Implementing digital devices to maintain family connections during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience of a large academic urban hospital.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown imposed drastic measures at hospitals internationally to rapidly pivot their approaches to patient care. Early on when the pandemic was declared, hospitals responded to local public health restrictions by limiting all non-essential visits for their patients. Digital devices allowed Canadians to remain connected with their friends and families during the imposed isolation restrictions.

The influence of food packaging on independent eating in individuals with hand impairments.

Purpose: Hand function plays a major role in the successful performance of activities of daily living (ADLs), such as eating. There is a lack of data exploring how persons with hand impairment manage food packaging and its impact on eating.

Methods: A convenience sample of 12 inpatients with hand impairments undergoing rehabilitation participated in a qualitative interview where they were asked questions about their experiences with food packaging and independent eating, and asked to open a set of commonly available hospital food packages, first without any tools/aids, and then with tools/aids if they desired to use them.

The Development and Integration of a Safety Officer Role to Facilitate Prevention of COVID-19 Virus Transmission in an Adult Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting Using Collaborative Change Leadership Methodology.

Background: With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a large urban academic hospital responded by creating the temporary role of a "Safety Officer (SO)." The key task of the SO role was to supervise staff donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE) and provide real-time feedback on their performance. The support for safe donning and doffing would contribute to staff well-being by reducing their fear of infection transmission.

Efficacy of 7 days per week inpatient admissions and rehabilitation therapy.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of 7 d/wk of inpatient admissions and rehabilitation therapy (7DART) in a rehabilitation hospital.

Design: Cross-sectional, retrospective electronic data review.

Setting: Rehabilitation hospital.