传统家居陈设艺术的当代转换——以屏风为例

＂实用为本＂与＂道器相宜＂是中国传统造物思想中与现代设计理念相切合的部分。以传统家居陈设艺术中的屏风为例,阐明屏风的当代转换设计应营造适于当下生活方式之＂用＂,合乎当下思想文化之＂道＂。     

天堂树——美国华裔的移民象征

本文通过对小说《天堂树》主人公陈雨津祖辈的移民经历的探讨，揭示了美国华裔自我身份的变化，首次指出了社会成员具备多重身份的事实，从而在本质上刻画了美国华商及少数族裔融入主流社会的过程。     

道是无情却有情——论曾树生的“逃离”与“回来”

《寒夜》塑造了一个丰满复杂的女性曾树生形象,真切细腻地表现了她与家及家人的复杂情感。对她的先逃离家庭最后又回来,批评界多作道德、文化层面的解读,结论显然是偏颇的,应该看到这里其实隐含着更多的情感心理内容:无奈的“逃离”中蕴含着“回来”的因子,看似无情却有情;急切的回来更彰显其对亲情和真情的依恋和向往。     

无形资产准则之中外比较研究

正值全球经济在高科技的推动下迅猛发展之时，无形资产无论在总量上，还是在其占社会资产比例上奄；在快速、大量的增长。无形资产在现代企业的重要性也显得格外突出。从无形资产的产生背景出发，对无形资产的内涵外延在不同观点、不同权威机构中得到的诠释，对无形资产的确认条件及计量问题，以及对无形资产在报表中的揭示作了中外比较分析和探讨。     

“接姑娘客”与身份的转换——对特纳“仪式过程”理论的反思

通过对湖北农村“接姑娘客”仪式的描述和分析，反思英国人类学家维克多·特纳的仪式过程理论。笔者认为特纳的观点偏重人们在仪式过程中地位的变化，较少关注其中身份角色的转换。笔者在湖北农村观察到的“接姑娘客”仪式中，仪式的主体——出嫁的姑娘经历了身份和角色的转换：从媳妇到姑娘，从主人到客人。因为人们在日常生活中的身份角色并不是固定的，所以仪式过程中的交融状态的获得不一定以反结构的形式出现，而可能是将日常结构的某些方面放大或强调，以区别于日常生活，达到净化结构的目的。     

中西方代际情感回报模式比较研究

中西方代际情感回报模式的差异主要体现为：当代中国是一种家庭亲情回馈模式，它是以家庭内部子女对父母的“反哺式”式物质赡养和以家庭亲情慰藉为核心的多样化的精神赡养为主要特点。西方发达国家是一种“有距离的亲密”模式，从物质层面看，它通过社会养老保障制度以社会财富的代际转移形式得到间接体现；从精神层面看，它立足于社区照料与居家养老服务，以专门养老机构的精神慰藉为辅助，以子女对父母的日常照料与情感支持为倡导性伦理责任。随着我国社会养老保障制度的完善和居家养老的发展，中国模式将与西方模式趋同。     

Queering the Home

Abstract

In the West, the private sphere of the home is traditionally associated with the heterosexual nuclear family. Through social, cultural, and legal processes, the heterosexual bond has been constructed as central to the family home. Despite these dominant discourses, the home is also a space in which heteronormativity (or the unacknowledged assumption that heterosexuality is the natural and normal form of sexuality) may be subverted. This article considers how the domestic lives of lesbian and gay couples in England challenge the heteronormativity prevalent in dominant discourses of the home. Drawing on in-depth interviews with lesbians and gay men, the article continues to extend and build on the existing literature on queer domesticity by focusing on how lesbian and gay couples divide and understand domestic labor in their homes. The perceived normativity of coupled domesticity and childrearing means that on the one hand the lesbian and gay participants in this study could be seen to fit in with normative ideals of domestic family life. On the other hand, I show how these couples subvert heteronormative assumptions about gendered household practices through their approaches and attitudes towards domestic labor and parenting. In particular, the article focuses on the complex ways in which lesbian and gay couples destabilize traditional domestic gender roles and queer the spaces of the home through the seemingly unremarkable, mundane practices and negotiations of domestic labor and childcare.     

Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement Rates for Nursing Homes Motivate Select Culture Change Practices But Not Comprehensive Culture Change

Components of nursing home (NH) culture change include resident-centeredness, empowerment, and home likeness, but practices reflective of these components may be found in both traditional and “culture change” NHs. We use mixed methods to examine the presence of culture change practices in the context of an NH’s payer sources. Qualitative data show how higher pay from Medicare versus Medicaid influences implementation of select culture change practices, and quantitative data show NHs with higher proportions of Medicare residents have significantly higher (measured) environmental culture change implementation. Findings indicate that heightened coordination of Medicare and Medicaid could influence NH implementation of reform practices.     

Does Nursing Home Ownership Change Affect Family Ratings on Experience with Care?

Person-centeredness may suffer in nursing homes (NHs) with recent ownership changes. This study identifies associations between ownership change and reported care experiences, important measures of person-centered care for long-term residents in Maryland NHs. Care experience measures and ownership change data were collected from Maryland Health Care Commission reports, which reported data on 220 Maryland NHs from 2011 and 2012. Facility and market covariates were obtained from 2011 NH Compare and Area Health Resource Files. Linear regression was used to examine whether ownership change in 2011 was associated with lower care experience ratings reported during April to June 2012. Dependent variables were overall care rating (scale 1–10), percentage of respondents answering that they would recommend the NH, and assessments of five care and resident life domains (scale 1–4). Care experiences reported in 2012 were high; however, after controlling for covariates, ownership change was associated with significant decreases in 6 out of 7 measures, including a 0.39-point decrease in overall care rating (p = .001). NH managers and policy makers should consider strategies to improve patient-centeredness after ownership change.     

Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services: How Consumer Access Is Restricted by State Policies

State Medicaid programs have expanded home and community-based services (HCBS). This article compares trends and variations in state policies for Medicaid HCBS programs in 2005 and 2010. State limitations on financial eligibility criteria and service benefits have remained stable. Although the use of consumer direction, independent providers, and family care providers has increased, some states do not have these options. The increased adoption of state cost control policies have led to large increases in persons on waiver wait lists. Access could be improved by standardizing and liberalizing state HCBS policies, but state fiscal concerns are barriers to rebalancing between HCBS and institutional services.