Use of an Ambient Activity Technology for Long-Term Care Residents With Dementia.

The purpose of the current pilot study was to determine the impact of an ambient activity technology, ABBY, on responsive behavior and family visiting in a long-term care (LTC) home. We were also interested in family and staff perceptions of the technology. A mixed methods research study was conducted over a 6-month period and data were collected using standardized measures and focus groups.

Long-Term Care Nurse Leaders Find Calm in Chaos: Reflections from a CEO during a Global Pandemic.

Loch Lomond Villa is one of the largest long-term care communities within the province of New Brunswick. Our organization supports caring living environments for over 450 clients and their family members along with 354 employees.

Teaching strategies and activities to enhance students' clinical placement in residential aged care facilities: a scoping review.

Objective: The purpose of this scoping review was to examine teaching strategies and activities used in nursing students' clinical placement in residential aged care facilities.

Introduction: Population aging necessitates that nursing curricula ensure student interest and commitment to working with older adults. While searching for suitable clinical placements that provide students with opportunities to care for older adults, nursing programs have turned to residential aged care facilities.

Teaching strategies and activities used for students' clinical placement in residential aged care facilities: a scoping review protocol.

Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to examine and map current knowledge of teaching strategies and activities used with nursing students during clinical placements in residential aged care facilities.

Introduction: Residential aged care facilities provide opportunities for nursing students to develop skills and interest in caring for older adults. Studies that address students' clinical placements in these settings highlight the benefits of and concerns with their experiences.

Nursing students' experiences with clinical placement in residential aged care facilities: a systematic review of qualitative evidence.

Objective: The objective of this systematic review was to synthesize the best available evidence on nursing students' experiences with clinical placement in residential aged care facilities.

Introduction: Nursing education programs play a key role in preparing future nurses to care for the growing number of older adults who will require health care. A key component of this preparation involves ensuring that curricula optimize student learning through carefully designed clinical learning practice experiences.

Nursing students' experiences with clinical placement in residential aged care facilities: a systematic review protocol of qualitative evidence.

The objective of this review is to analyze and synthesize the best available evidence on nursing students' experiences with clinical placement in residential aged care facilities.The specific review questions are.

Linking Incidents in Long-Term Care Facilities to Worker Activities.

This article reports on a study examining staff activities being performed when incidents were reported to have occurred. The risk for injury among health care providers who engage in patient handling activities is widely acknowledged. For those working in long-term care, the risk of occupational injury is particularly high.

How registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and resident aides spend time in nursing homes: An observational study.

Background: Calls for improved conditions in nursing homes have pointed to the importance of optimizing the levels and skills of care providers. Understanding the work of care providers will help to determine if staff are being used to their full potential and if opportunities exist for improved efficiencies.

Objectives: To explore the activities of care providers in different nursing homes and to identify if variations exist within and across homes and shifts.

Carboxylate bioisosteres of gabapentin.

A series of carboxylate bioisosteres of structures related to gabapentin 1 have been prepared. When the carboxylate was replaced by a tetrazole, this group was recognized by the alpha2-delta protein. Further characterization of alpha2-delta binding compounds 14a and 14b revealed a similar pattern of functional in vitro and in vivo activity to gabapentin 1.

Preferential action of gabapentin and pregabalin at P/Q-type voltage-sensitive calcium channels: inhibition of K+-evoked [3H]-norepinephrine release from rat neocortical slices.

Gabapentin (GBP; Neurontin) and pregabalin (PGB; CI-1008), efficacious drugs in several neurological and psychiatric disorders, inhibit neurotransmitter release from mammalian brain slices at therapeutically relevant concentrations. A detailed investigation, exploring the basis for this in vitro phenomenon, focused on norepinephrine (NE) and rat neocortical tissue in complementary assays of neurotransmitter release and radioligand binding. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that GBP, PGB, and related substances decrease neocortical NE release by acting at the alpha2delta subunit of presynaptic P/Q-type voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels (VSCC) subserving Ca2+ influx in noradrenergic terminals.