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Developing a question prompt list for family caregivers concerning the progression and palliative care needs of nursing home residents living with dementia.
PEC Innov
December 2023
College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, 89 Curry Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada.
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to create a Question Prompt List (QPL) to enhance communication about palliative care needs for residents with dementia in nursing homes.
- It involved two phases: one focusing on gathering potential questions from caregivers and clinicians, and the second on evaluating those questions for clarity and relevance with family caregivers and nursing providers.
- The final QPL consists of 38 questions that cover essential topics related to dementia progression, end-of-life care, and the nursing home environment, aiming to foster important conversations for better care management.
Utility of Hippocrates' prognostic aphorism to predict death in the modern era: prospective cohort study.
BMJ
December 2014
Vancouver Island Health Authority Geriatric Services Memorial Pavilion, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Objective: To determine if one of Hippocrates' aphorisms, identifying good cognition and good appetite as two prognostic factors, predicts death in community living older adults in the modern era.
Design: Secondary analysis of an existing population based cohort study.
Setting: Manitoba Study of Health and Aging.
Objectives: To determine if a risk score developed in hospitalised older adults in the UK in 1962 is correlated with other measures of health and if this risk score predicts death or institutionalisation in community-living older adults.
Methods: A total of 1,735 older adults residing in the community in 1991 were followed over five years. We replicated the original risk index, a composite score of cognitive status, disability and continence.
The relevance of Marjory Warren's writings today.
Gerontologist
February 2014
*Address correspondence to Philip St. John, FRCPC, Section of Geriatrics, University of Manitoba, GE 547 Health Sciences Centre, 820 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3A 1R9. E-mail:
Marjory Warren was one of the initial geriatricians in the United Kingdom. She established specialized geriatric units, held important administrative positions, and wrote influential papers where she argued for the need of the specialty of geriatric medicine and outlined principles for inpatient care of older adults with chronic illness. We compare and contrast Warren's early papers describing these principles with contemporary models for improving inpatient care of older adults and the need for the specialty of geriatrics.
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