Friday, April 15, 2011
The Alzheimer List, Washington University
As Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Washington University, I reluctantly have decided to phase out the Alzheimer List, effective February 1, 2011. I have made this decision based on two factors. First, the use of the list has been steadily declining. In January 2005, there were 1,057 monthly posts to the List, but in May 2010 there only were 175 posts. This declining use possibly reflects the fact that, since the List was originated in 1994, many more resources now are available for families and caregivers of persons affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementing disorders. Indeed, many of the current posts to the List do not address caregiver or related issues. Second, for us to support the List requires resources such as personnel, hardware, and maintenance of archives. Although the List is not a major resource burden, in this period of constrained research funding we must manage any expenditures very carefully. We have notified our funding agency, the National Institute on Aging, of our decision to end the List and they are in agreement.
At end of this message, please find links to other online support groups that may be useful for some of you. The publicly accessible archive of all posts to the List will be maintained after February 1, 2011, (i.e., after the List itself is halted) as the archive has proven valuable for several reasons, including for caregiving research.
Finally, I would like to thank all of you who have made the List a vital initiative for sharing and supporting caregiver interests. I also want to recognize Geri Hall for her tremendous contributions to the List over many years; her caring and insightful comments have been of great help to many people and we very gratefully acknowledge her efforts.
Sincerely,
John C. Morris, MD (morrisj@abraxas.wustl.edu)
Alternative Online Support Groups:
Alzheimer’s Association message boards and chat rooms:
http://www.alz.org/apps/we_can_help/support_groups.aspElderCare Online Forum:
http://eldercare.infopop.cc/6/ubb.xAlzheimer's Care Giver Support Group (started by former members of the ADRC Alzheimer List:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AlzheimerSupport/
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Nursing Shortage Serious For Seniors:"There is a threat to the health of every older adult in the United States and Canada looming on the horizon. It is not a virus or new type of bacteria that is causing this threat. The threat to health is a result of the increasing shortage of nurses in both countries."
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Clinical Nursing Case Studies:
Nursing Home Rehabilitation Stay Proves Terminal. Was Quality of Care Given An Issue?
Lloyd v. County of Du Page, 707 NE.2d 1252 - IL (1999)
Summary: Nursing homes are frequently a patient's destination for rehabilitation following surgery. Common conditions fitting this bill include large bone fractures, hip replacements and stroke. Following these acute episodes, the patients are too unstable to go home and not "sick" enough to have their hospital stays reimbursed by insurance companies. The purpose of admission to a nursing home is to help the patient regain lost function, strength and health. In this case, the patient would remain in the Nursing Home till her death of complications.******************************************************
Elderly Patient Repeatedly Injured In Nursing Home "Accidents." Negligence, Coincidence or Abuse?
Brickey v. Concerned Care of Midwest Ince. 988 S.W. 2d 592 MO (1999)
Summary: As the elderly population continues to increase, more and more families are faced with the decision to place loved ones in nursing homes. When a family member is placed in a facility, a certain standard of care is expected. In this case, a resident was injured repeatedly while under their care. When the patient died a few days after being "dropped" the family sued.******************************************************
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AgingInfoUSA:"Sue Salach-Cutler has worked in the geriatric healthcare field for close to 20 years and is the Author of "Along Comes Grandpa", a caregiving resource guide, and the novel "If I Walked in Her Shoes" (http://www.AlongComesGrandpa.com). As a National Speaker, Sue utilizes her personal and professional experiences to educate and empower professionals on the work/life affects of caregiving. ;As CEO of AgingInfoUSA she partners with companies to evaluate the cost of employee caregiving on their bottom line and implement cost effective solutions. Sue was the 2010 recipient of the YWCA Marguerite Henry Leadership Award for Communications/Technology and the Influential Women in Business Award from the Business Ledger and NAWBO. AgingInfoUSA received the 2010 Excellence in Business Award from the Business Ledger and was nominated for the Chicago Innovation Award."
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National Senior Citizens Law Center:"The National Senior Citizens Law Center advocates nationwide to promote the independence and well-being of low-income elderly individuals, as well as persons with disabilities, with particular emphasis on women and racial and ethnic minorities."
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National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives:"The National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) is committed to providing the highest quality representation and advocacy on behalf of persons who are seeking Social Security and Supplemental Security Income."
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Nursing Homes Quality Assurance (Report to Congress), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services:"In 1996, about 1.6 million people received care in approximately 16,800 nursing homes across the United States. As the largest single payer for this care, the Federal government is responsible for ensuring: (1) that the health and safety of one of the nation's most vulnerable populations are protected; and (2) that expenditures are prudent. Nursing home care has improved compared to the poor conditions dramatized in scandals during the 1950s and 1960s. In spite of this improvement, some experts and the public continue to feel that the typical nursing home is terrible. Ongoing press reports of questionable practices reinforce a widespread negative perception of the quality of nursing home care and underscore the importance of the Federal government's responsibilities."
