Conversations with Holocaust survivor residents.

Traumatic events in one's younger years can have an impact on how an individual copes with later life. One traumatic experience for Jewish individuals was the Holocaust. Some of these people are moving into long-term care facilities.

Rehabilitation outcome evaluation after very severe brain injury.

Few centres provide long-term therapy for survivors of very severe brain injury who continue in a minimally responsive state. We report on two outcome evaluation projects in association with one such centre in western Canada. In one project a functional scale to detect subtle changes after long-term therapy with the most severely compromised clients (Rancho levels II and III) is being tested.

An introduction to music and sound approaches for health professionals: overview of an undergraduate web-based nursing course.

Nursing educators have been constantly striving to develop a curriculum which enhances holistic patient care. In this article, a descriptive overview is given of a senior level, 3 credit, nursing course designed to provide nurses and other health professionals with a background in the uses of music and the importance of auditory environments for patient care and well-being. This course, which was developed by LeNavenec and Epstein, has been available via the internet since Spring 2003.