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| A Pill Card Can Help Patients Take Correct Medications on Time (PDF, 2 pages) |
| Learn simple steps for creating customized pill
cards for residents or helping them create the
cards, using an online template from the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), part
of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
All you need is a computer and printer. |
| • p. 14 |
| Making the Transition to an Assisted Living Community
(PDF, 2 pages) |
| Senior move managers offer an array of services
to help older adults move from their homes of
many years into assisted living or continuing care
communities. Preparing a home for sale, packing
and unpacking, working with appraisers, and settling
residents in their new homes are just some
of the services that smooth the transition. |
| Lynn Falwell and Janice Armour • p. 16 |
| Senior Healthcare Tools for Consumers and Professionals (PDF, 2 pages) |
| The American System for Advancing Senior
Health (ASASH™) brings together government,
employers, managed care organizations, providers,
advocates, manufacturers, and seniors to
provide a single source for senior patients and
clinicians to access care support. Learn about
NueLife and NueLifePro, Web sites for consumers
and professionals, respectively. Request a copy of
the journal for seniors, NueLife, and register for
the upcoming Advancing Senior Health (ASH)
conference in October 2008. |
| Jennifer Maybin • p. 18 |
| PACE Day Centers: Designing for Function (PDF, 5 pages) |
| The hub of a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the
Elderly (PACE) is the day center, a medically intensive
adult day facility that provides health services,
care coordination, meals, activities, social and family
services, and administrative support all under
one roof. Based on survey results of 13 PACE center
directors and staff, the authors have developed
recommendations for designing and constructing
these centers for optimal use by seniors and staff. |
| Philip D. Sloane,MD,MPH;Nicole Collins; and Elizabeth
C. Brawley, IIDA, AAHID • p. 20 |
| Best Practices in Assisted Living Design (PDF, 2 pages) |
| This first in a series of articles on universal design for assisted living introduces the key principles of a philosophy of inclusive design that meet the needs of all people of various cognitive and physical abilities or limitations. |
| Hunt McKinnon,AIA,NCARB,NCIDQ, and Yaprak
Savut, PhD, CKE • p. 25 |
| Trends in Resident-focused Design (PDF, 4 pages) |
| How can design decisions, transformed to bricks
and mortar, have a quantifiable impact on resident
quality of life? By focusing on residents,
designers create buildings and environments that
maximize continued independence, safety, and
participation in meaningful activities by residents;
facilitate the provision of care by staff; and promote
health and well-being for all. |
| QuinnA.deMenna, AIA,and LisaAnn Fagan,MS,OTR/L • p. 27 |
| Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures 2008: A Report from the Alzheimer's Association (Part 2) (PDF, 4 pages) |
| In the second part of a series of excerpts from the
Alzheimer’s Association 2008 report, we present
the prevalence and causes of Alzheimer’s disease. |
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON ALZHEIMERS
Quality? Quantity? Quit Trying to Measure! Just Ask (PDF, 2 pages) |
| RICHARD TAYLOR, PhD, is a retired
psychologist who lives with and
writes about Alzheimer’s disease
(AD). Richard has agreed to maintain
frequent E-mail contact with
ALC to provide us with a diary of
his impressions, struggles, and conquests.
Richard Taylor’s reflections
on AD follow. |
| Richard Taylor, PhD • p. 46 |
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