Each of the three shortlisted practices-from Bristol, Cambridgeshire, and Nottingham-identified a particular clinical need in their patient population and went out of their way to make a difference ...by, respectively, improving access to primary care for young people in temporary hostel accommodation, managing alcoholism in rural areas, and providing additional mental health services for university students. When a patient who had run a detoxification programme elsewhere mentioned this in a consultation, it triggered a partnership...
O turismo Backpacker é um fenómeno recente que tem crescido consideravelmente nos últimos anos a nível internacional. Desse modo, é importante perceber como se tem desenvolvido o fenómeno no nosso ...país. O objetivo deste trabalho foi identificar o perfil do backpacker que visita Portugal, bem como as suas motivações, os seus comportamentos e padrões de consumo. Nesse sentido, desenvolvemos um estudo exploratório, através da aplicação de 250 questionários nos hostels da cidade de Lisboa. Os resultados obtidos indicam-nos que os mochileiros que visitam Portugal são: jovens, viajam de forma independente, preferem consumir produtos locais, enfatizam o encontro com outras pessoas e procuram conhecer de um modo profundo os costumes e modos de vida de cada lugar que visitam.
Unlike many of their North African and West African compatriots who reunified with family and settled in France in the 1970s and 80s, the decision of migrant worker hostel residents not to return ...definitively to places of origin at retirement is puzzling. Firstly, it calls into question the assumptions of the ‘myth of return’ literature, which explains non-return on the basis of family localisation. In the case of ‘geographically-single’ hostel residents, however, the grounds for non-return cannot be family localisation, since the men’s families remain in places of origin. Secondly, older hostel residents also remain unmoved by the financial incentives of a return homewards, where their French state pensions would have far greater purchasing power. Instead of definitive return, the overwhelming preference of hostel residents is for back-and-forth migration, between the hostel in France and communities of origin. The aim of this dissertation is to resolve this puzzle, by asking: What explains the hostel residents’ preference for back-and-forth mobility over definitive return at retirement? In order to make sense of these mobility decisions, several theories of migration are presented and evaluated against qualitative data from a multi-sited research design incorporating ethnography, life story and semi-structured interviews, and archive material. This fieldwork was carried out across France, Morocco and Senegal. Although no one theory adequately accounts for all the phenomena observed, the added value of each theory becomes most apparent when levels of analysis are kept distinct: at the household level as regards remittances; at the kinship/village level as regards re-integration in the home context; at the meso-level of ethnic communities in terms of migrants’ transnational ties; and at the macro-level of social systems concerning inclusion in healthcare and administrative organisations. Widening the focus beyond the puzzle/dilemma of late-in-life mobility, the thesis concludes by questioning what ‘home’ can mean for the retired hostel residents. An innovative way of theorising home – building on conventional conceptions of home based on territory and community – is outlined, arguing that to be ‘at home’ can also mean to be ‘included’ in different ‘social systems’. With this argument the thesis aims to contribute to broader debates on what it means for immigrants to belong and achieve inclusion in society.
Aims: The aim of this study was to determine whether injecting drug users (IDUs) living in hostels for the homeless were more likely to engage in blood-borne virus associated injecting risk behaviour ...than those living elsewhere.
Design: Four-hundred-and-fifty-three IDUs who had commenced injecting post-1995 were recruited from community settings in Glasgow and interviewed during 2001-02 using a structured questionnaire (quantitative component). Respondents who had commenced injecting post-1998 were also invited to participate in an in-depth interview to explore contextual factors that influence injecting risk behaviour (qualitative component).
Results: Individuals interviewed during the qualitative component of the study reported witnessing prolific sharing of needles and syringes (n s) in hostels. Multi-factorial logistic regression found that hostel residence was independently associated with injecting with a n s previously used by a friend, acquaintance or family member (OR 1.58, 95% CI 1.01-2.49), passing on used n s (OR 1.70, 95% CI 1.08-2.69), borrowing used n s in a 'shooting gallery' (OR 2.23, 95% CI 1.04-4.77), borrowing used n s from multiple sharing partners (OR 2.33, 95% CI 1.17-4.64) and sharing spoons during drug preparation (OR 1.68, 95% CI 1.03-2.73) in the 6 months prior to interview.
Conclusions: The hostel environment appears to be conducive to high-risk injecting behaviour.
Residents from high level (nursing homes) and low-level care facilities (hostel) being served the three common diet texture modifications (full diet, soft-minced diet and pureed diet) were assessed. ...Individual plate waste was estimated at three meals on one day. Fifty-six males and 156 females, mean age 82.9+/-9.5 (SD) years, of which 139 lived in nursing homes (NH) and 76 in hostels (H) were included. Mean total energy served from meals was 5.3 MJ/day, 5.1 to 5.6 MJ/day, 95% confidence intervals (CI), in NH which was less than in H, 5.9 MJ/day (CI 5.6 to 6.2 MJ/day) (P=0.007). Protein and calcium intakes were lower in NH, 44.5g (CI 41.5 to 47.5g), 359.0mg (CI 333.2 to 384.8mg), versus 50.5g (CI 46.6 to 54.3g), 480.5mg (CI 444.3 to 516.7mg) in H (P=0.017, P<0.001 respectively). There was no difference in nutrient/energy ratios, except for protein/energy, which was higher in NH 11.7 (CI 11.3 to 12.2) than in H 9.8 (CI 9.4 to 10.3) (P<0.001). Ability to self-feed had no significant effect on nutrient intakes in NH. The self fed group (N=63) had the following nutrient intakes: energy 4.0 MJ (CI 3.6 to 4.3 MJ), protein 44.6g (CI 40.3 to 48.9g), calcium 356.9mg (CI 316.3 to 397.4mg), fibre 14.9g (CI 13.2 to 16.5g). The assisted group (N=64) had the following nutrient intakes: energy 3.9MJ (CI 3.6 to 4.2MJ), protein 46.0g (CI 40.7 to 49.6), calcium 361.9mg (CI 327.8 to 396.1mg), fibre 14.9g (CI 13.2 to 16.1g). Of NH classified as eating impaired, 36% received no assistance with feeding and had lower intakes of protein 37.8g (CI 33.0 to 42.1g) compared to those receiving some assistance 46.1g (CI 41.3 to 50.9g) (P=0.026). Reduced energy intake accounted for the differences in nutrient intakes between nursing homes and hostels, except for protein. Strategies to effectively monitor nutrient intakes and to identify those with eating impairment are required in order to ensure adequate nutrition of residents in nursing homes and hostels.
The Life of Hans van Marle Boesen, Constant
The Conradian : the journal of the Joseph Conrad Society (U.K),
10/2005, Volume:
30, Issue:
2
Journal Article
A night among barrels Haynes, Suyin
Time (Chicago, Ill.),
09/2019, Volume:
194, Issue:
8/9
Magazine Article
Haynes focuses on the House of Sandeman in Porto Portugal. The hostel allows visitors to discover over two centuries' worth of history and portmaking. Guests can tour the cellar, stay in private ...suites overlooking idyllic Porto or room with up to 14 others in spacious dorms.
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