Leaving Home in Britain and Spain

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Holdsworth
Keyword(s):  
Leaving Home

Review of Leaving Home: Understanding the Transition to Adulthood.

1997 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-269
Author(s):  
Terri Gullickson
Keyword(s):  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Leaving Home

Review of Leaving home: The therapy of disturbed young people.

1980 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 662-662
Author(s):  
WILLIAM T. MCREYNOLDS
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Leaving Home

Leaving “Home”

2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 444-466
Author(s):  
Annie Stopford
Keyword(s):  
Leaving Home

Predicting Homesickness in Residential Athletes

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan Smith ◽  
Stephanie Hanrahan ◽  
Ruth Anderson ◽  
Lyndel Abbott
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Leaving Home ◽  
Developmental Milestone ◽  
Australian Institute ◽  
Individual Personality ◽  
And Coping

Leaving home or transitioning to another environment is a part of every individual’s personal growth and is often considered to be a significant developmental milestone. The distress that individuals experience with this transition has been identified as homesickness. Elite sporting institutions, such as the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), have recognized that problems associated with homesickness appear to be a predominant cause of poor well-being and dropout among athletes living in a national sports institute. This study aimed to investigate if individual personality traits and coping styles could predict levels of homesickness in these athletes. Neuroticism, self-esteem, and mental escape were significant predictors of homesickness. These results suggest that athletes who are vulnerable to homesickness can be identified before the commencement of their sporting scholarships so they can be treated accordingly.

Wheelchair-Portable Patient Lift

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshikazu Mori ◽  
Akihiko Nakada
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Flat Surface ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Assistive Device ◽  
Leaving Home ◽  
Sliding Mechanism ◽  
Small Force ◽  
Weight Carrying ◽  
Sufficient Strength

A patient lift is an assistive device for patients who lack sufficient strength or muscle control to be transferred between a wheelchair and a toilet or other places. Patient lifts of two kinds are commonly used: overhead lifts and mobile lifts. Nevertheless, because of its size and weight, carrying even a mobile lift with a wheelchair is difficult when leaving home. This study examined a novel portable patient lift that is small and light, sufficient to be carried using a wheelchair in a folded state. It is compact, light, and portable because it has no actuator. Moreover, its operation is simple. It is useful not only at home or in a nursing home but on any flat surface during daily excursions and activities, even in a conventional lavatory. A caregiver can transfer a user with a small force because this lift has a sliding mechanism that brings the fulcrum closer to the patient's center of mass. Experimental results underscore the effectiveness of the proposed patient lift.

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