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  2. Year: 2015
  3. Month: February

Month: February 2015

Making PALS in Rural Wisconsin: Helping Older Adults Stay Active

Posted on February 11, 2015

Asked what services the Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) of Central Wisconsin provides in Marathon, Wood, Langlade and Lincoln Counties, two of the agency’s community health educators laugh. It’s a long list. “We offer …

Posted in Issue 06Tagged community engagement, evidence-based practice, PALS, rural engagement

Evidence-Based Practice Corner: Interprofessional Approaches to Postoperative Delirium

Posted on February 11, 2015

For older adults undergoing surgery, delirium is a common and serious complication. Older adults have a 15 to 50 percent chance of experiencing delirium following a major operation. And it’s older adults “who, as a …

Posted in Issue 06Tagged delirium, evidence-based practice, hospitalization, quality of care

Being Mortal: Nursing and What Matters in the End

Posted on February 11, 2015

“Once I’d seen the transformation of elder care under way, I was struck by the simple insight on which it rested, and by its profound implications for medicine, including what happens in my own office,” …

Posted in Issue 06Tagged end of life care, long term care, quality of care

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