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California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform :"A non-profit information and advocacy organization for nursing home residents, their families and their friends."
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) 1610 Bush Street | San Francisco, CA 94109 | (800) 474-1116 (Consumers only, please) | (415) 474-5171
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Illinois Council on Long Term Care:"The Illinois Council on Long Term Care is an association of Nursing Home Professionals committed to quality residential healthcare in Illinois through a productive and responsible partnership between the private and public sectors. The Council operates as a resource for creative program development, the opportunity for continuing education and advanced professionalism, and a vehicle for increased public appreciation of the essential services provided by residential long term care programs."
http://www.nursinghome.org/index.htmlAtlanta Nursing Home Fined For Neglecting Resident Care (October 28, 1997):"The Illinois Department of Public Health has fined Bartmann Nursing Home and Sheltered Care Facility $10,000 for not properly assessing the medical conditions of residents or informing physicians of changes in their patients' conditions. The 87- bed intermediate and sheltered care facility is located at 2282 1275th Ave., Atlanta
http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/press97/bartmann.htmMatoon Nursing Home Fined For Resident Death(September 12, 1997):"Odd Fellow-Rebekah Home has been fined $10,000 by the Illinois Department of Public Health for installing unsafe side rails, which resulted in the death of a 77- year-old resident. The 162-bed skilled care facility is located at 201 Lafayette Ave. E. in Mattoon.
http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/press97/odd.htmRockford Nursing Home Fined For Administering Incorrect Medication:"The Illinois Department of Public Health has fined St. Anne Center $10,000 for administering an incorrect prescription to a resident. The 179-bed skilled and intermediate care facility is located at 4405 Highcrest Road, Rockford."
http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/press97/stanne.htmCanton Nursing Home Disciplined For Neglecting Resident Needs:"The Illinois Department of Public Health has fined Renaissance Care Center of Canton $10,000 for failure to properly assess injuries to a 6-year-old resident after she fell from a chair. The 42-bed home for developmentally disabled under 22 years of age facility is located at 1675 E. Ash St."
http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/press97/renais.htmTwo Chicago-Area Nursing Homes Fined:
http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/press97/spauld.htmChampaign Nursing Home Fined For Not Meeting Resident Care Needs:"The Illinois Department of Public Health has fined Care Center of Champaign $10,000 for failure to provide a resident, who died as a result of a blocked airway, with adequate nursing care. The 118-bed skilled care facility is located at 1915 S. Mattis St., Champaign."
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Michigan Nursing Home Resources:
Tendercare:"We appreciate your interest. Tendercare (Michigan) Inc. is a respected provider of long-term health care services. Tendercare offers a broad continuum of care including: skilled nursing services, assisted living centers, medical specialty units and acute and post acute rehabilitation centers. This site will provide an overview of information about Tendercare's history, mission statement, services, locations, employment opportunities and more. We hope that you find the site informative. In addition, this site also provides a number of related links to other sites that you may find helpful."
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Pennsylvania Nursing Home Resources:
Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging:"The mission of the Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging, is to promote the interests of nonprofit organizations that primarily serve the elderly by providing housing, health care, and community services; to enhance our members' ability to provide quality services efficiently and effectively; and to represent our members through cooperative action."
http://www.panpha.org/November 24, 2004: Abuse and Neglect Among the Elderly:"According to CNN on July, 30 2001 Almost one in every three nursing homes in the U.S has been cited for an abuse or violation. There was a report prepared for the representative of California, Henry Waxman. This report found that over a two year period, (January 1, 1999 to January 1, 2001), that all violations had at least the potential to harm nursing home residents. There were over 3,800 abuses that had not been found until an actual complaint was filed."
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Great Britain, United Kingdom
Castlebeck:"Castlebeck is a leading provider of specialist healthcare and rehabilitation services for adults with learning disabilities. Our service users are referred from across the UK predominantly via Social Workers or Psychiatrists. Our main customers include many NHS and Local Authorities. The Castlebeck website provides an insight to our broad range of services and facilities."
Castlebeck
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A Silent Epidemic of Needle Injuries - NYTimes.com
Craig Dilger for The New York Times Medical students appear to be at high risk for needle injuries.
Surgical students are frequently stuck by needles, but many students don’t bother reporting the injuries, a new study found.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University surveyed 699 recent medical school graduates who had trained to become surgeons at 17 medical centers in the United States. The survey found that 59 percent had been stuck by a needle at some point during medical school, according to the study, in the December issue of Academic Medicine.
Inadvertent needle sticks are a concern to both doctor and patient. A health care worker accidentally pierced by a needle is at risk for contracting hepatitis C or H.I.V. or developing an infection. And if the health care worker already has a blood borne illness, a needle stick injury could expose patients to a droplet of infected blood.
