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Current And Future Directions In Frailty Research., Anita Mohandas, Joanne Reifsnyder, Mimi Jacobs, Tim Fox

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

The concept of frailty has been evolving dramatically for the past 30 years. Through its evolution, a variety of single and multidimensional models have been used to describe frailty. This article reviews the current literature related to the defining dimensions of frailty and identifies the gaps in the literature requiring additional research. A detailed literature review was performed to identify key dimensions and models currently being used to define frailty, classify interventions that have been developed to reverse frailty, and identify potential areas for future research within this field. Despite the large body of research defining the dimensions of frailty, …

Volume 49, Number 15: November 30, 2011, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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Affording Emerging Adulthood: Parental Financial Assistance Of Their College-Aged Children, Laura M. Padilla-Walker, Larry J. Nelson, Jason S. Carroll

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to examine parents’ attitudes about and patterns of providing financial assistance to their children during college, and how varying levels of parental financial support were related to children’s beliefs (e.g., perceptions of adulthood), behaviors (e.g., work hours, drinking, and drug use), and identity development. The sample consisted of 402 undergraduate students (62% women) recruited from four college sites across the United States (M age = 19.89), and one of their parents (310 mothers and 92 fathers). Using cluster analysis, results suggested four distinct approaches to parental financial involvement and found that emerging adults’ …

Practitioners' Views Of Family Strengths: A Delphi Study, Kathleen Romero, Jessica Crowder, Kenneth Wedel

Journal of Family Strengths

Reported is a research study to assess the opinions of family practitioners on the status of families in Oklahoma. Researchers employed the Delphi method to achieve consensus among key informants in the family practice field about the strengths and weaknesses of Oklahoma families, threats facing families in the state, and means to strengthening family life in Oklahoma. The study yielded qualitative data from the key informants, which the researchers then condensed into response categories to feed back to informants to rate. Family practitioners identified resilience, spirituality, and access to support systems as the greatest strengths, and listed substance abuse, poverty, …

Grandparents In Kinship Care: Help Or Hindrance To Family Preservation, Patricia A. Wilkerson, Gloria J. Davis

Journal of Family Strengths

The phenomenon of grandparents and other relatives raising children is a tradition rooted in the African American culture. However, a substantial increase in the number of relatives raising children has drawn attention to the child welfare system. Many of the biological parents are incarcerated for drugs or suffering from other social ills. Kinship care is an important component of family preservation and prevents court intervention based on child protection concerns and avoids formal placement of children in the child welfare system (Wilkerson, 1999). The child welfare system, however, is not conducive to this phenomenon. Placing children with grandparents and relatives …

Volume 49, Number 14: November 23, 2011, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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Designing A Peer-Mentoring Program For Education Doctorate (Edd) Students, Kendra Lowery, Rachel Geesa, Kat Mcconnell

Higher Learning Research Communications

Objectives: In preparation for creating a peer-mentoring program for education doctorate (EdD) students, we conducted a literature review to learn about the characteristics of peer-mentoring programs for graduate students and EdD students specifically. Method: Our search criteria included articles about peer mentoring for graduate students only; published in peer-reviewed journals since the year 2000; and about programs that involved more experienced students, students farther along in the program, or recent graduates. These criteria resulted in 15 articles. Results: We applied what we learned about program design and characteristics in the creation of a voluntary peer-mentoring program for first year students, …

Use The Holidays To Gather Your Family's Health History, Tyler Greer

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Volume 49, Number 13: November 16, 2011, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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November 15, 2011 Aasu Graduate Affairs Committee Minutes, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong Office of the Registrar: Graduate Affairs Committee Minutes (Archived)

November 15, 2011 AASU Graduate Affairs Committee Minutes

Tucker Named Interim Director Of Uab Palliative Care Programs, Alicia Rohan

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Low-Income Seniors More Likely To Develop Heart Failure, Alicia Rohan

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Effect Of Experimentally-Induced Anterior Knee Pain On Postural Control, Emily Elizabeth Falk

Theses and Dissertations

Context: Knee pain is experienced by many people. Because of this, authors have started researching the effects of pain on lower extremity mechanics and also on static and dynamic postural control. However, the effects of pain are difficult to study due to associated confounding variables. Objective: We asked: (1) Will experimentally-induced anterior knee pain alter perceived pain using the visual analogue scale? ; (2) will perceived pain affect postural control as measured by center-of-pressure during static and dynamic movement? Design: Crossover. Setting: Biomechanics laboratory. Participants: Fifteen healthy subjects. Intervention: Each subject participated in single leg quiet stance, landing, and walking …

