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to Special HC Topics for Frail Elders |
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| LINKS
to Information on Restraint-Free Care |
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| Avoiding
Restraints In Patients with Dementia |
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Valerie
T. Cotter, MSN, CRNP and Lois K. Evans, DNSc, RN,
FAAN. In Try this! Best Practices in Nursing
Care for Hospitalized Older Adults. Volume
1, Number 2, Summer 2003. Hartford Institute for
Geriatric Nursing, NYU.
for PDF version, click
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| First
Researchers on Individualized Restraint_Free Care
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Two
Penn Nursing researchers, Drs. Neville Strumpf and
Lois Evans, developed a new model of individualized
care for frail elders with their pathbreaking work
on the elimination of physical restraints in nursing
homes and hospitals. More
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http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/centers/hcgne/restraints.htm |
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| Advanced
Practice Nursing Interventions |
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Dr.
Eileen Sullivan-Marx at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing has studied outcomes of care
for frail older adults with a focus on reduction
and elimination of physical restraints. More
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http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/centers/hcgne/APN.htm |
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| AMSN
Official Position Statement On: Restraint Free |
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"AMSN
supports a restraint free environment. Healthcare
organizations must be actively working toward a
restraint free environment. AMSN recognizes physical
and chemical restraints as potentially dangerous.
Restraints result in poor patient outcomes, and
are detrimental to the overall quality of patient
care." More
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http://www.medsurgnurse.org/position/restrain.htm |
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| National
Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR) |
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FACT
SHEETS: Restraint Use. What are the Outcomes? Current
Laws and Regulations. Strategies for Restraint Reduction....More
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http://www.nccnhr.org/public/50_156_451.cfm |
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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CMS
provides a data base to compare nursing homes nationally |
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http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/home.asp |
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| ANA
Prospective Payment System for Long Term Care |
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The
purpose of this independent study module (ISM) is
to assist nurses in gaining new knowledge to be
able to explain the new prospective payment system
for long term care, the implications for nurses
and residents, and their responsibilities in the
process. |
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http://www.nursingworld.org/mods/archive/mod90/ltcfull.htm |
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| LINKS
to Information on Alzheimer's Disease |
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| The
National Institute on Aging's Alzheimer's Disease
Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center
has
updated its website to include publications with
information about memantine (Namenda), the newest
medication available to treat AD. |
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AD Treatment
http://www.alzheimers.org/treatment.htm
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*AD
Medications Fact Sheet
http://www.alzheimers.org/pubs/medications.htm
also in Spanish: http://www.alzheimers.org/pubs/medications-spanish.htm |
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*Alzheimer's
Disease: Unraveling the Mystery
http://www.alzheimers.org/unraveling/11.htm |
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You
can view and order any of ADEAR's publications
online at http://www.alzheimers.org/eshop/
or
call ADEAR toll-free at 1-800-438-4380 |
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| Alzheimer's
Disease Center (ADC) at the University of Pennsylvania |
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http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/ADC/ |
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| LINKS
to Online Modules to Improve
Nursing Home Care |
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 Our Hartford
CGNE's newest educational
resource, Restraint-Free
Care in Nursing Homes is
a self-paced online training module that
translates findings from two decades of
research on the elimination of restraints
by Penn-Nursing faculty. The Restraint-Free
Care in Nursing Homes is
available to you at no charge. We
only ask for your name and email address
prior to accessing and your feedback after
completion of the module. |
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A
new website by
the Anna and Harry Borun Center for Gerontological Research is
promoting the adoption of behavioral interventions
to improve daily care and quality of life in nursing
homes. The new Mobility
Decline Prevention module, one of six
online modules,
designed to help nursing home residents maintain
function in Activities of Daily Living (ADL). All
are available free of charge. |
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The
free online photographic essay, Restraint
Free Care and the Environment: Scenes from a
Swedish Nursing Home, describes
design and practice elements which support individualized,
restraint free care in an exemplary long-term
care facility in Gothenburg, Sweden. The
materials are useful to administrators,
staff, advocates, and consultants in long-term
care and to students of design, gerontology,
and the health professions. |
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| LINKS
to Email-Research Reports by subscription |
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| Current
Awareness in Aging Research (CAAR) Report |
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CAAR
(Current Awareness in Aging Research) is a weekly
email report
produced by the Center for Demography
of Health and Aging at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
that helps researchers keep up to date
with the latest developments in the field. For
more information,
including an archive of back issues and subscription
information, see:
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/caar.html
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| Harry
Moody's e-newsletters on aging |
Harry
R. Moody is Director of the Institute
for Human Values in Aging, affiliated with the International
Longevity Center-USA in New York City. He is known
nationally for his work in older adult education
and is currently Chairman of the Board of Elderhostel.
He has also been active in the field of biomedical
ethics and holds appointment as an Adjunct Associate
of the Hastings Center.
He currently edits three e-newsletters on aging.
There is no charge for subscription to any of the
e-newsletters. |
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The Soul of Bioethics
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Human Values in Aging
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Teaching Gerontology
http://www.hrmoody.com/newsletters.html |
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| Linking
Oral Health and General Health: Issues of the Older
Patient |
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Yolanda
A. Slaughter, DDS, MPH, Assistant Professor
of Dental Care Systems, School of Dental Medicine,
and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing, School
of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
PA
This oral
health care module addresses the need
to raise awareness of the relationship between oral
health conditions and overall health status.
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| GeroTips
on Eldercare after
Hurricane Katrina |
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With
the support from the American Association of
Colleges of Nursing, The John A. Hartford Foundation
Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity
Program, and the John A. Hartford Foundation
Institute for Geriatric Nursing, Penn Nursing
developed a mnemonic, ELDER
CARE, to provide tips to family
members, friends, neighbors and other volunteers
who are caring for elderly displaced persons
from the Gulf Coast.
>>> Read ELDER
CARE after Hurricane Katrina |
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http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/centers/hcgne/gero_tips/Resources/elder_care.htm |
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