Housing Assessment Tools Developed or Adapted for Use in East and Southeast Asia: A Scoping Review

ABSTRACTBackground:This scoping review explores the characteristics of the current built environment used to accommodate people with dementia in East and Southeast Asia. It is structured around the eight principles of design found in the Environmental Audit Tool High-Care. In addition, the review examines the level of knowledge and other influences contributing to the development of nursing homes in the region.Methods:The review was carried out utilizing the methodological framework recommended by Arksey and O'Malley. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses provided an overarching structural framework for the reporting process and the Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes, and Context framework defined the scope of the review and focused on the research question. Six databases were accessed for the search, and 1,846 publications between 2001 and 2015 were retrieved.Results:A total of 48 articles from 9 countries met the inclusion criteria. All articles presented discussions that fundamentally included at least one principle of design and with some including all principles. The most prevailing principle discussed, found in 59% of all the articles was the need for familiarity for residents in the environmental design of facilities.Conclusions:The review found that the eight principles of design, when applied with cultural sensitivity in countries in East and Southeast Asia can identify gaps in knowledge of the design for dementia enabling environments and suggest areas for improvement. An assessment tool based on the principles of design will be able to provide a guide for stakeholders in the design, development, or modification of nursing home environments.

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Book Reviews

Research in Language ◽

10.2478/v10015-007-0013-3 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 251-292

Author(s):

Tor A. Åfarli ◽

Jarosław Jakielaszek ◽

Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka ◽

Wiktor Pskit ◽

Jolanta Szpyra-Kozłowska ◽

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Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

English Language ◽

Oxford University ◽

East And Southeast Asia ◽

Adverbial Modification ◽

Secondary Predication ◽

Oxford University Press

Nikolaus P. Himmelmann, Eva F. Schultze-Berndt (eds), Secondary Predication and Adverbial Modification: The Typology of Depictives, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. xxv + 448 pages Edward L. Keenan, Edward P. Stabler, Bare Grammar: Lectures on Linguistic Invariants. Stanford: CSLI Publications, 2003. 192 pp. Siobhan Chapman, Thinking about Language. Theories of English. Houndsmills and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. X + 174 pages. pb (Series: Perspectives on the English Language) Judith Rodby, W. Ross Winterowd, The Uses of Grammar, Oxford: Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. xiv + 274 pp. Laura J. Downing, Alan T. Hall and Renate Raffelsiefen (eds), Paradigms in Phonological Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. 349 pages. Max W. Wheeler, The Phonology of Catalan. (The Phonology of the World’s Languages). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. XI + 387 pp. Jan-Olof Svantesson, Anna Tsendina, Anastasia Karlson, and Vivan Franzén, The Phonology of Mongolian. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. xix + 314. Cliff Goddard, The Languages of East and Southeast Asia. An Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. pp. xvi + 315.

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Climate Change Mitigation Policy in East and Southeast Asia and Business Opportunities of Japanese Stakeholder in the Region

JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL ◽

10.2524/jtappij.67.1396 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 67 (12) ◽

pp. 1396-1401

Author(s):

Yasuhiro Kasuya

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

Climate Change Mitigation ◽

Mitigation Policy ◽

Business Opportunities ◽

Climate Change Mitigation Policy ◽

East And Southeast Asia ◽

Change Mitigation

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How hospitalized patients evaluate and report their pain together with nurses: A scoping review

Nordic Journal of Nursing Research ◽

10.1177/20571585211013480 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 205715852110134

Author(s):

Bente Dale Malones ◽

Sindre Sylte Kallmyr ◽

Vera Hage ◽

Trude Fløystad Eines

Keyword(s):

Scoping Review ◽

Pain Assessment ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Clinical Care ◽

Hospitalized Patients ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Post Surgery ◽

Reliable Assessment ◽

Scoping Reviews ◽

The Relationship

Pain assessment tools are often used by patients to report their pain and by health professionals to assess patients’ reported pain. Although valid and reliable assessment of pain is essential for high-quality clinical care, there are still many patients who experience inappropriate pain management. The aim of this scoping review is to examine an overview of how hospitalized patients evaluate and report their pain in collaboration with nurses. Systematic searches were conducted, and ten research articles were included using the PRISMA guidelines for scoping reviews. Content analysis revealed four main themes: 1) the relationship between the patient and nurse is an important factor of how hospitalized patients evaluate and report their post-surgery pain, 2) the patient’s feelings of inconsistency in how pain assessments are administered by nurses, 3) the challenge of hospitalized patients reporting post-surgery pain numerically, and 4) previous experiences and attitudes affect how hospitalized patients report their pain. Pain assessment tools are suitable for nurses to observe and assess pain in patients. Nevertheless, just using pain assessment tools is not sufficient for nurses to obtain a comprehensive clinical picture of each individual patient with pain.

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Mapping Research Conducted on Long-Term Care Facilities for Older People in Brazil: A Scoping Review

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18041522 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 1522

Author(s):

Patrick Alexander Wachholz ◽

Deborah Cristina De Oliveira ◽

Kathryn Hinsliff-Smith ◽

Reena Devi ◽

Paulo José Fortes Villas Boas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mixed Methods ◽

Older People ◽

Study Design ◽

Scoping Review ◽

Long Term Care ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Small Scale ◽

Term Care ◽

Care Facilities

This scoping review aimed to explore the characteristics, strengths, and gaps in research conducted in Brazilian long-term care facilities (LTCFs) for older adults. Electronic searches investigating the residents (≥60 years old), their families, and the LTCF workforce in Brazil were conducted in Medline, EMBASE, LILACS, and Google Scholar, within the timescale of 1999 to 2018, limited to English, Portuguese, or Spanish. The reference lists were hand searched for additional papers. The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) was used for critical appraisal of evidence. Data were reported descriptively considering the study design, using content analysis: 327 studies were included (n = 159 quantitative non-randomized, n = 82 quantitative descriptive, n = 67 qualitative, n = 11 mixed methods, n = 6 randomized controlled trials, and n = 2 translation of assessment tools). Regardless of the study design, most were conducted in a single LTCF (45.8%), in urban locations (84.3%), and in non-profit settings (38.7%). The randomized trials and descriptive studies presented the lowest methodological quality based on the MMAT. This is the first review to provide an overview of research on LTCFs for older people in Brazil. It illustrates an excess of small-scale, predominantly qualitative papers, many of which are reported in ways that do not allow the quality of the work to be assured.

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