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There were many challenges, successes, and concerns in providing long-term care to older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Looking at central North Carolina, the authors highlight the implications of providing long-term care to older Americans, with an emphasis on the importance of communication, resilience of staff, and value of human infrastructure. Based on extensive interviews, this collection of essays reflects on the participants’ individual experiences and represents the voices of staff and caregivers working in long-term residential care communities, in-home and community-based programs, as well as regional aging service providers and advocates.
The first graduate text to address health literacy in the aging population Low health literacy is a critical issue among adults, with over one third found to have difficulty understanding such basic information as that found on prescription bottles. This is the first graduate textbook to address key health literacy issues as they affect the health and wellbeing of the aging population. Embracing a topic spanning numerous disciplines, it features a dynamic, multicontextual systems approach and includes contributions from renowned scholars and practitioners in gerontology, public health, social work, nursing, and other related fields. The text emphasizes increasing health literacy among older ...
Kejayaan Imran yang meraih gelaran juara baru perseorangan lelaki Bawah 12 Tahun MSSD Petaling Utama tidak bermakna apabila mengetahui hasrat datuknya berkahwin dengan jiran mereka Mak Jah. Sikap Imran berubah dan dihalau dari pusat latihan kerana bergaduh dengan rakan sepelatih. Imran juga dicabar oleh ketua jurulatih untuk kembali semula berlawan bagi menentukan tempatnya dalam pasukan MSSD Petaling Utama. Perkenalannya dengan seorang lelaki Cina Muslim iaitu Adam Lee telah merubah sikap dan semangat Imran untuk terus berjuang mempertahankan gelarannya. Adam Lee pula mempunyai masalah perhubungan dengan keluarganya kerana keputusan memeluk agama Islam bersama-sama isterinya, Karen. Mampukah Imran menjadi juara kali ini? Mampukah dia membantu Adam Lee menyelesaikan masalah keluarganya?
Cocktails of Asia shares the recipes, stories and history behind the cocktails, bars and people that define this spirited region — from India to Indonesia, China to Japan, and everywhere in between. Asia’s cocktail scene is one of the fastest growing and most awarded in the world, and Asia-based cocktails and spirits expert Holly Graham takes readers on an adventure through the region, telling its stories drink by drink. Learn how to make modern creations from the talented pros; go behind the scenes of Asia’s iconic establishments; and discover the history of classic Asian cocktails such as the Singapore Sling, Jungle Bird and Pegu Club. Read about the hilarious origin story of Hong Ko...
Isms—typically defined as harmful and discriminatory philosophies or views—are a threat to human unity and may affect outcome maximization in healthcare workplaces. Isms in Health Care Human Resources: A Concise Guide to Workplace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion lays a foundation in which readers can become familiar with diversity, equity and inclusion issues in the workplace and gain an understanding of how isms in health care can reduce output and elevate costs. After providing an overview of isms in healthcare and other workplaces, this concise text closely examines various isms, from central tendancyism and sexualism to IQism and heterosexism while covering a range of other isms. It then proposes strategies for intermediation for healthcare administrators in order to guide them in reducing isms in the workplace and, in turn, maximizing output.
Corruption has become a central issue in current policy debates. This Handbook provides state of the art research on this important topic. It demonstrates the disastrous effects of high levels of corruption for most areas of human well-being and presents research results about strategies that can get corruption under control.