Welfare Facilities Research Articles

National trends in the proportion of in-hospital deaths by cause of death among older adults with long-term care: a nationwide observational study in Japan from 2007 to 2017

BackgroundJapan has promoted end-of-life care at home and in long-term care facilities, and the total proportion of in-hospital deaths has decreased recently. However, the difference in trends of in-hospital deaths by the cause of death remains unclear. We investigated the variation in trends of in-hospital deaths among older adults with long-term care from 2007 to 2017, by cause of death and place of care.MethodsUsing the national long-term care insurance registry, long-term care claims data, and national death records, we identified people aged 65 years or older who died between 2007 and 2017 and used long-term care services in the month before death. Using a joinpoint regression model, we evaluated time trends of the proportion of in-hospital deaths by cause of death (cancer, heart diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, pneumonia, and senility) and place of care (home, long-term care health facility, or long-term care welfare facility).ResultsOf the 3,261,839 participants, the mean age was 87.0 ± 8.0 years, and 59.2% were female. Overall, the proportion of in-hospital deaths decreased from 66.2% in 2007 to 55.3% in 2017. By cause of death, the proportion of in-hospital deaths remained the highest for pneumonia (81.6% in 2007 and 77.2% in 2017) and lowest for senility (25.5% in 2007 and 20.0% in 2017) in all types of places of care. The joinpoint regression analysis showed the steepest decline among those who died of senility, especially among long-term care health facility residents.ConclusionsThe findings of this nationwide study suggest that there was a decreasing trend of in-hospital deaths among older adults, although the speed of decline and absolute values varied widely depending on the cause of death and place of care.

Current status of foodservice nutrition management and effects of welfare facility support for the elderly in Cheongju City.

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVESSouth Korea is representative of countries experiencing rapid societal aging. This study aimed to understand the current status of foodservice nutrition management provided to welfare facilities for the elderly and to understand improvements after support from “the Center for Social Welfare Foodservice Management (CSWFM)” in Cheongju City.SUBJECTS/METHODSThe status of foodservice nutrition management was assessed by dietitians and hired by the CSWFM, who visited 40 welfare facilities (registered members of the CSWFM) for the elderly in Cheongju City. After visiting each facility three times from July to December 2019, the results of inspections on four areas, that is, ‘menu’, ‘meal provision’, ‘cooking’, and ‘distribution’ management for 2nd and 3rd visits (support visits) were compared with results obtained at initial visits.RESULTSBefore support as determined during 1st visits, compliance rates with ‘menu’, ‘meal provision’, ‘cooking’, and ‘distribution’ requirements were 72.1%, 75.5%, 58.3%, and 77.5%, respectively. The mean compliance rate for all 15 items on the questionnaire used was 70.8%. Items with low compliance rates were ‘Is the soup provided by foodservice at the recommended salinity?’ (compliance rate 37.5%) and ‘Is the foodservice cooking conducted by referring to a recipe?’ (42.5%). At the two support visits, mean compliance rates increased significantly (P < 0.01, P < 0.001), mean total score had significantly increased from 71.80 to 90.26 (P < 0.001), and mean soup salinity decreased significantly from 0.82% at 1st visits to 0.68% (P < 0.001) and 0.56% (P < 0.001) at the 1st and second follow-up visits.CONCLUSIONSThese results show that the status of nutrition management at welfare facilities for the elderly was much improved by CSWFM involvement, and indicate the CSWFM should continuously provide nutrition management support to facilities and that finances and opportunities for more welfare facilities for the elderly be expanded.

