Discourses of blame: deconstructing (hetero)sexuality, peer sexual violence and residential children's homes

Little research exists on sexuality and residential care, even less that position gender inequality as a central analytical component. This paper, based on a wider research project that focused on children’s and young people’s experiences of peer violence within residential care, seeks to help redress this disparity. The main aim of this paper is to explore how (hetero)sexuality, discourses of blame and male peer sexual violence are constructed and interrelated in residential child care. Young people’s and staff’s conceptualizations, evaluations and experiences are compared and contrasted to illuminate the range of discourses surrounding sexuality and sexual violence operating within residential settings. Findings relating to female culpability for male violence, normative male violence, female duplicity and challenges to traditional gender roles will be presented, and contextualized, in relation to previous studies. In addition, some broader implications of the research findings for residential practice are explored.     

当代灾疫防治的目标任务

当代灾疫防治必须以频频爆发、首尾相连的灾疫状态为逻辑起点,以反思批判面对灾疫的自然主义立场和扬弃灾疫防治的被动应急模式为前提,确立为＂消解灾疫而学习、为恢复生境而节制、为生态安全而行动＂的实践理性姿态,构建＂在全球框架下重建生境、在国际平台上重建生态家园、在全球视域中创建生态文明＂的三级目标体系,以重建生境主义价值导向体系、共在互存的整体存在方式和共生互生的动态生存方法为基本任务。     

Implementation of Child Rights in the Children's Homes in Malaysia

The objective of this study was to examine the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in the Children Homes under the Social Welfare Department (SWD) in Malaysia. Data was collected from 402 registered children who were staying in six Children Homes across the country. This study employed self‐report surveys where multiple data collection methods, such as face‐to‐face structured interviews, key informant interviews (KIIs), and documentation survey, were used. The study found that the SWD failed to comply with most of the commitments of CRC in Children Homes at its implementation level, and it is still needs based. The findings of this study present important guidelines for government and policy makers in improving child welfare services in the Children Homes in Malaysia.     

当前城市民办养老服务机构发展中的问题及相关政策分析

目前我国城市养老服务机构的运营发展当中存在的主要问题一方面是当前养老机构数量还远远不能满足未来需求,另一方面是现有养老服务资源未能充分发挥其作用.问题的深层原因在于养老服务机构在服务能力和服务质量方面存在不足,并由此而导致低价格—低质量—低入住率的恶性循环.本文认为,各级政府和公众应该进一步重视民办养老服务机构的建设,坚持数量与质量并重的原则,通过政府和社会的支持而形成“质量提升—入住意愿加强—养老服务机构数量增加和经营状况改善—服务质量进一步提升”的良性循环.     

A Further Opinion on Reimagining Nursing Homes

A commentary of the article discussing the possible reimagining of long-term care (LTC) is provided. The reimagining article examines how to diminish the role of nursing homes in the LTC system. The text is provocative. It is also thought-provoking. In this commentary I provide a further opinion that we could do better within the current system using the current resources.     

The Nursing Home Compare Report Card: Consumers' Use and Understanding

The Nursing Home Compare report card provides information on the World Wide Web about quality measures for almost every nursing home in the United States. In this research, we first examined whether consumers were using Nursing Home Compare. Second, we examined whether consumers could accurately interpret the quality information given in Nursing Home Compare. Data were collected from 4754 family members of nursing home residents. A comprehension index was used to examine whether the information contained in Nursing Home Compare for each quality measure was understood by family members. We found that 31% of these consumers used the Internet in choosing a nursing home, and 12% recalled using Nursing Home Compare. We also found that, in general, the comprehension index scores were high, indicating good understanding. Simply having the Nursing Home Compare report card available does not mean that it will be used, nor does it mean that it can influence consumers in any meaningful way. The findings show that consumers understand Nursing Home Compare information, and approximately 12% currently access the Web site.     

A Medicare Adult Day Care Model

The study on which this article is based addressed the issue of the proportion of adult day care centers (ADCs) existing in 1986 that would qualify for Medicare funding under the 1989 U.S. Senate Medicare Adult Day Care Amendments. It also estimated the impact of the criteria on two policy-relevant subgroups of ADCs-that is, Alzheimer's vs. non-Alzheimer's and rural vs. urban-using data from a 1986 national census survey of ADCs. The five proposed Medicare criteria and the percentage of ADCs meeting hem were: services to be provided directly, 14.6%; multidisciplinary team, 20%; services to be provided directly or indirectly, 16%; program activities, 42%; and other, 53%. Only 3% met all five criteria while 13% met four out of five. Alzheimer's centers met the criteria more often than non-Alzheimer's centers, while urban centers qualified more often than rural centers. Based on the findings. implications for Medicare funding policy are discussed.     

Transformative Homes

ABSTRACT

In the era of global workflows and massive migrations, it has been suggested that the notion of home is breaking free from its material aspects to become a set of exportable routines and practices. On the other hand, it is argued that the materiality of spaces and objects can support migrants' well-being in the new destination. Drawing on the ethnography of a Moroccan household in Rome, Italy, we illustrate how actions pertinent to the material home can favor identity development and the exercise of agency. First, we discuss squatting as a collective action of appropriation and transformation, which led to the identification with a transnational, intercultural category of migrant. Second, we illustrate the activities of furnishing as the locus of syncretic and reflexive processes, in which elements of the host country and themes from the migratory experience are mixed and reinterpreted in novel ways. Our analysis supports the view that the materiality of the home and the actions it affords play a major role in the socio-psychological adjustment of migrants and—on a wider scale—in processes of cultural dynamism and renovation.     

Demographic Characteristics

This article aims to describe the characteristics of and design elements in gardens/patios at 87 residential living homes for older people and to describe and compare residents’ and staff members’ perceptions of outdoor spaces. The aim was also to investigate factors related to residents' satisfaction with and stays in the garden/patio. The result showed that many gardens/patios had several recommended design elements and, at the same time, obvious deficiencies. The residents (n = 415) valued various aspects of the garden/patio more highly than did the staff (n = 667). Managers responsible for residential living homes for elderly people should take measures to ameliorate deficiencies and deficient elements in design and accessibility that are lacking so that the garden/patio can be used as an important health promotion resource in the care of elderly people. Residents and staff are important actors in such development work.     

离土不离乡农民工的基本状况研究——基于2010年全国人口普查数据的分析

论文尝试从科学、合理、具有可操作性的角度对“离土不离乡农民工”的概念进行界定,并利用第六次全国人口普查1％。原始数据对离土不离乡农民工的基本状况进行了详细分析。研究结果显示：2010年中国有10539万离土不离乡农民工,占农民工总量的52．69％;平均年龄为38．01岁;男性多于女性,性别比为163;82．58％已婚;96．38％是汉族人口;人均受教育年限为8．96年;职业和行业分布极不均衡;每周平均工作48．05小时;在各省（区、市）的空间分布差异较大。