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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Systém managementu kvality dlouhodobé péče v ČR / Quality Management System for Long-Term Care (LTC) in the Czech Republic

Waageová, Alena January 2011 (has links)
The aim of this thesis is to analyze Long-Term Care in the Czech Republic, to design a Quality Management System for Long-Term Care, and to demonstrate its practical application in Gerontological Centre. A Quality Management Handbook for Long-Term Care represents an additional aim of this thesis; it is designed for Health and Social organizations having a similar spectrum of activities. This work relies on document analysis - available scientific studies on long-term care, and literature focused on quality management. A significant part of the text is supported by our own practical experience and is reinforced by consultations with experts in senior care. ISO systems, TQM approaches, Standards of social services, and National accreditation standards for subsequent and long-term care SAK ČR (United Accreditation Commission of Czech Republic) have been used as a starting point for the proposed Quality Management System. The proposed system has a broad scope, including resources, processes and outputs. The systems used in practice have some common parts; therefore the proposed model may be easily modified to accommodate the specific requirements of individual certification authorities.
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Health Information Technology and Elderly Care: Older Adults' and Long-Term Care Nurses' Perspectives on Technology Adoption and Impacts

Kavandi, Hamidreza 05 April 2023 (has links)
The population of older adults is growing worldwide, particularly in North America. Health information technology (HIT) is a group of technologies and systems that enhance care by electronically storing, managing, and exchanging data. HIT presents opportunities to support older adults' healthcare needs in communities and long-term care (LTC) environments. Despite their potential benefits, these technologies remain limited in LTC and older adults' healthcare contexts. Evidence is scattered on the factors that affect older adults' adoption of HIT. Little research has investigated the adoption of these technologies by formal healthcare providers and the technologies' impacts on LTC. A multi-method approach was employed in this thesis research, using a combination of a systematic qualitative review, an inductive semi-qualitative Delphi survey, and a quantitative deductive study to manage each research question in order to address these gaps. The systematic literature review used the PRISMA guidelines to identify and critically appraise studies that examined the effect of various HIT adoption factors among older adults in the community. The search involved five databases and a combination of keywords, resulting in the selection of critically appraised articles based on their evidence level and research rigor. A coding scheme was developed to extract information from the selected articles. The results showed that the main factors affecting HIT adoption by older adults relate to performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and high price/cost value. It also highlighted the importance of considering privacy/security and product design when evaluating HIT adoption by older adults. In light of the limited available studies on HIT adoption and impacts in the context of LTC, a Delphi study was developed to collect data from key formal healthcare providers (i.e., nurses) working in LTC at one of the largest and most progressive older adult healthcare facilities in Ontario, Canada. The Delphi study aimed to identify and prioritize the key factors that affect nurses' adoption of new technologies in support of older adults' care. A panel of nurses was solicited to participate in the Delphi study, which involved three rounds of data collection: brainstorming, narrowing down, and ranking. A total of 20 nurses completed the Delphi study, and the top factors that the LTC nurses identified were mainly related to the organizational and technological dimensions, including the complexity of HIT, the training and support provided, the interoperability of HIT systems, the cost of implementation, and the availability of HIT infrastructure. For the last part of this research, quantitative secondary data analysis was conducted on a Canadian national survey of nurses to examine their perceived impacts of HIT adoption by nurses in LTC. The survey included questions related to the current state of electronic medical records (EMR) and EMR adoption, the state of virtual care technologies, attitudes and perceptions related to access and the impact of the adoption of digital health technologies in practice, benefits and effects of EMR adoption, and barriers preventing nurses from getting total value from electronic health. A subset of 166 nursing homes/long-term care facilities/older adult residences and homecare nurses were selected for this analysis. Data management and analysis were conducted using IBM SPSS v28. The results showed that HIT adoption by nurses in LTC was positively associated with perceived benefits and organizational support. However, HIT adoption was negatively associated with perceived complexity and privacy/security concerns. This thesis research suggests that HIT adoption by older adults and nurses in LTC is complex and multifaceted, requiring attention to individual, organizational, and technological factors. There is a need for improved communication and collaboration among LTC team members and better working conditions to improve staff well-being and reduce turnover. The findings from the systematic review and Delphi study contribute to the theoretical understanding of the factors influencing the adoption of HIT in LTC facilities. The survey results provide valuable insights into the current state of HIT use in LTC facilities and can be used to inform the development of targeted interventions to improve HIT adoption and use. Overall, this study contributes to the growing body of knowledge on HIT adoption in LTC facilities and provides important recommendations for policymakers, administrators, and LTC staff to improve the use of HIT and ultimately enhance the quality of the care supplied to LTC residents.
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Organiser le maintien à domicile des personnes âgées dépendantes : une comparaison du travail des professionnels en France et en Corée / Organizing home welfare services for the dependent elderly : a comparative study on the work of "second line" professionals in gerontology in France and Korea

