Patient-centered approach can backfire
...healthcare roles and use that information to match caregivers and patients. "When you see a physician, you are routinely asked a lot of background information already, often including patient preferences such as whether you prefer a male or female doctor," Christensen said. "Our research shows that taking thi...From UF and IBM, a blueprint for 'smart' health care
...s a person takes, information that can tell absent caregivers how active its occupants are. But these and other devices currently have a major shortcoming: They require a team of engineers to install them, Helal said. In a world where consumers are accustomed to electronics that require no more than a power o...Landmark study finds adult Delawareans with disabilities in only 'fair' to 'poor' health
...sistance with eating, bathing and dressing. Most caregivers are family members, and about a third are paid professional staff. Of the 66 caregivers who were present during the interviews, almost 40 percent indicated that caregiving responsibilities...Extra pay does not improve hospital performance
...fact, it all comes down to hard work by individual caregivers and institutions. Here, it appears that a voluntary effort to do good and improve care was equally as powerful as the incentive for additional payment, Peterson said. Finally, heart attack mortality declined significantly over time in pay-for-perfo...Antipsychotic drugs increase risk of death in older people with dementia
... between patients and their physicians and between caregivers and physicians about the appropriate time to use these drugs. Dr. Gill and his colleagues also call for better funding for non-drug interventions. Finally, Dr. Gill suggests that regulatory agencies might consider looking at whether the warnings...JRRD releases single-topic issue on pain and pain management
...ese persons cannot communicate their needs. Family caregivers are in the best position to provide information to hospital care personnel about the patients' needs, including pain. Little research has evaluated the role of the family caregiver when patients move between care facilities. This study describes fami...$1.5 million awarded for palliative care research
...cial functioning and quality of life among elderly caregivers of cancer patients enrolled in home-based hospice ...used to improve communication between families and caregivers to reduce the experience of suffering in children with advanced cancer. Brown University School of...Family members most often source of whooping cough in young infants
...0 percent), grandparents (6 percent) and part-time caregivers (2 percent). Ongoing research, such as this study, demonstrates that adolescents and adults can transmit pertussis to infants, Van Rie said. "Pertussis immunization of adolescents and adults, especially those in contact with young infants would not...Online book helps children understand the effects of stroke
...elp patients during the recovery process. "Adult caregivers need a tremendous amount of support too," Goldberg says. "For them, it's a huge amount of stress and change. And with 750,000 strokes occurring each year in the United States, there is an urgent need to make important information such as how to prep...Survey reveals misperceptions about Alzheimer's among African-American and Hispanic caregivers
...NY (March 14, 2007) African-American and Hispanic caregivers (1) of people with Alzheimer's disease are significantly more likely than caregivers of other races to consider the disease a normal part of the aging process and dismiss its symptoms a...1-parent households double risk of childhood sexual abuse
...ot facilities with good oversight of who the child caregivers are. And oftentimes, a single-parent just has to trust that all is okay, and trust is not as thorough as a background check. "The individuals that are heading up these one-parent homes are unsung heroes, serving in the dual capacity as parent and pro...Cancer Patients Nationwide Can More Easily Navigate Health Care System
...sonal guidance for cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers to help them navigate the cancer experience. The ...milies by: Connecting patients, survivors, and caregivers with social services and programs as well as local community resources Providing high-quality, time...Children who sleep less more likely to be overweight
...archers used time diaries, in which the parents or caregivers of young children or children old enough to keep diaries themselves recorded all activities -- including bedtime, time asleep and wake time -- over the course of a weekday and weekend day. In analyzing the diaries, they found troubling age-related tr...Existing research supports metabolic syndrome link to cardiovascular disease
...and premature death," said Dr. Gami. "In addition, caregivers should pursue preventative interventions aggressively with women. Although women generally have lower cardiovascular risk than men, it appears this is not the case when metabolic syndrome is present." Michaela Diamant, M.D., Ph.D., an associate prof...Canadian study shows bilingualism has protective effect in delaying onset of dementia by four years
...nic visit who asked patients and their families or caregivers when symptoms were first noticed. The researchers determined that the mean age of onset of dementia symptoms in the monolingual group was 71.4 years, while the bilingual group was 75.5 years. This difference remained even after considering the poss...Nonprofit hospitals, more nurses and greater availability of technology equal better patient care
... census at each hospital. "Nurses, as the primary caregivers for hospitalized patients, provide a crucial link between doctors and patients," says Landon. "Our study supports the importance of adequate nursing care to the quality of treatment patients receive." Overall, 76 percent of patients hospitalized wit...Recurrence of silent brain lesions after initial stroke may predict subsequent stroke
...to 90 days. In 2003, 104 of the patients or their caregivers were interviewed to determine if the patients had an additional stroke or had undergone related procedures. Of these 104 patients, 50 were men and 54 were women, and the average age was 71.3. Silent ischemic lesions were observed on MRI in 42 (40....New journal focuses on lifestyle health
... to become an authoritative voice in the field for caregivers because its a unique publication, said Ron Epstein, SAGE Director, Controlled Circulation Publications. Its not only edited by the leader in the lifestyle medicine field, renowned cardiologist Dr. Rippe; it also boasts an outstanding editorial board ...Pilot study successful in taming allergic reactions to food
...The researchers then gave the childrens parents or caregivers a supply of egg product, allocated into the tolerated doses, which the subjects consumed daily at home, mixed with other foods. The children returned to the clinic every two weeks. At each visit, the researchers increased the subjects dosages unti......Researchers assigned 642 Hispanic, white and black caregivers to a group that received an intensive support or t...lem behaviors of their patients with dementia, the caregivers in the support group reported improved quality of life and had significantly less depression than th...