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The purpose of this study was to test the preliminary effectiveness and feasibility of implementation of Function Focused Care for Assisted Living Using the Evidence Integration Triangle in Assisted Living Communities with Residents with Dementia (FFC-AL-EIT-D) during the pandemic. This was a single group pre-post study design including 51 communities in a single state. The communities ranged in size from 8 to 50 residents with a mean of 13 (SD = 7). The majority (99%) were for profit. Following implementation of FFC-AL-EIT-D there was significant improvement in environments and policies supporting physical activity and some evidence suggesting they used new supplies to engage residents in physical activity. There was no change in falls, emergency room, hospital, or nursing home transfers. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Parent and practitioners observations were examined to provide insights into the impact of covid-19 restrictions on children’s spiritual well-being, specifically related to reduced physical meeting of church communities in two case study contexts: Poland and the UK. Exploration of the four domains of spiritual wellbeing was carried out (Fisher 1998), with specific focus on how the abrupt changes in the communal domain may have impacted on other aspects of the child’s spiritual well-being. Significant variations in the response by churches during the pandemic were overlaid by disparate perceptions of the spiritual needs of children in these contexts. The extent to which these responses dovetailed with parental responsibilities and expectations of the church was considered alongside awareness of the changed nature of church’s activity with children during the pandemic.
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The purpose of this study was to use routinely collected resident assessment data from a single site to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on cognition, physical function and behavioral symptoms of residents with dementia. Specifically, it was hypothesized that controlling for age and sex, there would be a decline in cognition and function and an increase in behavioral symptoms at 12 months post implementation of COVID-19 restrictions. Twelve residents from a single memory care site with required Resident Assessments completed prior to and 12 month post initiation of the pandemic and associated quarantines were included. No significant change was noted in function or behavioral symptoms but there was a statistically significant decline in cognition over the 12 month period. Although this study did not support our hypothesis, the findings supported some prior research also noting little significant change among the majority of individuals over the course of the pandemic regardless of regulations.
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COVID-19 , Behavioral Symptoms , Cognition , Delivery of Health Care , Humans , SARS-CoV-2ABSTRACT
Empirical data was gathered from parents, grandparents, and practitioners, which revealed the impact of Covid-19 on UK children and family ministry. Prevailing restrictions and associated needs caused significant change in the nature of this ministry, and may not be temporary. Key observations were reduction in engagement of families with the church, shift in the volunteer structure for church-based children?s activities, increased focus on family faith formation activities, and diversified individual faith journeys of children.
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This article documents a systematic analysis of the online materials produced by UK churches for children?s faith nurture in response to the closure of physical ?Sunday Schools? during the Covid-19 pandemic. A theoretical underpinning guided the development of a framework to examine the discipleship tools and to uncover examples of good practice which could inform children?s online discipleship globally. Tentative conclusions highlight how faith nurture of this nature may be refined and enhanced and emphasises the significance of positive relationships to supplement these tools.