Honor residents’ preferences in their care. Provide a home-like environment. Encourage collaboration among staff. Build close relationships between residents and staff. Support direct care workers’ professional and personal development. Who could argue with the basic …
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The State of State Long-Term Care Policies
How can state policymakers meet the increased demand for long-term services and supports and ensure quality care for often-vulnerable populations, while staying within tight budgets? It’s not an easy task. For one thing, state policies …
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 …
Being Mortal: Nursing and What Matters in the End
“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,” …
The Fox Valley Memory Project: Creating Dementia-Friendly Communities
“People love to feel ‘normal,’” says Betty Lefebvre-Hill, MSE, the Fox Valley Memory Project’s Program Coordinator. “They want to get out and have the type of experiences they’ve enjoyed their whole lives, but then felt …
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 …
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: MELANIE KRAUSE, PHD’10, RN
Around the UW–Madison School of Nursing, graduate Melanie Krause, PhD, RN, is somewhat of a “household” name. She was always a student that would make the time to connect with as many faculty and staff as …