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A Novel Mobile Biobehavioral Regulation System For Personalized Trauma Recovery Support, Holly Matto, Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, Anna Newcomb, Shira Rothberg, Adriana Lopez-Piper Jul 2019

A Novel Mobile Biobehavioral Regulation System For Personalized Trauma Recovery Support, Holly Matto, Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, Anna Newcomb, Shira Rothberg, Adriana Lopez-Piper

Patient Experience Journal

Even years after experiencing a physical trauma, individuals describe trauma-specific distress, as trauma triggers present as sensory reminders that initiate physiological reactions at time of exposure. Mobile technologies offer tremendous potential in helping individuals who have experienced trauma manage symptoms as they transition out of hospital care and move back into their communities where they are at risk of trauma trigger exposure. A personalized wearable device, tailored to a patient-specific diagnosis (e.g., PTSD) with programmable neurophysiological behavioral risk set-points, could be a useful tool in helping individuals monitor symptomology. When this type of monitoring device is also connected to a …


The Relationship Between Workforce Flexibility And The Costs And Outcomes Of Older Peoples Services, Susan Nancarrow, Pamela Enderby, Anna Moran, Simon Dixon, Stuart Parker, Michael Bradburn, Caroline Mitchell Apr 2010

The Relationship Between Workforce Flexibility And The Costs And Outcomes Of Older Peoples Services, Susan Nancarrow, Pamela Enderby, Anna Moran, Simon Dixon, Stuart Parker, Michael Bradburn, Caroline Mitchell

Susan Nancarrow

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The Relationship Between Workforce Flexibility And The Costs And Outcomes Of Older Peoples' Services, Susan Nancarrow, Pamela M. Enderby, Anna Moran, Simon Dixon, Stuart Parker Apr 2010

The Relationship Between Workforce Flexibility And The Costs And Outcomes Of Older Peoples' Services, Susan Nancarrow, Pamela M. Enderby, Anna Moran, Simon Dixon, Stuart Parker

Susan Nancarrow

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Looking Inside The Black Box Of Community Rehabilitation And Intermediate Care Teams In The United Kingdom: An Audit Of Service And Staffing Configuration, Susan Nancarrow, Anna Moran, Jenny Freeman, Pamela Enderby, Simon Dixon, Stuart Parker, Mike Bradburn Jan 2009

Looking Inside The Black Box Of Community Rehabilitation And Intermediate Care Teams In The United Kingdom: An Audit Of Service And Staffing Configuration, Susan Nancarrow, Anna Moran, Jenny Freeman, Pamela Enderby, Simon Dixon, Stuart Parker, Mike Bradburn

Susan Nancarrow

OBJECTIVE:To generate a picture of the range, configuration and staffing of community and intermediate care services in the United Kingdom (UK) and to ascertain whether any relationships exist between service configuration and staffing models.METHOD:A service audit tool was sent to members of the Community Therapist's Network (CTN) and to chief executives of primary care and National Health Service trusts in the UK. Data were collected from the CTN and chief executives of primary care trusts (PCTs) and NHS trusts between late 2005 and early 2006.RESULTS:The overall response rate to the two audits was 37% (n …


Promoting Flexibility In The Intermediate Care Workforce, Susan Nancarrow Jan 2003

Promoting Flexibility In The Intermediate Care Workforce, Susan Nancarrow

Susan Nancarrow

This paper discusses the pressures on intermediate care services to provide a flexible approach to staffing, including a constantly changing policy context, winter pressures, and different service remits. It suggests three ways that managers can address the issue of flexibility; the adoption of flexible team structures, flexible worker roles and flexible employment structures.