Age-related eye diseases and recommendations for low-vision AIDS.

As the number of people older than 65 years in the United States increases, the home care population will increase as well. Many of these patients will have several chronic diseases, including those related to vision loss. Home healthcare clinicians are in a position to promote patient safety by educating these patients about the devices available for those with decreased vision.

Online resources for culturally and linguistically appropriate services for home healthcare and hospice, Part 5: resources for African patients.

Providing culturally and linguistically appropriate home healthcare and hospice care to patients who have emigrated from the African continent can be a challenge. This article reviews Web sites that provide introductions to some of the predominant cultures in Africa. Web sites providing patient education material in 13 African languages are also discussed.

Online resources for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in home healthcare and hospice. Part 4: resources for European patients.

Provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate care for home care and hospice patients is a national mandate. Finding patient-education materials in languages other than English can be a challenge for clinicians in workplaces lacking affiliation with a hospital that provides multilingual resources to its patients. Many hospitals, government agencies, and foundations have made appropriate resources freely available on the Internet.

Resources for Middle Eastern patients: online resources for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in home healthcare and hospice, Part 3.

As the population of patients for whom English is not their primary language grows, home care and hospice clinicians are challenged to provide culturally respectful and acceptable patient-centered care for cultures and languages unfamiliar to them. This article identifies resources for understanding the culture of Middle Eastern-born patients and appropriate patient education materials in most of the languages spoken by this population. The resources have been made available for free on the Web by healthcare professionals, government agencies, and support organizations from around the world.

Online resources for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in home healthcare and hospice, Part 2: resources for Asian patients.

Home care and hospice clinicians are increasingly working with patients for whom English is not their primary language. Provision of culturally respectful and acceptable patient-centered care includes both an awareness of cultural beliefs that influence the patient's health and also the ability to provide the patient with health information in the language with which he or she is most comfortable. This article identifies resources for understanding the cultural norms of Asian-born patients and appropriate patient education materials in the many languages spoken by this population.

Online resources for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in home healthcare and hospice: resources for Spanish-speaking patients.

Home healthcare and hospice clinicians are increasingly working with patients for whom English is not their primary language. Provision of culturally respectful and acceptable patient-centered care includes both an awareness of cultural beliefs that influence the patient's health and also the ability to provide the patient with health information in the language with which he or she is most comfortable. This article identifies resources for understanding the cultural norms of different Spanish-speaking groups as well as materials appropriate for Spanish-speaking patients that healthcare professionals and government agencies from around the world have made available for others to use.

Online resources for culturally and linguistically appropriate services for home healthcare and hospice, part 5: resources for African patients.

Providing culturally and linguistically appropriate home healthcare and hospice care to patients who have emigrated from the African continent can be a challenge. This article reviews Web sites that provide introductions to some of the predominant cultures in Africa. Web sites providing patient education material in 13 African languages are also discussed.

Online resources for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in home healthcare and hospice: part 4: resources for European patients.

Provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate care for home care and hospice patients is a national mandate. Finding patient-education materials in languages other than English can be a challenge for clinicians in workplaces lacking affiliation with a hospital that provides multilingual resources to its patients. Many hospitals, government agencies, and foundations have made appropriate resources freely available on the Internet.

Pet therapy: dogs de-stress students.

Research supports the efficacy of the human-animal bond and pet therapy in a variety of settings. At nursing students' request at one school, the author began offering pet therapy prior to examinations. Anecdotal evidence of a study with the author's Golden Retriever, Goldilocks, demonstrates that pet therapy can reduce test anxiety and improve nursing student performance.

Resources for Middle Eastern patients: online resources for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in home healthcare and hospice, part 3.

As the population of patients for whom English is not their primary language grows, home care and hospice clinicians are challenged to provide culturally respectful and acceptable patient-centered care for cultures and languages unfamiliar to them. This article identifies resources for understanding the culture of Middle Eastern-born patients and appropriate patient education materials in most of the languages spoken by this population. The resources have been made available for free on the Web by healthcare professionals, government agencies, and support organizations from around the world.

Online resources for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in home healthcare and hospice, part 2: resources for Asian patients.

Home care and hospice clinicians are increasingly working with patients for whom English is not their primary language. Provision of culturally respectful and acceptable patient-centered care includes both an awareness of cultural beliefs that influence the patient's health and also the ability to provide the patient with health information in the language with which he or she is most comfortable. This article identifies resources for understanding the cultural norms of Asian-born patients and appropriate patient education materials in the many languages spoken by this population.

Online resources for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in home healthcare and hospice: resources for Spanish-speaking patients.

Home healthcare and hospice clinicians are increasingly working with patients for whom English is not their primary language. Provision of culturally respectful and acceptable patient-centered care includes both an awareness of cultural beliefs that influence the patient's health and also the ability to provide the patient with health information in the language with which he or she is most comfortable. This article identifies resources for understanding the cultural norms of different Spanish-speaking groups as well as materials appropriate for Spanish-speaking patients that healthcare professionals and government agencies from around the world have made available for others to use.

PubMed searching for home care clinicians: a guide for success in identifying articles for a literature review.

Home care clinicians frequently lack access to a health sciences library. Nevertheless, they require ongoing access to current evidence-based nursing literature. Learning to use PubMed efficiently will enable home care clinicians striving to provide high-quality care to identify and, in some cases, access the full text of peer-reviewed articles that support evidence-based practice.

Online resources for pediatric home care clinicians.

Pediatric home care clinicians dealing with premature infants can encounter any number of unusual conditions related to their patient's prematurity. Finding reliable information on the condition can be difficult for a clinician who does not have immediate access to a health sciences library. There are, however, many useful, reliable websites that can be consulted with a laptop that has wireless access.