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Employee loyalty gone down the toilet: What’s the scoop? « theworkingcaregiver
Yesterday I came across an article from ABC News titled “Economic Recovery:Employee Loyalty at Low; Many May Look For New Jobs.” I was intrigued by the statistics in this article taken from a recent survey by MetLife that said one-third (36%) of employees survey said they would jump ship if given the chance or if something came better came along. Here is the article http://abcn.ws/ibCxaD.
What did I do with this new-found statistical information? I posted it on my Facebook wall. To my surprise I immediately started gaining a deluge of comments from both former corporate employees and employers as well. Here are a few of the comments:
- Employee loyalty has decreased as a direct response and corollary to the decrease in employer loyalty. Employers no longer honor, respect or encourage their employees
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Brainteasers, Medical Puzzles & Healthcare Quizzes on: The Nursefriendly
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Can you read the following medication order? Ok, who can read this: This page gives you the chance to test your skill at decyphering medication orders.
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http://www.angelfire.com/pa/cefola/Confusing Words (not nursing or medical, but cool regardless):"Confusing Words is a collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused. Some of these words are homonyms (words that sound alike but are spelled differently) and some are just commonly confused. What are Confusing Words? * affect and effect * there, their, and they're * capital and capitol * affluent and effluent * atheist and agnostic * ...and over 3000 more."
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easyNCLEX.com:"At easyNCLEX.com, we know that preparing to take the nclex exam, or even considering taking it, can be a stressful exprerience. For this reason, we created this site to help ease the process, making it easy for you to understand the test and prep yourself to pass it. To make it even easier on you, we offer high quality test practice that is simple to use but at the same time effective. Since the NCLEX is given by computer, our NCLEX practice is designed with the interactive format to help you get used to taking the real exam."
Address:
1581 Route 202 Suite 143
Pomona NY USA, 10970
Phone: (845) 521-7553
info@easynclex.com
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Interactive Medical Crosswords, The Doctors Lounge:"The Doctors Lounge is one of the most popular online medical resources for physicians, students and allied clinical professionals. It provides both clinical and technical information through multimedia tutorials and other study aids. Both patients and professionals can seek answers to medical questions via the public discussion boards. Please review our Terms & Conditions of Use. The Doctors Lounge was founded in April 2000 in South Dakota, USA; when two physicians, Dr. Tamer Fouad, M.D. and Dr. Yasser Mokhtar, M.D., decided to create a free online medical community that provides its visitors with premiere articles that can only be found in a paid service. webmaster@thedoctorslounge.net
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Endoscopy Quiz of the Month, Gastrolab:"Why not test your knowledge of endoscopic findings? This part of the home page should not be taken too seriously, and there are no prices to win, but it may be nice to see, if one can recognize typical findings. Please send the answer, and when a new question arrives, the old question will be answered, together with a list of all who have sent in the right answer."
The Wasa Workgroup on Intestinal Disorders c/o Hans Bjorknas
GASTROLAB
Kyrkoespl 18 B 37 65100 Vasa Finland
Europe, Phone/FAX +358-6-3124055 Email: hans.bjorknas@kolumbus.fi
http://www.kolumbus.fi/hans/ks1quiz.htm******************************************************
Endoscopy, Lung Function Tests, Cardiac Angiogram Quizzes:"Here are a number of reviews, either in the form of articles or mini-tests on topics likely to come up in the exam. Lung Function tests reproduced with thanks to the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Endoscopy Pictures reproduced with thanks to the Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Physiotherapy Article courtesy of Ruth Dentice, Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Cardiac Angiograms and Questions reproduced with thanks to Dr Brian Bailey, Dept of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital."
http://www.passthefracp.com/Reviews.htm******************************************************
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Medical Gross Anatomy Crossword Puzzles, The University of Michigan:
http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursepages/M1/anatomy/html/crosswords/crossword_index.html******************************************************
Medical Quizzes, Central Business School, Marquette, Michigan:"Human Anatomy, Human Anatomy, Medical Office Procedures, Medical Records Coding, Medical Records Coding, Medical Records Coding, Medical Terminology, Medical Terminology, Medical Terminology, Medical Terminology - Abbreviations, Medical Terminology - Abbreviations, Medical Terminology - Cardiology, Medical Terminology - Urology, Punctuation - Subject/Verb Agreement"
Michaeleen O'Sullivan
355 Forestville Basin Trail PO Box 1081 Marquette, MI 49855
(906) 226-5270, fax: (906) 226-0169, e-mail: michaeleen@upfirst.com
http://www.upfirst.com/cbstrain/medquiz.htm******************************************************
Care to test your skills? Have found a few sites with case studies and NCLEX type questions. If you come across anymore, please send me the address.