Investigation of academic motivation in medical students and its association with clinical education quality, academic achievement, and academic burnout

Improving the quality of clinical education requires continuous review of the current situation, identifying strengths, and correcting weaknesses. This study aimed to investigate the association between academic motivation with quality of clinical education, academic achievement, and burnout. This cross-sectional study was done in 2020 on all of the 140 internship students of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, using the consensus method. The data collection tools included standard questionnaires such as Herman's Academic Motivation, Clinical Education Quality, Maslach Modified Academic Burnout, Pham and Taylor Academic Achievement, Satisfaction of Educational Welfare Facilities. Data were analyzed using SPSS (ver. 22) software and descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency and percentage of frequency), Spearman rank, correlation coefficient and Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis statistical tests. P < 0.05 is considered statistically significant. The mean ± SD of age was 25.68±2.03. 86 (61.4%) of the internship were female and 87 (62.1%) were single. Mean± SD of academic motivation and quality of clinical education were 81.51± 8.73 and 28/99± 11/52 respectively. Also, the Mean± SD of academic achievement and academic burnouts were 147/61± 14/94 and 42/37± 10/42 respectively. Academic motivation had a meaningful and positive relationship with academic achievement and satisfaction of welfare facilities but a negative correlation with academic burnout. Also, academic achievement and academic burnout had a negative correlation but a positive correlation was seen between the quality of clinical education and satisfaction of welfare facilities. Considered the results, recommended improving welfare education facilities by using up-to-date training aids, upgrading educational infrastructure, and employ young staff in the education office. For improving the quality of clinical education, appropriate educational methods, conducting developmental assessments continuously, using simulated environments, and improving students' motivation.

One of Consideration about Records of Lectures and Practical Training at Welfare Facilities

One of Consideration about Records of Lectures and Practical Training at Welfare Facilities

Multi-View Multi-Modal Head-Gaze Estimation for Advanced Indoor User Interaction

Gaze estimation is one of the most promising technologies for supporting indoor monitoring and interaction systems. However, previous gaze estimation techniques generally work only in a controlled laboratory environment because they require a number of high-resolution eye images. This makes them unsuitable for welfare and healthcare facilities with the following challenging characteristics: 1) users’ continuous movements, 2) various lighting conditions, and 3) a limited amount of available data. To address these issues, we introduce a multi-view multi-modal head-gaze estimation system that translates the user’s head orientation into the gaze direction. The proposed system captures the user using multiple cameras with depth and infrared modalities to train more robust gaze estimators under the aforementioned conditions. To this end, we implemented a deep learning pipeline that can handle different types and combinations of data. The proposed system was evaluated using the data collected from 10 volunteer participants to analyze how the use of single/multiple cameras and modalities affect the performance of head-gaze estimators. Through various experiments, we found that 1) an infrared-modality provides more useful features than a depth-modality, 2) multi-view multi-modal approaches provide better accuracy than single-view single-modal approaches, and 3) the proposed estimators achieve a high inference efficiency that can be used in real-time applications.

A study on Labour Welfare Measures with a special reference to Manufacturing Sector in post COVID-19 Pandemic Era

Labour welfare schemes provide workers a better working conditions with improved physical, mental health, safe working atmosphere, accommodations, medical care, schooling, recreational facilities for employee family. The welfare programs adopted by the organization and the working conditions plays a major role in engaging the employees to the work. In India, COVID pandemic has left the repercussions to all ages and economic status of the people. Even after a year, the employees are struggling to cope up with the after effects of pandemic, be it with physical, mental and professional. The present research aims to analyse the labour welfare schemes in the manufacturing sector. The study tries to collate the satisfaction level of the workforce especially operators with regard to the labour welfare facilities provided by the organization. The study intends to highlight the gaps that has created in the COVID-19 Pandemic situation with reference to the facilities under Labour welfare schemes.

