Family caregiving: Stresses, social programs, and clinical interventions.

It is probably not surprising, but when most people talk about the ?getting and using? of evidence in health care, they are usually referring to evidence about treatments - things like pills and procedures. Despite this contemporary focus on health treatments, there is a long history of evaluating social, as well as clinical, interventions. Methods developed to answer evaluation questions of social interventions arose early in the twentieth century, and were applied, for example, to evaluate large-scale social programs in the USA (Oakley, 2001, pp.17-19). The study design of meta-analysis, used to synthesise the evidence from a number of studies of similar interventions, has been picked up and developed within medicine as well (Daly, Kellehear, & Gliksman, 1997, pp.139-53). This has led to the establishment of large-scale enterprises such as the Cochrane Collaboration, an example of an international organisation that is assembling and reviewing the effectiveness of many clinical interventions (Chalmers, 1993; Cochrane Collaboration, 2003).

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The Application of Laboratory Formulas to Clinical Voice Management

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ◽

10.1044/1058-0360.0402.62 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 62-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Katherine Verdolini ◽

Ingo R. Titze

Keyword(s):

Fundamental Frequency ◽

Voice Disorders ◽

Clinical Interventions ◽

Case Examples ◽

Interactive Nature ◽

Mathematical Formulas

In this paper, we discuss the application of mathematical formulas to guide the development of clinical interventions in voice disorders. Discussion of case examples includes fundamental frequency and intensity deviations, pitch and loudness abnormalities, laryngeal hyperand hypoadduction, and phonatory effort. The paper illustrates the interactive nature of theoretical and applied work in vocology

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A Typology of Caregiving Situations and Service Use in Family Carers of Older People in Six European Countries

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000031 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 5-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Mirko Di Rosa ◽

Christopher Kofahl ◽

Kevin McKee ◽

Barbara Bień ◽

Giovanni Lamura ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Older People ◽

Support Services ◽

Family Caregiving ◽

Service Use ◽

European Countries ◽

Limited Resources ◽

Family Carers ◽

Policy Initiatives ◽

Typology Of Care

This paper presents the EUROFAMCARE study findings, examining a typology of care situations for family carers of older people, and the interplay of carers with social and health services. Despite the complexity of family caregiving situations across Europe, our analyses determined the existence of seven “caregiving situations,” varying on a range of critical indicators. Our study also describes the availability and use of different support services for carers and care receivers, and carers’ preferences for the characteristics of support services. Our findings have relevance for policy initiatives in Europe, where limited resources need to be more equitably distributed and services should be targeted to caregiving situations reflecting the greatest need, and organized to reflect the preferences of family carers.

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