What is the difference between the medical model of care and person-centered care? For Tonya Roberts, RN, PhD, it’s all about the relationships.
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Evidence-Based Practice Corner: Pain and Symptom Management in Dementia Care
“I’ve had the opportunity to see dementia care from different perspectives and in different settings,” says Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN, an alumna of and incoming assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing. …
Evidence-Based Practice Corner: What We Talk About When We Talk About Surgery
In the United States, older adults have more than one-third of all operations. Each year, some 500,000 elders consider major surgery, such as coronary bypasses or organ transplants. As people are leading not only longer …
Evidence-Based Practice Corner: Talking About Depression
Whether you’re a health care professional, direct care worker, or housing or service provider, the conversations that you have with older adults can help identify potential mental health issues. “It’s about forging relationships,” says Earlise …
Evidence-Based Practice Corner: Easing Pain without Medications
“Everything is intensified when cure isn’t possible,” explains University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing Professor Kris Kwekkeboom, PhD, RN. “Even small changes are important.” That understanding drives Kwekkeboom’s research into non-drug interventions to ease pain …
Evidence-Based Practice Corner: Heart Failure, Palliative and Hospice Care
Heart failure, the only major cardiovascular disease that’s growing in prevalence, affects many older adults. Five million U.S. residents live with heart failure; half of them are at least 75 years old. Living with such …
Making PALS in Rural Wisconsin: Helping Older Adults Stay Active
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 …
Evidence-Based Practice Corner: Interprofessional Approaches to Postoperative Delirium
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 …
Evidence-Based Practice Corner: Older Adults with Intellectual Disability
How can I communicate effectively with health care providers? What does healthy aging look like? How can I safely stay in my home? These are important questions for anyone. For the growing number of older …
Evidence-Based Practice Corner: Understanding the Needs of Heart Failure Patients
Heart failure is a serious and growing problem, especially for older adults. It’s the only major cardiovascular disease that’s increasing in prevalence, and is the most common diagnosis for hospital patients age 65 and older. …