Implementing Dohsa-hou in a way of Welfare Facilities for Disabled Individuals

Implementing Dohsa-hou in a way of Welfare Facilities for Disabled Individuals

An Attractive Workplace Envisioned by the Staff of Community-Based Welfare Facilities for Older Adults-Initiatives for Worker Retention

An Attractive Workplace Envisioned by the Staff of Community-Based Welfare Facilities for Older Adults-Initiatives for Worker Retention

Development of a Workplace Management Index Designed to Retain Human Resources in Community-based Welfare Facilities for Older Adults

Development of a Workplace Management Index Designed to Retain Human Resources in Community-based Welfare Facilities for Older Adults

Efforts Considered by Facility Managers to Attract and Retain Human Resources at Community-based Welfare Facilities for Older Adults

Efforts Considered by Facility Managers to Attract and Retain Human Resources at Community-based Welfare Facilities for Older Adults

A Case Study Research on Participation of Learning Organizations for Person-Centered Practices by Workers in Welfare Facilities for the Disabled

본 연구는 ‘사람중심(Person-Centered)’패러다임 내재화 및 실천에의 적용을 지원하는 학습조직에 참여한 장애인복지시설 종사자의 경험을 탐구하고자 수행되었다. 연구문제인 ‘장애인복지시설 종사자의 사람중심실천 학습조직 참여 경험은 어떠한가?’에 대한 답을 구하기 위해, 본 연구자는 사례연구를 실시하고 참여관찰, 직접관찰, FGI(Focus Group Interview), 심층면담에서 수집된 자료들을 분석하였다. 그 결과, 사람중심실천 학습조직이 갖는 의의와 구성원들의 참여 속에서 나타난 특성을 다음과 같이 파악할 수 있었다. 첫째, 사람중심실천 학습조직을 구축하는 목적. 둘째, 사람중심실천 학습조직 운영에 필요한 조건. 셋째, 사람중심실천 학습조직의 활동 내용. 넷째, 사람중심실천 학습조직의 효과. 다섯째, 사람중심실천 학습조직 구성원들의 융합. 이러한 분석 결과를 바탕으로 사람중심실천 학습조직 구축의 이론적 기틀을 마련하고 장애인복지시설 종사자들이 현장에서 이를 활용하기 위한 실천적 함의를 이끌어냈다.

그린리모델링 사례분석을 통한 노후 소규모 건축물의 에너지효율 개선 및 설계기법

Design guidelines for the Green remodeling project were already been operated by organizations and associations. However, it is difficult to actually apply these design guidelines, if the purpose of the project is to convert old buildings into zero-energy buildings. In this study, the process, design method, and precautions for the Green remodeling project were analyzed and arranged based on the zero energy conversion project by Seoul, which was carried out for two welfare facilities of senior citizens in Seoul.

Research on Indian Architecture Safety Management Mode

There are about 8.5 million workers employed in the construction activities in India. The construction workers constitute a major portion of the unorganized labour and characterized by their casual nature of employment, temporary relationship with the employer, prolonged and uncertain working hours, lack of safety and health measures, and inadequacy of basic amenities and welfare facilities. There are many legislation providing safeguards for the contract workers in India. The construction safety has been made legally enforceable after the enactment of The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 and Central Rules 1998. This paper details on various statutory provisions for construction safety in India with specific reference to the BOCW Act, Central Rules and State Rules.

Accessibility of welfare facilities for elderly people in Daejeon, South Korea considering public transportation accessibility

With the spread of an aging society, the mobility constrained seniors' need for public transportation is increasing. This paper investigates accessibility to welfare facilities for elderly people, that is, whether elderly people can easily access the welfare facilities that they frequently visit. We consider welfare facilities including residential welfare institutions, medical and welfare institutions, leisure and welfare institutions, and commuting-system welfare facilities. We verify spatial distribution of welfare facilities and relationship to the unequal development of urban or public transportation networks. Inequality of accessibility was found between the urban and suburban areas of the study area. This paper identified the spatial inequity of facilities for elderly people by measuring spatial accessibility considering public transportation accessibility and walking time to the facilities. This paper suggested that improving public transportation accessibility would increase the spatial equity of welfare services for elderly people.

