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| Creating Whole-person Wellness (PDF, 287 KB, 5 pages) |
| Learn how to adopt a culture of wellness to help residents attain positive outcomes across many areas of their lives. This model of behavioral change is based on process and intentional outcomes |
| Jan Montague, MGS and Barbara Frank, MSW • p. 14 |
| Biometrics as an Assistive Technology
(PDF, 117 KB, 2 pages) |
| Biometrics is the one form of identification a user cannot leave home without, providing aging individuals and AL facilities an unmatched level of convenience and security. |
| Judith Katz • p. 22 |
| Beam Me Inside, Scotty! (PDF, 282 KB, 4 pages) |
| Think of the Jetson's Rosie, Luke Skywalker's R2D2, or Lost in Space's Robot. Add 21st-century technology, put these robots inside AL facilities, and they enable remote visits by healthcare providers and a new way to interact with staff, residents, and families. |
| Stephen F. Winner • p. 24 |
| Facility-based Physicians in LTC: A Win-Win Model (PDF, 182KB, 3 pages) |
| By working inside LTC
facilities, physicians provide
greater resident
care, reduce transfers to
emergency departments,
improve staff relationships,
and increase resident
and family satisfaction.
Plus they limit their
own need to establish
costly private offices. |
| Marcia Naveh • p. 28 |
| The ABC's of Implementing EMRs (PDF, 283 KB, 2 pages) |
| Before investing
in costly equipment
for electronic
medical
records, take an
inventory of
your needs, prepare
staff, nvestigate
available hardware and software, and discuss
options with vendors. This preparation will
save you money and time in the long run. |
| Carmen Zirbel, RN, BSN • p. 31 |
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON ALZHEIMERS
I Forgot Some
Real Good Stuff (PDF, 127 KB, 2 pages) |
| “Writing allows me
to return to the
thoughts and feelings
erased by Dr.
Alzheimer,” muses
Richard Taylor, PhD.“Writing allows me
to compare the‘myself ’ of today to
the ‘myself ’ of yesterday, to last
month’s ‘myself.’” |
| Richard Taylor, PhD • p. 46 |
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