Age-appropriate elder care recipients? Care manager's categorisation practices in intraprofessional case conferences.

Age categories are related to perceptions and norms concerning appropriate behaviour, appearances, expectations, and so forth. In Sweden, municipal home care and residential care are commonly referred to as "elder care", primarily catering to individuals in their 80s or 90s. However, there is no set age limit reserving these services for an older age group.

Occupational therapists' experiences of working with people with dementia: a qualitative study.

Background: Dementia is an age-related disease associated with complex health and care needs. Due to demographical shifts, the number of older people with dementia is forecasted to increase. Occupational therapists encounter people with dementia in their daily work, yet little is known about their experience of working with people with dementia.

Collaboration and coordination of health and care services for older people with dementia by multidisciplinary health and care providers: a scoping review protocol.

Introduction: Collaboration and coordination of health and care services are key to catering for the diverse needs of a growing population of older people with dementia. When multidisciplinary health and care providers work together, they have the possibility to use resources in a fair, accurate and effective way and thereby do the right thing, at the right time, for the right individual. The aim of this scoping review is to map how different care-providing agencies collaborate and coordinate health and care services for older people with dementia.

Older people's experiences of visiting social day centres: The importance of doing and being for health and well-being.

Background: Social day centres can support active and healthy ageing amongst older people. However, little is known regarding the importance of social day centres.

Aims/objectives: The aim of this study was to explore how older people visiting social day centres perceive the day centres' social influence on their health and well-being.

Phylogenomic Analysis of Secondary Metabolism in the Toxic Cyanobacterial Genera , and .

Cyanobacteria produce an array of toxins that pose serious health risks to humans and animals. The closely related diazotrophic genera, , and , frequently form poisonous blooms in lakes and brackish waters around the world. These genera form a complex now termed the , and (ADA) clade and produce a greater array of toxins than any other cyanobacteria group.

Characteristics of research with older people (over 65 years) in occupational therapy journals, 2013-2017.

A growing population of older people will require different types of occupational therapy services in the future. For occupational therapists to provide effective services and to optimize care, their practice must rely on high-quality evidence. Research is one important pillar of evidence-based practice.

Handling the Dilemma of Self-Determination and Dementia: A Study of Case Managers' Discursive Strategies in Assessment Meetings.

In assessment meetings concerning care services for people with dementia, Swedish case managers face a dilemma. On the one hand, according to the law, the right to self-determination of every adult citizen must be respected, but on the other hand cognitive disabilities make it difficult to fulfill obligations of being a full-fledged citizen. In this article, we examine 15 assessment meetings to identify discursive strategies used by case managers to handle this dilemma.

Transcriptomic and Proteomic Profiling of Anabaena sp. Strain 90 under Inorganic Phosphorus Stress.

Inorganic phosphorus (Pi) is one of the main growth-limiting factors of diazotrophic cyanobacteria. Due to human activity, the availability of Pi has increased in water bodies, resulting in eutrophication and the formation of massive cyanobacterial blooms. In this study, we examined the molecular responses of the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp.

How are decisions on care services for people with dementia made and experienced? A systematic review and qualitative synthesis of recent empirical findings.

Background: During recent decades, there has been a growing recognition that people cannot be assumed incapable of making decisions about their own care solely on the basis of a dementia diagnosis and international agreements and legislative changes have strengthened the formal right for people with dementia to participate in decisions on care services. This raises important questions about how these decisions are currently made and experienced in practice. In this review, we address this question and highlight directions for further research.

New structural variants of aeruginosin produced by the toxic bloom forming cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena.

Nodularia spumigena is a filamentous diazotrophic cyanobacterium that forms blooms in brackish water bodies. This cyanobacterium produces linear and cyclic peptide protease inhibitors which are thought to be part of a chemical defense against grazers. Here we show that N.

The genetic basis for O-acetylation of the microcystin toxin in cyanobacteria.

Microcystins are a family of cyclic peptide toxins produced by cyanobacteria. They are responsible for the toxicosis and death of wild and domestic animals throughout the world. They display extensive variation in amino acid composition and functional group chemistry.

History of the Department of Neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

The neurosurgical tradition at Jefferson Medical College began in the 19th century with Samuel Gross. In his textbook entitled A System of Surgery, Gross revealed his knowledge of the disorders of the nervous system at a time when innovations were practically inexistent. Gross' work paved the way for William Williams Keen, "America's first brain surgeon.

Factors of importance for maintaining work as perceived by men with arthritis.

Objective: Employment rates are significantly lower among individuals with arthritis compared to a general population. There is, however, limited research about how men with arthritis perceive their ability to maintain working. The aim of this study was thus to explore their perception of this.

Nostophycin biosynthesis is directed by a hybrid polyketide synthase-nonribosomal peptide synthetase in the toxic cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. strain 152.