Flood Risk Analysis by Building Use in Urban Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

In this study, focusing on buildings as the smallest unit of urban space, the distribution characteristics of risk factors were examined by building use as an adaptable measure for urban flooding disasters. Flood risk is calculated as a function of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability. The flood risk for a building was classified into five classes, and the distribution characteristics of buildings were examined according to England’s flood risk vulnerability classification system, known as Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS25). After analyzing the risk of flooding in Ulsan Metropolitan City, one of Korea’s representative urban areas, it was found that while Dong-gu District can be considered relatively safe, districts of Jung-gu and Nam-gu, as well as Ulju-gun, have highly vulnerable buildings with red and orange ratings, which include motor vehicles-related facilities, education and welfare facilities, and residential facilities. There has been evidence to prove that urban flood disaster affects topography and the environment, in addition to having a significant effect on adaptability depending on the facility groups that resulted from urbanization. This study is expected to serve as a scientific database for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation to floods during land-use planning, which would eventually allow for systematic management of high-risk buildings through verification of location suitability of buildings by facility group.

Stunting, double orphanhood and unequal access to public services in democratic South Africa

Orphans who lack household or community support face significant socio-economic disadvantages. In particular, they are at greater risk of malnutrition and stunting in developing countries. Children who have no living parents, also called double orphans, are most likely to require support from extended families or public institutions. This paper explores how WASH infrastructure, and public health and social services relate to stunting. It is one of the first studies to analyse these factors with a specific focus on double orphans, who tend to live in under-serviced areas with high stunting rates and poor access to public resources. We collate a cross sectional spatial dataset with local child stunting rates from 2013, rates of double orphanhood, private household resources, and public services from 2011 for South Africa, a country where the HIV/AIDS pandemic has led to high rates of double orphanhood. We estimate spatial econometric models that account for unobserved regional shocks and measurement bias, but which do not address other biases. Our results show that high stunting rates, particularly in areas with high proportions of double orphans, overlap strongly with poor provision of WASH and the availability of household resources. By contrast, other softer services accessed outside the home, such as access to health, social welfare and early childhood development facilities are not correlated with stunting in the same way. WASH is more strongly related to reduced stunting when infrastructure covers larger geographic areas and with the combined use of services from adjacent areas. This occurs because of economies of scale in provision and preventing transmission of disease across regions. Policy makers can explore the option to reduce stunting by expanding geographic networks of WASH service delivery into under-serviced areas where double orphans tend to locate.

Impact of Welfare Facilities on Job Satisfaction of the Non- Executive Employees of XYZ Company in Sri Lanka

Kelaniya Journal of Human Resource Management is the journal of the Department of Human Resource Management, University of Kelaniya. The objective of this journal is to disseminate knowledge of research as conducted by the academic scientists and practitioners in the field of HRM. The journal contains research and review papers.

신한옥형 사회복지시설 유형모델 개발을 위한 이론적 전제

Purpose: It was recognized that the method of combining New Han-ok style public buildings according to each type of user or function of various social welfare facilities and the theoretical arrangement of each type as a result was necessary. This study intends to present the theoretical basis for presenting various types, functions, and combination models of New Han-ok style social welfare facilities as New Han-ok style public buildings according to the types of existing social welfare facilities. Method: In order to develop a specific type model for New Han-ok style social welfare facilities, the problems and limitations of previous studies were reviewed, and the types of social welfare facilities presented in the previous study and the criteria for application and combination of New Han-ok style social welfare facilities were first presented. Result: This study is a study to develop a model of the type of New Han-ok style welfare facility that combines the concept of New Han-ok style building that aims to apply modern architectural technology or construction method that can cope with modern needs while inheriting various social welfare facilities and Han-ok

A systematic literature review on the socio-economic roles of waqf: evidence from organization of the Islamic cooperation (OIC) countries

