◽  
Urinary Disorder

Nowadays its commonly seen that majority of the people are affected from urinary disorder that may be due to their lifestyle, diet pattern, low water intake, using western toilet habit, contaminated water, anatomical anomalies and metabolic derangements. In Ayurveda urinary disorders comes under Mutrvahasrotasa and describe in the form of Mutrakricchra and Mutraghata. In both of the form Mutra Vibandha is there but in case of Mutrakricchra krichhrata is more prominent present mainly in the form of pain during before and after micturition that manifest in form of burning, tingling and stinging of urethra. Urinary disorders have become most common cause of morbidity and when further increases cause renal damage. Though the use of antibiotics has resolved the problem but relapses resistance and side effects are also associated with their long-term use. Now the need of Ayurvedic medicine arises to fill this lacuna. There are number of preparations described in Ayurveda text and trikantakadi kwath in one among them and it has wonderful propertiese that helps in curing mutrakrichhra.

scholarly journals Axiological Aspect of the Novel by N. Musin “There are the Remains of a Batyr”

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-165
Author(s):  
Gulnur M. Nabiullina
Keyword(s):  
Historical Novel ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The People ◽  
Islamic Religion ◽  
Important Object ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Artistic Function ◽  
Comprehensive Study

A comprehensive study of the historical novel by the Bashkir prose writer Nuguman Musin revealed the axiological aspect of the work. The author uses the motifs of the folklore heritage, introducing truly folk features into his work, developing the traditions of national artistic prose, enriching it with new spiritual content based on the Islamic religion. The compositional center of the novel is the image of Aldar Batyr, who embodies the strength of the heroic spirit of the people, inherited from their ancestors. The religiosity of the characters determines their humane attitude to nature, where the forest is designated as a spiritual principle and consolidates moral forces, thus, nature becomes the most important object of testing a person for morality, performing the role of «spiritual substance». Religious relations in the novel are transformed and acquire a new artistic function, opening up the possibility of a long-term vision of the traditions of Islam in an axiological perspective.

National Instruments measures success by employee satisfaction

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 5-7
Keyword(s):  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The People ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Development Incentives ◽  
A Company ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describes how a company with more than 7,000 employees around the world has earned international plaudits for retaining the feel of a family firm. Design/methodology/approach – This paper examines why the people strategy is so important at National Instruments and what this means in practice. Findings – This paper attributes the success of the company to its policies on recruitment, retention, employee development, incentives, benefits and communications. Practical implications – The role of the firm’s 100-year plan in guiding company decisions has been highlighted. It focuses on a long-term commitment to key stakeholders and supports the firm’s unwavering investment in its people. Social implications – The close involvement of the company in the communities where it is based and, in particular, its education initiatives aimed at producing more top-class scientists has been highlighted. Originality/value – This paper provides the inside story of the people strategy at a firm named among the USA’s 100 Best Companies for the 15th consecutive year.

scholarly journals The Role of Programmes of Adapted Physical Activities in Improving the Somato-Functional Parameters of the Elderly

GYMNASIUM ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol XX (2) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
George Dănuț Mocanu ◽  
Florentina Cristea
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
The Body ◽  
Active Lifestyle ◽  
The People ◽  
The University ◽  
Efficient Selection

An active lifestyle represents both a goal and a challenge for the people from the elderly category. The modern society is responsible for finding some optimal solutions for activating this category of the population, in view of the long term development of its potential and experience, as well as for avoiding social isolation physical activities – adapted to the specific requests and problems of this segment – may successfully contribute to optimizing the physical and mental tonus, thus enabling the improvement of the problems related to the general motricity, the body weight indicators or the functional values. The study performed on a group of students registered within the University of the Elderly of Galați emphasizes that, by the efficient selection and planning of several categories of physical exercises, the aimed results can be obtained, by aiming the specific parameters; moreover, certain limits of favourable influencing can be identified regarding other measured indicators

scholarly journals Sustainable Lighting for Healthcare Facilities: More Than Just Lumens Per Watt

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Figueiro
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Value Engineering ◽  
Implicit Assumption ◽  
Healthcare Applications ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
The People

Sustainability is, as the name implies, a movement to ensure long-term, efficient utilization of resources. Sustainability does not imply that resources should be restricted nor that resource utilization should be subsidized. Bill McDonough (McDonough and Braungart 2002) has described sustainability in terms of the three E's: environment, equity, and economy. In the last quarter century the lighting industry has dramatically improved the energy efficiency (environment “E”) and life-cycle cost of lighting (economy “E”). Much less attention has been given to the equity “E.” Lighting standards are still set primarily in terms of illuminances (lumens per square meter) and lumens per watt, both of which are based upon the implicit assumption that the value of lighting can be characterized by the lumen. The lumen is, however, unrelated to other non-visual effects of light, such as the circadian system, and is only indirectly related to our perceptual system. In particular, our current architectural practices do not adequately support the most fragile segments of the population. And no matter how much energy is conserved or how much value engineering is applied, we are not designing or implementing sustainable lighting because we are not supporting many of the people in our built environments. In fact, the role of lighting as it affects human perceptual and circadian functions is almost completely ignored in standards. Arguably, the failure to consider these two human domain functions can be ignored in many modern applications because of the inherent flexibility and robustness of the human species. One segment of construction where the equity “E” should always be more seriously considered, however, is healthcare applications. These applications contain our most fragile humans, and lighting has been shown, for example, to demonstrably affect the lives of seniors and premature infants. But there are no standards to assist architects and engineers in supporting the well-being of these fragile people. To illustrate this assertion, this article focuses on sustainable lighting for healthcare applications where good lighting in all three human domains, visual, perceptual, and circadian, can be best documented.

scholarly journals Managing Overweight and Obesity in Ghana from a Cultural Lens: The Complementary Role of Behaviour Modification

2018 ◽  
pp. 18-31
Author(s):  
Hagan Jnr. John Elvis ◽  
Nsiah-Asamoah, Christiana ◽  
Hormenu, Thomas ◽  
Pollmann, Dietmar ◽  
Schack, Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Cultural Perceptions ◽  
Behaviour Modification ◽  
The People ◽  
Complementary Role ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Associated Risk Factors

Extant epidemiological and social diagnosis information shows an alarming upsurge in the prevalence of overweight and obesity over the last decade in developing countries including Ghana. Despite literature on the dangers and associated risk factors of these two health related constructs is well-written and documented, there seems to be a distinct knowledge gap on cultural influences that may trigger the onset of overweight and obesity, and related comorbidities. This review paper provides a general overview on overweight and obesity, and presents a supportive evidence of their rising prevalence as well as associated overall implications on public health in Ghana. Additionally, the paper explores how indigenous cultural perceptions, beliefs and norms impact on dietary and physical activity behaviours of the people. Based on available evidence, the complementary role of behaviour modification towards the management of overweight and obesity is suggested. The PEN-3 model as an appropriate cultural framework is proposed for future empirical investigations. This would afford programme planners to assess how to design culturally underpinned appropriate intervention programmes that would positively influence long term behavioural practices of the local people.

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