Cyanobacteria are a rich source of natural products with interesting pharmaceutical properties. Here, we report the identification, sequencing, annotation, and biochemical analysis of the nostophycin (npn) biosynthetic gene cluster. The npn gene cluster spans 45.

Ventriculo-lumbar perfusion in acute ischemic stroke.

Introduction: Effective treatment for severe ischemic stroke continues to be largely an unmet medical need. Using a nonvascular (paravascular cerebrospinal fluid) pathway to provide oxygen and nutrients to ischemic tissues may be a means of treating this disease. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and technical feasibility of ventriculo-lumbar perfusion with the oxygenated fluorocarbon nutrient emulsion (OFNE) perfusion system in the treatment of patients with severe hemispheric cerebral ischemia.

Reduction of cerebral infarction using the third circulation.

Objective: To ascertain whether ventriculosubarachnoid perfusion of the brain with an oxygen-carrying nutrient emulsion affects the volume of infarction in animals with permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion.

Design: Prospective, randomized, controlled trial.

Setting: An animal laboratory in a university setting.

The effect of the prone position on venous pressure and blood loss during lumbar laminectomy.

Study Objective: To determine the effects of three different prone support systems (Andrews spinal surgery frame, Cloward surgical saddle, and longitudinal bolsters) on inferior vena cava (IVC) and superior vena cava (SVC) pressures; the validity of measuring central venous pressure (CVP) for the determination of ideal positioning of the patient; and the relationship among frame type, blood loss, and hemodynamic measurements.

Design: Prospective, randomized study of the hemodynamic effects of the prone position.

Setting: Inpatient surgery at a university hospital (regional spinal cord injury treatment center).

Prognostic significance of magnetic resonance imaging in the acute phase of cervical spine injury.

Fifty-seven patients with acute cervical spine injuries and associated major neurological deficit were examined within 2 weeks of injury by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. All patients had abnormal scans, indicating intramedullary lesions. This study was undertaken to determine if the early MR imaging pattern had a prognostic relationship to the eventual neurological outcome.

Biopsy diagnosis of familial Alexander's disease.

A 26-year-old woman presented with headaches, incoordination and a cerebellar mass (1982). The CT scan revealed dilated ventricles and a hypodense space-occupying lesion adjacent to the fourth ventricle. Neuronal loss, gliosis and masses of Rosenthal fibers were seen in biopsy.

Ossified mucin-secreting choroid plexus adenoma: case report.

This is the first report of a fully documented case of an ossified mucin-producing benign choroid plexus tumor. This was a chance finding in a man who complained only of posttraumatic low back discomfort. The ossification of the tumor appears to have been therapeutic.

A novel treatment for ischemic intracranial hypertension in cats.

There is no accepted efficacious treatment for ischemic cerebral edema. We show in a cat model of focal cerebral ischemia that infarct volume can be reduced (p less than 0.05) by ventriculocisternal perfusion with an oxygenated fluorochemical emulsion (bis-perfluorobutylethylene).

Spinal cord injury: a ten-year report.

In the past 10 years, the RSCICDV has had a unique opportunity to serve and expand the bounds of knowledge regarding this most devastating injury. The RSCICDV has collaborated with other model SCI systems in research regarding the incidence of respiratory complications, the value of removing bullet fragments lodged within the spinal canal, the survival/cause of death following spinal cord injury, the cost of spinal cord injury care, and the recovery of motor strength after quadriplegia. Key on-site research efforts have focused on preventing deep vein thrombosis and in documenting the course of motor recovery after spinal cord injury.

Local cerebral glucose metabolism after global ischemia: treatment by ventriculocisternal perfusion with a fluorocarbon emulsion.

The local cerebral metabolic rate for glucose (LCMRg) was measured in cats subjected to global cerebral ischemia (GCI). Control (nonperfused) cats showed decreased LCMRg (P less than 0.01) in the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital cortex 9.

Magnetic resonance imaging of acute cervical spine trauma. Correlation with severity of neurologic injury.

Prior to the advent of computer-assisted imaging techniques, conventional radiographic studies did not accurately depict the severity of soft tissue injury (spinal cord and paravertebral tissue) attending severe spinal trauma. Computed tomography scanning is clearly superior to plain radiography in the demonstration of osseous fractures and impactions, but this modality does not clearly depict ligamentous or disc injuries and does not image the spinal cord directly. The authors' preliminary experience indicates that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) more accurately defines the extent of soft tissue damage in the zone of injury.

Enhancement of the Arthus reaction and suppression of delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) by pluronic F-68, a detergent frequently used to prepare perfluorocarbon emulsions.

The effect of a 20% w/v RM101 (perfluorobutyltetrahydrofuran) emulsion containing 5% w/v of the detergent Pluronic F-68 or 5% w/v Pluronic F-68 given alone on the Arthus reaction and on delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) were evaluated in female A/J mice. The test substances were administered i.v.