Community Rehabilitation Outcomes for Different Stroke Diagnoses: An Observational Cohort Study.

Objective: To determine the differences in functional and cognitive rehabilitation gains made in community-based rehabilitation following a stroke based on stroke diagnosis (left or right hemisphere, hemorrhagic, or ischemic).

Design: A 12-month follow-up observational retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Staged community-based brain injury rehabilitation.

Time between acquired brain injury and admission to community-based rehabilitation: differences in cognitive and functional gains.

Objective: To determine differences in rehabilitation gains made by people with an acquired brain injury undergoing staged community-based brain injury rehabilitation (SCBIR) at different times between injury and admission.

Method: Retrospective cohort analysis of routinely collected demographic and rehabilitation data from clients admitted to SCBIR service 2011-2017 (n=92). Outcome measures: Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory-4 (MPAI-4) and UK Functional Assessment Measure (UK FIM+FAM) collected on admission and annually thereafter until discharge.

Benefit-cost analysis of an interprofessional education program within a residential aged care facility in Western Australia.

Interprofessional education (IPE) programs in residential aged care facilities (RACF) contributes to the care of older adults whilst providing an environment for students to learn and practise in an interprofessional manner. Clinical placements are provided by RACF through funding and support from universities in collaboration with the RACF. Conducting a benefit-cost analysis (BCA) can determine the sustainability of a clinical placement program such as an IPE program but there is limited research reporting the economic aspects of clinical placements even though it is a university and government priority.

An examination of students' perceptions of their interprofessional placements in residential aged care.

It is essential that health professionals are trained to provide optimal care for our ageing population. Key to this is a positive attitude to older adults along with the ability to work in teams and provide interprofessional care. There is limited evidence on the impact an interprofessional education (IPE) placement in a residential aged care facility (RACF) has on students.

Tongue piercing: impact of time and barbell stem length on lingual gingival recession and tooth chipping.

Background: The increasing popularity of tongue piercing has prompted several case reports documenting oral complications of this practice. However, there are no studies assessing potentially significant parameters. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of time (years of wear) and tongue barbell size (stem length) on gingival recession and tooth chipping.