New
and Exciting
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15 Important things to know about Hospice Care
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DDS Policy and Procedures on Emergency and Urgent Care Guardianship. For further information, please contact Neha Patel
at 202-730-1787 or neha.patel@dc.gov
(from DCHAdvocate newsletter, 11/16/07)
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Check out the August 2007 Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) newsletter, which showcases Ontario's plan to overhaul its developmental disability services using SIS.
- The M.E.E. (Move * Experience * Engage) Calendar!
365 fresh ideas for things to do! by Janet Thomas, Jamie Hall, Toby Long, and Rachel Brady
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SENSAtional Ideas for Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Suggested activities for all the senses, arranged in a checklist format to aid in documentation!
developed by occupational and physical therapists, authors: Janet Thomas, Jamie Hall and Toby Long
- New! Height May Be an Effective, Simple Way to predict Hip fracture in Elderly
Holman, JR. Medscape Medical News 2006.
Consider height as a risk for hip fracture, not only in the elderly, but also those with poor mobility, contractures, and/or spasticity, or who are wheelchair- bound.
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Alert for Providers
The Impact of Influenza in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease
from Medsite CME
Check out this excellent, brief flu review!
• give the flu vaccine before the flu season starts to all patients needing it
• understand the relationship between risk for MI and the flu
•treatment, efficacy and decreased effectiveness in patients with co-morbidities, the elderly with multiple medical problems, and institutionalized adults!
NIH offers information on over 200 genetic disorders at the newly developed Genetics Home Reference
Rapid Tests for Staph
• Rapid tests for Staphylococcus Aureus will be available
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This will influence screening
• Hospitals will be more aggressive in testing high-risk patients like GH/institutional patients at time of admission, so they are not blamed for nosicomial infections. The GHs will be responsible if these are positive.
For more information on this alert, click here.
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