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Home Health Care Resource Binder: A User-Friendly Guide For Crossroads Hospice And Palliative Care, Deanna Eder
Home Health Care Resource Binder: A User-Friendly Guide For Crossroads Hospice And Palliative Care, Deanna Eder
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Patients and families searching for home health care need accurate information regarding the community resources available to them to promote aging in place and to maintain their quality of life. In connection to the social workers at Crossroads Hospice and Palliative Care, the researcher identified a need for a centralized source of up-to-date information regarding local home health care agencies due to the current resource deficit. Social workers and other health care professionals are expected to benefit from a concise list of resources readily available to provide their patients and families with adequate support to make informed decisions about a …
Forget-Me-Not, Daniel Barber-Cironi, Shawn Nicholson, Jake Kruse, Nicole Dent
Forget-Me-Not, Daniel Barber-Cironi, Shawn Nicholson, Jake Kruse, Nicole Dent
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
The purpose of Forget-Me-Not is to provide another level of care and comfort to those suffering from mild dementia, as well as provide further assistance for a friend, family member, or caretaker who may look after them. Research shows that timely reminders and persistent information can greatly improve the quality of life for those afflicted with mild dementia (Mokhtari et al.). Forget-Me-Not’s persistent display and wearable smart-bracelet offer a customizable and well connected system to provide these reminders. For the caretaker, a mobile application is provided in order to maintain the display and notify them of emergencies or critical events …
Geropsychiatric Medical Problems, Daniel Giorgio
Geropsychiatric Medical Problems, Daniel Giorgio
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
With a growing elderly population in the United States, the development of
efficient methods to ensure high-quality care for geriatric patients is more important than
ever. In the emergency department (ED), geriatric patients account for up to 24% of
stays. Many of these patients come to the ED for neuropsychiatric reasons and some are
admitted to geropsychiatric units. These patients require medical screening to identify
issues that may in part account for their mental state. The purpose of this study was to
characterize the patients who were admitted from the Summa Health System ED to
geropsychiatric units. It was hypothesized …