Is The Polst Model Desirable For Florida?, Sarah Catherine Spillers, Brittany Lamb

Florida Public Health Review

Florida has one ofthe largest and most rapidly growing elderly populations in the nation. Although advances in medicine are allowing physicians to extend the lives of elderly patients, advances must simultaneously be made in the end-of-life care arena to ensure that the comfort and quality of life of elderly patients is maintained. This paper argues that use of a Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form in Florida would be effective in increasing the accuracy oftranslating patients’ end-of-life wishes into treatment orders, in ensuring the consistency of treatment across settings, and in improving health care provider compliance with patient …

Brown To Head Geriatric Medicine Section, Alicia Rohan

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Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda And Minutes, November 7, 2011

Faculty Senate Minutes and Agendas

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Meeting held on, November 7, 2011.

Western News, Nov. 3, 2011 , Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: $30,000 fellowships open to professionals, new grads; Dennis Archer next distinguished business speaker; On Campus with Mindi Bagnall.

November 2, 2011 Armstrong Graduate Curriculum Committee Minutes, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Graduate Curriculum Committee Minutes (Archived)

November 2, 2011 Armstrong Graduate Curriculum Committee Minutes

Unopa Notes, Volume 50, Issue 4, November 2011

UNOPA: Newsletters

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Prism #58, November 2011, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

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A 2011 International Shorten Vision Of The History And Philosophy Of Andragogy, John Henschke

Adult Education Faculty Works

This updated History and Philosophy of Andragogy is mainly limited [with a few exceptions] to a chronological history and the accompanying philosophy of andragogy, in line with when the English language documents were published and personal descriptions of events were recorded. Some of these documents, however, present aspects of the events and ideas which recount the years and contexts prior to the time in which they appeared in published form. To date, nearly 400 documents have been discovered, but space limitations in this paper allowed the inclusion of only a fraction of that number. Each of 14 time periods are …

College Of Health Sciences Newsletter, November 2011, College Of Health Sciences

Ellmer College of Health Sciences Newsletters

November 2011 issue of Old Dominion University's College of Health Sciences Newsletter.

Celebrating Faculty Scholarship: Bibliography - 2010, University Libraries

University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works

A bibliography of faculty publications submitted for inclusion in the third annual 'Celebrating Faculty Scholarship' event sponsored by Loyola University Libraries. The event, which took place on November 3, 2011 in the Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons on the university's Lake Shore Campus, featured articles, books, creative works, and other materials authored by Loyola University Chicago faculty in 2010.

The Current Volume 22 : Issue 11, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

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A Primer For Consumer Involvement In Medicaid Nursing Facility Reimbursement: Lessons From New York And Minnesota, Edward Alan Miller, Cynthia Rudder

Gerontology Institute Publications

Medicaid is the major purchaser of nursing home care in the United States. To ensure that providers behave appropriately, the federal and state governments have established an extensive set of regulations that nursing homes must comply with if they are to be reimbursed for patients insured by Medicaid. Consumers exert considerable influence here by focusing on regulations and enforcement of non-compliance.

States also seek to align providers’ interests with those of other interested parties through controls and incentives built into state reimbursement systems, including with respect to facility cost and quality, access to care, payment equity, service capacity, and budgetary …

Consumer Involvement In Medicaid Nursing Facility Reimbursement: Lessons From New York And Minnesota For State Policymakers, Edward Alan Miller, Cynthia Rudder

Gerontology Institute Publications

Medicaid is the major purchaser of nursing home care in the United States. State governments design their methods of reimbursing nursing homes to achieve desired policy objectives related to facility cost and quality, access to care, payment equity, service capacity, and budgetary control.

Often, participation in the process of developing Medicaid payment policy is limited to state agency officials and providers of care and, occasionally, union representatives and state legislative staff. Invited less frequently to reimbursement policy discussions are consumer representatives. Lack of consumer involvement in the development of state rate setting systems has the potential to result in the …

Raps Sheet, November 2011, Retirement Association Of Portland State

RAPS Sheet: Monthly Newsletter

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Use Holiday Gatherings To Mine For Family Health History, Alicia Rohan

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Interview With Dr. Ronald Chenail - Vp For Institutional Effectiveness, Ronald Chenail

Oral Histories of Nova Southeastern University

Administrator, History of NSU, Patient Centered Outcomes, Family Systems, Qualitative Research, Association of American Colleges and Universities, accreditation, law school.

How Graduate Interior Design Programs Prepare Emerging Educators To Teach, Anne Wilkinson-Burke

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

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