Park, Haemi 03 December 2013 (has links)
Avec l'instauration, en 2002 en France, de l'Allocation Personnalisée à l'Autonomie (APA), et en 2008 en Corée, du dispositif Long Term Care (LTC), la prise en charge de la dépendance de la population âgée s'affirme comme un enjeu majeur de la politique sociale contemporaine de ces deux pays confrontés au phénomène du vieillissement démographique. En dépit de contextes démographiques, historiques, culturels, politiques, économiques et sociaux contrastés, ces deux pays ont en commun de mettre en place, pour faire face aux besoins des personnes âgées, des dispositifs dont les logiques d'action paraissent proches ou sensiblement similaires. En adoptant une optique comparative entre la France et la Corée, cette thèse cherche à mettre en regard le travail des professionnels socio-gérontologiques chargés de la mise en œuvre de ces dispositifs en faveur de la population âgée dite dépendante à domicile. Pour cela les procédures mises en place dans le cadre de l'APA en France et du LTC en Corée et la manière dont l'accompagnement socio-médical des personnes âgées dépendantes à domicile s'y organise ont été étudiées. Tant en France qu'en Corée, les professionnels qui interviennent pour assurer le maintien à domicile des personnes âgées dépendantes sont multiples ; les uns travaillent en "première ligne" (aides à domicile, auxiliaires de vie, aides soignants, infirmiers) et les autres, chargés de la coordination et de l'encadrement des précédents, en "seconde ligne". Elle traite également de la nécessaire - et difficile - coordination entre ces professionnels et des logiques, parfois divergentes et conflictuelles, qui sous-tendent leurs actions dans des réalités organisationnelles complexes. L'observation a été effectuée sur un territoire circonscrit dans chacun des deux pays : Lille-Hellemmes pour la France et Cheongju-Cheongwon pour la Corée. / With the establishment of the Individual Public Allowance for Autonomy (APA) in France in 2002 and the Long Term Care (LTC) insurance in Korea in 2008, the management and the support for the dependence of the elderly population became a major issue of contemporary social policy in these two nations faced with the phenomenon of aging. Despite demographic, historical, cultural, political, economical and social contrasting contexts, they have installed devices in common with modes that appear close or substantially similar to cope with the increasing needs of the elderly. By adopting a comparative approach between France and Korea, this thesis sought to analyze the work of social gerontological professionals in charge of these devices for the elderly dependent who stay at home. For this, the application procedure of the APA in France and the LTC in Korea and the organization of the socio-medical asistance for the dependent elderly at home were studied. In both France and Korea, the professionals who are involved with the home care services are multiple. Some are working in the "front line" (home helpers, care assistance, home nurses) and others are occupied with the coordination, the supervision/organization of the foregoing (front line workers) in the "second line". This research focuses on the impact of devices which are placed on the work of professionals, especially those who are concerned with various tasks in the second line and their necessary - and difficul t- coordination. How the different policies and the strategic relationship between these various participating professionals sometimes diverge and how the conflicts intrinsic to their actions and practice within complex organizational realities are settled were investigated and explored. The observation was carried out in one area within each country : Hellemmes-Lille in France and Cheongju-Cheongwon in Korea.

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