Implementation of a diabetes prevention program in public housing communities.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the process of implementing a diabetes prevention program provided by homecare nurses to residents of public housing communities.

Design And Sample: A cluster randomization pilot study was conducted comparing enhanced standard care (2 interactive classes on diabetes prevention) to a diabetes prevention program (7 interactive classes and behavioral support). The sample (n = 67) was primarily female (79%), nonwhite (76%), unpartnered (83%), with a mean age of 40 years, and an average of 3 children.

A home healthcare and school of pharmacy partnership to reduce falls.

Much emphasis has been placed on the impact of falls among older adults, and the relationship between polypharmacy and falls in community-dwelling elders. As home healthcare agencies' critical role in the continuum of care is recognized, so is the responsibility for ensuring that quality patient outcomes are achieved resulting in reduced hospitalizations. As we examined the factors involved in falls and hospitalizations with our home care population, it became evident that the pharmacist plays a critical role in helping to ensure that risk factors associated with falls are minimized through a thorough medication therapy review, completed in collaboration with the case manager and the physician.