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- Kaplan's FREE NCLEX practice lab:"The NCLEX is a standardized test and by definition, standardized tests have "standard" ways of approaching questions and tested content. So to carry the argument a step further, there are "standard" ways of successfully approaching standardized tests. That's what Kaplan does. In the Practice Lab, you can acquaint yourself with the key concepts and content as tested on the exam—and get a clear understanding of what you're up against. Try some sample questions, access some of Kaplan's exclusive strategies, find out how beat test stress, and more. So go on, test yourself...see how you stack up against the NCLEX."
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Netmedicine: Monthly PhotoRounds.
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http://www.netmedicine.com/photo/unk-frm.htm
- Paediatric Electrocardiogram of the Week...
- Welcome to "Paediatric ECG of the Week". A weekly ECG to challenge those learning and reading Paediatric ECG's. ...
http://www.paedcard.com******************************************************
Radiographic Anatomy of the Skeleton: Online x-ray images.
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http://uwmsk.org/RadAnatomy.html
Radiology Cases In Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Images and history.
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http://www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pemxray/pemxray.htmlReal Vermont Nurse Stories, Nursing Quiz:"Quick Quiz. Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge and see what you know about being a nurse."
Office of Nursing Workforce Research, Planning and Development
School of Nursing, University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405, phone 802-656-0023
http://choosenursingvermont.org/enter/quiz.html******************************************************
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USMLE Medical Crossword Puzzles, Studentdoc.com:"Medical Crossword Puzzles. Basic Sciences. Clinical Sciences ... All the medical crossword puzzles are interactive. Protein Biochemistry Cell Biology Anatomy: Thorax Anatomy: Abdomen Anatomy: Cranial Nerves Pediatrics OB/Gyn Neurology Internal Medicine: Pulmonary Internal Medicine: Rheumatology"
http://www.studentdoc.com/msrg_cword.html******************************************************
Medical Crossword Puzzles, Studentdoc.com:"Internal Medicine, Rheumatology."
http://www.studentdoc.com/rheum.html******************************************************
Contributing women to the nursing profession throughout history (Flashcards), Studyshack.com:
http://www.studystack.com/java-studysta/frames.jsp;jsessionid=F703EE3D7C4D226F6D53B8D17332216C?reloading=1******************************************************
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Brain Teaser World:"Optical illusions, riddles, puzzles, brain teasers and more!"
http://www.brainteaser-world.com/******************************************************
BrainBashers™:"Welcome to BrainBashers™, a unique collection of puzzles, games and optical illusions. With thousands of puzzles, over one hundred awards and millions of visitors per year, BrainBashers™ is the world's most popular puzzle resource and is updated with illusions and games regularly and has 5 new puzzles added each week. Many websites copy, very few lead."
Add: 57 Albert Street Biddulph Staffs ST8 6DT UK
Tel: 44 1782 512360 Fax: 44 871 7171976 Mob: 07939 063374
Eml: kevin.stone@brainbashers.com
http://www.brainbashers.com/******************************************************
It Pays To Learn (Online Trivia):"Cash in on your brain! You can select your own subjects and knowledge levels anytime, and try your skills on the thousands of quiz questions available in several categories, ALL FOR CASH!
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Japanese IQ Test:"This is an IQ test given to job applicants in Japan...so I've been told. "Everybody has to cross the river"
http://www.robmathiowetz.com/******************************************************
Brainteasers, Surfing The Net With Kids:""What always weighs the same no matter how large it is?" "No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?" "What dries and dries and keeps getter wetter?" If you enjoy a challenge, then today's mind bending riddle sites are for you."
http://www.surfnetkids.com/brainteasers.htm******************************************************
Mindbreakers.com:"Since 1995 the best free Puzzles, Riddles, Quizes and Games. Test your IQ with magic trivia. It is fun to see the online collection of puzzle and riddle files, some with visual illusion and some jokes as well. Solve the brain teasers with math logic. No crossword or jigsaw puzzles."
http://www.mindbreakers.com******************************************************
Quizilla.com:"How about the nickle tour, eh? We have a FAQ that you may want to check out and some longer Documentation too if you want to get deeper. For some fun we've got a list of the most Popular Quizzes on the system as well as a list of the ones that are the newest made. If you already have an accout here you can log-in and if you don't you're invited to sign up."
http://quizilla.com/******************************************************
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Medical games - Medical crosswords - The Doctors Lounge(TM)
Interactive Medical Crosswords
Ever wish studying medicine could be more fun. Well here it is review your medical facts with these interactive crosswords!
1. Infections Review Crossword
Review infectious diseases while playing this crossword puzzle. This puzzle was constructed to review the information provided in the infectious diseases chapter of the Disease Review section present on this site. Clues present refer to pages in that chapter.
2. General Medical Review Crossword
Review key medical information and hallmark clinical findings with this crossword puzzle. This puzzle covers general information present all over the site.
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