Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 37, No. 1

• Franklin in Fact and Fiction: The Double Perspective of Leland Baldwin • Jost Hite: From the Neckar to the Shenandoah • The Migration and Settlement of Pennsylvania Germans in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina and Their Effects on the Landscape • Bethesda Evangelical Church in Farmers Mills: Fact and Folklore • The Tourist Bureau Shuns Me!https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/pafolklifemag/1117/thumbnail.jp

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 31, No. 3

• Jamison City • Domestic Architecture in Lancaster County • Conversation with Marguerite de Angeli • Who Put the Turnip on the Grave? • Pennsylfawnisch Deitsch un Pfalzer: Dialect Comparisons Old and New • John Philip Boehm: Pioneer Pennsylvania Pastor • The Search for our German Ancestors • Aldes un Neieshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/pafolklifemag/1095/thumbnail.jp

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 41, No. 1

• Jacob Maentel: A Second Look • The Five-Plate Stove Revisited • The Life and Death of an Appalachian Farm • Henry Harbaugh, Quintessential Dutchman • In Memoriam: William T. Parsons, 1923-1991https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/pafolklifemag/1132/thumbnail.jp

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 35, No. 3

• The First German Broadside and Newspaper Printing of the American Declaration of Independence • An Overview of Flax and Linen Production in Pennsylvania • A Civil War Soldier\u27s Tale • Samuel W. Pennypacker\u27s Translation of the Haslibacher Hymn • An Autobiographical Sketch of Mrs. Sarah Hunter • In Memoriam: Earl F. Robacker, 1904-1985 • Aldes un Neies / Old & Newhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/pafolklifemag/1111/thumbnail.jp

The Method for Assigning Priority Levels (MAPLe): A new decision-support system for allocating home care resources

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Home care plays a vital role in many health care systems, but there is evidence that appropriate targeting strategies must be used to allocate limited home care resources effectively. The aim of the present study was to develop and validate a methodology for prioritizing access to community and facility-based services for home care clients.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Canadian and international data based on the Resident Assessment Instrument – Home Care (RAI-HC) were analyzed to identify predictors for nursing home placement, caregiver distress and for being rated as requiring alternative placement to improve outlook.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The Method for Assigning Priority Levels (MAPLe) algorithm was a strong predictor of all three outcomes in the derivation sample. The algorithm was validated with additional data from five other countries, three other provinces, and an Ontario sample obtained after the use of the RAI-HC was mandated.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The MAPLe algorithm provides a psychometrically sound decision-support tool that may be used to inform choices related to allocation of home care resources and prioritization of clients needing community or facility-based services.</p