University of Macau / Faculty of Health Sciences

Lam Muk Hung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1989. / Bibliography: leaves 161-172.

Lee Tze-fan, Diana. / "April 2000." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-266). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

Leung Chi Sing. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2007-2008, design report." / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78). / Chapter 1. --- Thesis Statement --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- Trip Study --- p.2 / Background --- p.2 / Material Available --- p.5 / Construction --- p.6 / Houses Analysis --- p.7 / Chapter 3. --- Traditional Element and Pattern --- p.18 / Chapter 4. --- Space Study --- p.24 / Chapter 5. --- Wall and Slab Organization --- p.27 / Chapter 6. --- Brick Study --- p.36 / Brick Organization --- p.36 / Brick Parameters --- p.39 / Brick Accompanied other uses --- p.44 / Chapter 7. --- Construction Detail --- p.46 / Chapter 8. --- Design Project --- p.55 / Concept --- p.55 / Strategy for Structure and Non-Structure --- p.63 / Bonding Study for Non-Structure --- p.64 / Material and Spatial Expression --- p.65 / Layout Plan --- p.66 / Construction Detail --- p.67 / Interior Subdivision --- p.68 / Building Envelope --- p.69 / Other Type 1 --- p.70 / Other Type 2 --- p.74 / Chapter 9. --- Bibliography --- p.78

Hon Chung Hei. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2010-2011, design report."

The quality of care in United States' nursing homes has been of concern to consumers, government agencies, and researchers for several decades. Nurse staffing has been identified as a key factor influencing the quality of care in nursing homes. The purpose of this quantitative, correlational research was to determine if relationships existed between nurse staffing levels and three quality care outcomes in the state of Georgia. Donabedian's quality conceptual framework guided the study. The framework encompasses three interrelated dimensions of quality including structure, process, and outcomes. Nurse staffing levels and facility bed size represented the structure of nursing homes and pressure ulcers, falls with major injury, and urinary tract infections each represented facility outcomes. The sample included 348 nursing homes in Georgia. Data was collected from the Nursing Home Compare website. The predictor variables in this study were nurse staffing levels of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, and total nurse staffing levels. The outcome variables were pressure ulcers, urinary tract infections, and falls with major injury. A cross sectional design and multiple regressions were used to analyze the relationship between nurse staffing and quality of care outcomes. While the results of the study did not reveal significant relationships between variables, the study nonetheless offers useful insight on how future studies can be enhanced. These findings have implications for social changes as they may help to inform Georgia policy makers in decisions regarding regulations that mandate minimum nurse staffing standards.

The Industrial Schools Act introduced State coercion into the ‘childcare’ of the colony, and industrial schools became legal enforcers for other welfare institutions. This thesis provides an account of two industrial schools in nineteenth and early twentieth century New South Wales, focusing on the children and the lives they lived within the institutions and relying heavily upon primary sources. NSS Vernon enrolled destitute, neglected and delinquent boys. The curriculum, combined with an elaborate system of rewards, proved effective as reformative agents and after 1911 the ship’s coercive function was taken over by other reformatory schools and by a system of probation. About one third of girls admitted to ISG Newcastle were older, sexually delinquent girls. Inappropriate site, inadequate preparation, insufficient and untrained staff, lack of suitable curriculum and denial of support from the Colonial Secretary led to total failure of the school. Physical and verbal abuse was in evidence at Newcastle and resurfaced after the change of enrollments to mostly older girls about the time of the school’s transfer to Parramatta in 1887. After 1905 committals were aimed at maintaining street order and parental authority, to house the ‘uncontrollables’ and ‘incompetents’ and to provide a lock hospital for the control of venereal disease. The expressed purpose of the school to provide ‘good useful women’ dovetailed neatly with the introduction of probation, mostly for boys, which was enforced ‘through the mother’ / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Bibliography: p. 294-339. / 2 v. in 1 (xiv, 339 leaves, xxiv, 174 leaves) : ill. (some col.), plans ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, School of Humanities, 2005

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-104).

The overall objective of this research was to analyze the effect of ownership status on 1) quality of care delivered, 2) the cost of nursing homes in the United States and 3) wages to Registered Nurses. The model developed here uses a two stage least squares technique to correct for observed endogeneity problems. Results show that a model which includes ownership classification interactively with all independent variables, performs better than a model which simply uses dummies to proxy for ownership status. Nonprofit homes were found to have higher direct patient care expenditures than profit homes. Non-profits were also found to have a more specialized nursing force. Both of these results suggest that non-profits may actually provide a higher quality of care than for profit enterprises. No support was found for the hypothesis that nonprofits have more philanthropic wage policies. / Graduation date: 1996