Browsing by Subject "Domiciliary care"
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High prevalence of dementia among community dwelling older adults in receipt of state funded home care packages: implications for health care planning
(2017)Objectives: The majority of people living with dementia in Ireland reside in their own homes, some supported by formal or informal home care. This audit aimed to estimate the prevalence of dementia and suspected cognitive ... -
Prevalence of frailty among community dwelling older adults in receipt of low level home support: a cross-sectional analysis of the North Dublin Cohort
(2017)Background: There is increasing demand for formal government funded home help services to support community-dwelling older people in Ireland, yet limited information exists on the health profiles of this group, especially ... -
Regulating home care of older people: the inevitable poor relation?
(2007)This article discusses the regulation of home care of older people in Ireland in light of the enactment of the Health Act 2007 and examines models for regulating domiciliary care in the UK, Germany and the United States.