The reason we need so many extra homes is due to household formation: the elderly are living longer and, increasingly, in their own homes; relationship breakdown has created a big demand for more single-person homes; high levels of net-migration puts pressure on housing supply; we are living through something of a baby boom which increases demand for new family homes.
Discharge destination will be recorded as home, high level residential care, low level residential care, and acute hospital transfer.
The home questionnaire items were "number of children's books in the home," "highest level of education of either parent," and "highest level of occupation of either parent".
Adjusted for maternal age, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identification, English spoken at home, highest level of education, area of residence, and distance travelled to birth.
Maternal age, parity, identification as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, use of English at home, highest level of education, and area of residence were either recorded directly by women or derived from their responses.
For participants living at home, higher levels of interval-need dependency were significantly associated with contact with home-care services in the previous 4 weeks, differences remaining after adjustment for gender (OR 1.92, 95% CI [1.61 to 2.29], critical-interval dependency).
Homes with high levels of house dust mite allergen (Der f 1 + Der p 1 > or = 10 microg/g dust by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) in the bed, bedroom carpet, and/or upholstered furniture were enrolled in the study.
An estimated one in 15 homes has high levels of the gas, and this small program promotes radon testing in homes.
Future studies of efficacy of air filtration could focus on homes with high levels of exposure due to outdoor and/or indoor sources and preferably selected by measurements in the home before the trial.
