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Child Life in Practice: Applying Theories in the Emergency Department and on a Pediatric Unit
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Karin Rourke; Jou-Chen Chen; Karen Blaisure – Family Science Review, 2024
Certified child life specialists (CCLS) serve as an integral component of the health care team by attending to the psychosocial concerns that arise as children and their families face stressful situations. The CCLS provides individualized care to meet the developmental needs of infants, children, teens, and young adults and assists in coping with…
Descriptors: Child Health, Health Personnel, Special Health Problems, Coping
Perspectives about Support Challenges Facing Health Workers Assisting Older Adults with and without Intellectual Disability in Rural versus Urban Settings in Australia
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Hussain, Rafat; Janicki, Matthew P.; Knox, Marie; Wark, Stuart; Parmenter, Trevor – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Aims: Life expectancy for both sexes in Australia exceeds 80 years, with individuals with intellectual disability also increasingly living into older age. This research aimed to comparatively examine perceptions of staff supporting either older adults or age peers with lifelong intellectual disability. Methods: This project asked 420 medical,…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Intellectual Disability, Health Personnel, Health Services