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Recommendations of Good Practice to Prevent Aspiration Pneumonia in Older Adults at Risk of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Living in Nursing Homes: A Modified E-Delphi Study Protocol
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Joana M. L. G. Santos; Oscar Ribeiro; Luis M. T. Jesus; Pedro Sa-Couto; Maria Assunção C. Matos – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Aspiration pneumonia (AP) is a subset of pneumonia caused by the aspiration of food and fluids to the lungs and is highly prevalent in the older population. Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) is one of the risk factors for AP and it is also associated with malnutrition, dehydration and poor functional outcomes. As pneumonia is the second…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Nursing Homes, Medical Services, Best Practices
'A Potentially Ticking Time Bomb' -- Barriers for Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease in People with Intellectual Disabilities
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Tanja Plasil; Ellen Margrete Iveland Ersfjord; Kim Berge; Line M. Oldervoll – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Research suggests that people with intellectual disabilities have a higher risk for cardiovascular disease than the general population. The aim of this study was to identify barriers for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease for people with intellectual disabilities. Method: We conducted individual…
Descriptors: Barriers, Prevention, Clinical Diagnosis, Medical Services
Geriatric Training Needs of Nursing-Home Physicians
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Lubart, Emily; Segal, Refael; Rosenfeld, Vera; Madjar, Jack; Kakuriev, Michael; Leibovitz, Arthur – Educational Gerontology, 2009
Medical care in nursing homes is not provided by board-licensed geriatricians; it mainly comes from physicians in need of educational programs in the field of geriatrics. Such programs, based on curriculum guidelines, should be developed. The purpose of this study was to seek input from nursing home physicians on their perceived needs for training…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Medical Education, Educational Needs, Seminars
Student Writings for Home Care Challenge. Volumes I-II. National Workplace Literacy Grant.
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Carroll Community Coll., Westminster, MD. – 1998
These two volumes contain research papers and personal reflections developed as culminating projects by adult students involved in workplace literacy classes in nursing homes, hospitals, and home care agencies. The first volume contains 18 papers: "What You Need to Know about Cancer" (Grace Bopst); "What Nursing Assistants Need to Know about Heart…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Attitudes, Cancer, Chronic Illness
Home Care Challenge Curriculum: Personal and Role of the Caregiver.
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Carroll Community Coll., Westminster, MD. – 1998
This curriculum guide contains lesson plans and student materials for a workplace literacy program for health care workers in hospitals, nursing homes and home-care agencies. The guide begins with a bibliography that contains the following: 44 books, 15 videotapes, 1 multimedia presentation, 12 health magazines and journals, 41 references, and 26…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Caregivers, Chronic Illness, Diabetes
Home Care Challenge Outcomes Report. National Workplace Literacy Grant. October 1994-January 1998.
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Carroll Community Coll., Westminster, MD. – 1998
The Home Care Challenge was a 4-year National Workplace Literacy Grant project conducted by Carroll Community College in partnership with Carroll Hospice, Carroll Lutheran Village, and Home Call to provide workplace literacy education for health care workers in these agencies. The project's goals were as follows: improving reading fluency, problem…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Caregivers, Chronic Illness, Diseases