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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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The beginnings of foster care in British Columbia : 1900-1930

O’Donnell, Dorothy-Jean 11 1900 (has links)
Although much has been written in the field of family history since Phillipe Aires' Centuries of Childhood (1962), the study of foster care in its various forms has received less attention. Themes concerning orphans and foster children do, however, appear guite often in literature and dramatic works. Two academic articles from Iceland and Brazil respectively discuss historical material relating to foster children and orphans in the 19th century. Themes from these articles, about the role of kin and neighbours in foster care, and the use of orphans to meet labour shortages, are discussed as background to the B.C. study. The constitutional-legal framework and social welfare policies adopted in British Columbia in the 1900-1930 period were under Anglo-American influence, with influences from Ontario being most direct. B.C. established some level of economic security for women and children with the establishment of women's pensions in 1920 and in 1927 the B.C. Survey of Child Welfare made recommendations for supervised foster care, that is, foster care subsidized by government and supervised by social workers. Although the legislation mandated "approved foster homes" as early as 1901, and envisaged temporary placement with children's aid societies (CAS) until such homes could be found, the annual reports and discharge summaries of the CASs, and the records of the Superintendent of Neglected Children show that this option was largely ignored. Not until overcrowding and medical crises forced the issue did CASs turn to foster care as an option.
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The imagination of care : caregivers’ perspectives on end of life care in rest homes.

Swann, Shanonn Pauline Pohatu January 2015 (has links)
This study explores and examines the roles of caregivers within rest home facilities in New Zealand; and specifically, how they unpack and deal with managing the tensions associated with end of life (EOL) care. It adopted a qualitative perspective to enable an exploration of how the experiences of caregivers help guide their practice and understanding of their roles in relation to EOL care. A grounded theory framework was utilised in order to explore how caregivers make meaning and find value in the roles they perform within rest home facilities. This study offers insights into some of the tensions that caregivers face in a working environment where life and death occur simultaneously. It was apparent that caregivers are aware of the many social taboos they must negotiate in order to conduct their work. It was also apparent that they understood that others might perceive their work as dirty but that this did not prevent them from finding job satisfaction and create meaning in their work. Instead, they created meaning by using the conceptual tool the imagination of care. This involved utilising their imagination and past experiences to enable EOL care which represented the dying rites of individual residents but also fitted within their ethic of care.
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An Examination of Factors Contributing to Resilience among Children and Youths in Out of Home Care in Ontario

Barnsley, Shannon E. 03 May 2011 (has links)
Objective – Some of the most vulnerable children and youths in our country are those in out of home care, and these children demonstrate higher rates of psychopathology and fare more poorly in school and in social relationships than their peers. Typically, when studying at risk populations, negative outcomes are examined, thereby ignoring those who do well despite their vulnerability. These children, who demonstrate positive patterns of functioning and development despite their exposure to adversity, are considered resilient. The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with a resilient outcome among children and youths in out of home care. Method – The study sample was comprised of 417 children 10 to 15 years old in Ontario who had been removed from their homes of origin and placed in out of home care. Predictor variables were selected based on previous research findings in the area of resilient outcome. In the cross-sectional study, a series of sequential logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify factors associated with a resilient outcome among children in out of home care. These children were then followed one year later. In the longitudinal study, another series of sequential logistic regression analyses were used to identify variables that were related to future resilient outcomes among the same children in out of home care. Results – The findings showed that many of the independent variables predicted resilient outcome on the different dimensions. Furthermore, overall resilient outcome was best predicted by the foster parental report of high sociability. Conclusion – The findings in the present study confirmed that there exists a subset of resilient children among children in out of home care. The findings allowed for the identification of some factors related to resilient outcome among this population. The practical implications of these findings are discussed.
84

The support and training of foster parents /

Durand, Bronwyn Kohler. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.
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Exploring placement instability among young children in the Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care Preschool study /

Miller, Keith Andrew. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-89). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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The reactions of foster parents' biological children to the fostering experience /

Kaplan, Carol P. January 1985 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (D.S.W.)--New York University, School of Social Work, 1985. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-160).
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Talking the talk but not walking the walk : barriers to person centred care in dementia /

Hill, Heather. January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- La Trobe University, 2004. / "A thesis submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora." Research. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 343-362). Also available via the World Wide Web.
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Applying product design methods to medical device design with a case study on home care devices/

Çetin, Aslı. Seçkin, Yavuz January 2004 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Master)--İzmir Institute of Technology, İzmir, 2004 / Includes bibliographical references (leaves. 142).
89

Aging out of foster care

Williams, Cortina. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.W.)--California State University, Long Beach, 2008. / Adviser: Jillian Jimenez. Includes bibliographical references.
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The effectiveness of the orbital motion automatic toothbrush and powered interdental stimulator as compared to the manual toothbrush & interdental stimulator a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment ... periodontics ... /

Kanouse, M. C. January 1966 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1966.

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