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Support Needs of Families Living with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in New Zealand
Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder often cope with a range of challenging and stressful situations beyond those experienced by parents of typically developing children. Parents’ perception of the helpfulness ...
Patients' experiences of a clinical trial physiotherapy programme for hip or knee osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of joint disease and the leading cause of pain and physical disability in older adults. New Zealand's population is ageing and by the late 2040s, the proportion of the population ...
Deepening understandings of rehabilitation in the Cook Islands: An action research study with Te Vaerua Rehabilitation Service
This study is a qualitative research project with Te Vaerua, a community based rehabilitation service in the Cook Islands, that had the aim of establishing a culturally-congruent framework for rehabilitation services ...
Funding community care for older adults: testing the applicability of the interRAI case mix in three New Zealand District Health Boards
Health policy makers internationally are tasked with determining how to support and fund increasing numbers of older people who are living longer with support needs to receive care in their own homes.
Since 2012 it has ...
Some(body) else: Transitions in embodiment after stroke
Background and purpose. The body in stroke physiotherapy is everywhere in practice but neglected as a concept in clinical theory. This study explored the embodied experience for people with stroke at the time of transition ...
Is the Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY) valid in a general New Zealand population?
Introduction: Understanding children and youths’ participation in life situations and the environmental factors that support or hinder this is critical to improving their wellbeing. Measures of children’s participation ...
Transient Ischaemic Attack and Stroke Electronic Decision Support to Improve Stroke Care in New Zealand
Background
Transient Ischaemic Attacks (TIA) and minor strokes indicate a high risk of early recurrent stroke and other vascular events. Early implementation of secondary preventive measures provided through rapid access ...
...whatever your mode of movement is: media's place in young disabled people's physical activity
The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of young people with physical impairment of social marketing media that promoted physical activity. This was based on a generally held view that physical activity ...
Lived experience of managing paid personal care following a spinal cord injury: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Background: The nature of relationships that people with spinal cord injury (SCI) have with paid carers may facilitate or interfere with their community participation and quality of life. Learning how to live with this ...
The use of technology in supporting goal setting in rehabilitation in adults: Protocol for a scoping review
Background: Goal setting is considered an essential component of any rehabilitation programme. However, health professionals can struggle to involve patients in the goal selection process to the extent that they think is ...