PurposeThis paper aims to analyze the role of waqf in the socio-economic development of the organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries. Various projects currently use waqf as an instrument for socio-economic development, as reported in the scholarly literature. This study will investigate this literature to explore trends in waqf studies and the role of this Islamic form of endowment in the socio-economic development of OIC countries.Design/methodology/approachThis systematic literature review focuses on peer-reviewed journals and data obtained from the Mendeley database using specific criteria to analyze the socio-economic developmental role of waqf in OIC countries from 2011‐2020.FindingsThe socio-economic developmental role of waqf in OIC countries has been widely studied. In total, 68 academic articles were found that are relevant to themes of poverty alleviation, social welfare, entrepreneurship, education, health services and religious facilities. They reveal that the role of waqf in social welfare was the most discussed topic in the research. In addition, the majority of studies used an interview method to study waqf institutions in nine OIC countries. Furthermore, the number of publications on the theme has increased significantly every year, although the largest proportion occurred in unindexed journals.Practical implicationsThis study provides an overview of research trends in the socio-economic developmental role of waqf. Its results can provide practical input for waqf institutions as they encourage its practice in OIC countries, and for policymakers in formulating their management strategies to promote the role of waqf in the social and economic aspects of society.Originality/valueThis paper reviews the current development of the socio-economic role of waqf in OIC countries. It will help researchers improve their understanding of this role. It will also provide waqf managers in OIC countries with adequate information on waqf projects which they can implement to achieve socio-economic development in their countries.

Social Welfare Workers' Experience on Bullying at Workplace in Social Welfare Facilities: Focusing on Concept Mapping Methods

목적 사회복지시설의 사회복지종사자들이 인식하는 직장 내 괴롭힘에 따른 어려움과 직장 내 괴롭힘 극복요인을 “개념도 연구법”을 중심으로 하여 연구하였으며 사회복지종사자들이 직장 내 괴롭힘을 경험했을 때 겪는 어려움과 직장 내 괴롭힘의 어려움을 극복하는 요인이 무엇인지 알아보았다. 방법 최근 5년 이내에 직장 내 괴롭힘의 경험이 있었던 사회복지종사자들 10명을 대상으로 개별 면접을 실시하였고, 어려움 관련 핵심 문장 79개, 극복요인 관련 핵심문장 62개를 도출하였다. 이어서 사회복지시설 직장 내 괴롭힘에 따른 어려움에 대한 공감 수준, 사회복지시설 직장 내 괴롭힘에 대한 극복요인 중요도 수준의 분석을 진행하였고, 이러한 자료를 바탕으로 ‘다차원 척도법’과 ‘위계적 군집분석’을 실시하였다. 결과 어려움은 2차원의 범주 8개로 분류되었으며, 극복요인은 2차원의 범주 6개로 분류되었다. 분석 결과 사회복지시설의 직장 내 괴롭힘에 따른 어려움에 대한 범주는 ‘사회복지시설 및 공공기관에 대한 신뢰도 하락’, ‘세상과 사회복지시설에 대한 냉소적 시각변화’, ‘심리적인 고통과 부정적인 정서’, ‘고립 및 배척’, ‘관리자&#8901;동료들의 관계적 괴롭힘’, ‘정신&#8901;신체상 문제 증상과 일상생활의 어려움’, ‘고의적, 교묘한 괴롭힘’, ‘업무상 불이익처분’의 순서로 분류되었다. 사회복지시설 직장 내 괴롭힘 극복요인의 범주는 ‘인간관계를 통한 지지’, ‘사회적 제도를 통한 주도적인 대처’, ‘사회복지 관련 업무에서의 탈피’, ‘사회복지업무를 지속하기 위한 개인적 노력’, ‘심리적 안정을 위한 재충전 및 자기 계발’, ‘나를 보호하기 위한 일시적 자기방어’의 순서로 분류되었다. 결론 본 연구는 사회복지종사자들의 직장 내 괴롭힘에 따른 어려움과 극복요인을 실제 경험을 토대로 공통적인 요인을 도출해 내고 요인들을 심리적&#8901;사회적 구조 차원에서 구조화하고 이를 검증하였다는 의의가 있다.