So I received an email from one of my many Canadian readers asking for a little Canada love in choosing the next full-text offering. She said it’s helpful for Canadian readers to be exposed to the breadth of quality research being done in their country, and I am totally on board with that. However, don’t go away US (and other country) readers–this research has plenty of relevance outside of Canada. We’ll be focusing on elder abuse for today’s article–click through to get all the details.
Category: Elder Abuse/Neglect
So I feel like I say this every month, but holy hell there’s some *awesome* stuff in the literature this month. How can you not get excited by some of the articles being published right now? (Don’t roll your eyes at me, people, I can totally see you.) Even the stuff that’s not 100% relevant to our practice is just fascinating. Add to that the fact that more articles than usual are free full-text and that just leaves me beyond excited. As always, keep in mind this isn’t an exhaustive list; just the articles that caught my eye as I reviewed the new literature. Links lead to PubMed abstracts unless otherwise indicated.
Well, my friends, I am heading out the door bright and early tomorrow for a week of work in the Pacific. I will be putting in some guaranteed long hours so posts next week may be spotty. Please note that if you send me requests or questions I may be a bit delayed in responding, so thanks in advance for your patience. In the meantime, here’s this month’s Articles of Note. Some great stuff out this month, and even a few free full-text articles. There’s a lot to slog through, but I couldn’t help myself. Enjoy.
Medscape has an overview of an article (recently published in Neurology), Brain Injury Lingers at Least 4 Months After Concussion, about the length of time it takes to fully heal from mild traumatic brain injury. As professionals caring for assaulted patients it’s certainly worth a read (and some ensuing discussion) considering statements such as this:
He said it was not possible from this study to give advice on how long the brain takes to return to normal. “But I would say that the current advice that the patient just sits out for a week is really not satisfactory. Our results suggest a much longer period is needed for healing. If it was my child with a concussion I would try and preclude activities that might result in another mild traumatic brain injury for at least a couple of months and probably longer.”
Piggybacking on the release of this excellent document (at least in my mind–don’t know if that’s actually the way this was conceived), allow me to link you one of the newer elearning options available through NSVRC, Maturing Your Services: Advocating for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Later Life. Don’t let the word advocating put you off, healthcare people, this is for you, too. Details after the jump:
Can I just tell you, I have been waiting *so long* for this to come out. I was lucky enough to get to review it, so I have known for some time what you all will now see–NSVRC has published an excellent technical assistance guide, written by Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, Sexual Violence in Later Life. It’s written for clinicians and it’s full of clinically relevant information that will make all of us better at caring for this patient population. It certainly won’t hurt your ability to testify, either.
Let me just preface this by saying that my beloved PubMed has essentially been furloughed with this shutdown, so it has a sad little message when you visit it right now–“PubMed is open, however it is being maintained with minimal staffing due to the lapse in government funding. Information will be updated to the extent possible, and the agency will attempt to respond to urgent operational inquiries. For updates regarding government operating status see USA.gov.” [insert nerd frownie face here] But we can’t stop with the Articles of Note just because the US has a spectacularly dysfunctional congress, so banish that thought.
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Understanding Elder Abuse
Here’s a publication that got buried in my inbox–Understanding Elder Abuse (PDF). It’s an NIJ research brief that came out this summer, and the emphasis of the article is on theories that help us understand elder abuse and why it occurs. Wonky, but interesting. Certainly some ideas that can help us shape the conversation about elder abuse.
I meant to post this Friday before I knocked off for the day, but somehow never hit the publish button. So here (belatedly) is August’s Articles of Note, a compilation of some of the newest and most relevant research in the August/September/early October journals. Remember, this isn’t an exhaustive list, just some of what has caught my eye.
Time once again for Articles of Note, in which I share the recently published literature that’s capturing my attention. Please remember this is not an exhaustive overview of what’s newly available, but it should give you a good place to start. There’s some amazing stuff out this month, so I think this list is a particularly rich one. Plus several familiar names among the authors, which is always fun.
Is there a greater luxury than a week at home? For some of us, the answer is a resounding no. So many odds and ends to work through, but that doesn’t stop me from letting my mind (and eyes) wander. Here’s some of what I’ve been reading since last we spoke:
Just a quick note this morning: I have updated the clinical guide on using alternate light sources for identifying bruising. There’s still not much in the way of solid research on this one, so keep that in mind. But I am regularly asked about it as a tool, so look through what’s available. And if I’m missing anything critical, please let me know and I’ll add it.
I was all about goofing off this weekend, but that doesn’t actually mean I got to ignore the work stuff. The fruits of NOT ignoring the work will be published here soon. But in the meantime, here is some of what I’ve been reading since last we spoke:
Time once again for Articles of Note, a review of what’s new in the peer-reviewed journals. Keep in mind that this is not a comprehensive overview; it’s simply what’s caught my eye over the past month. It’s kind of a quiet month for the research, but there’s good stuff to be found here, especially for the peds folks. As always, please contact me if you want the word doc. Otherwise, the printable and hyperlinked doc can be found after the jump.
Hey–want to know something we suck at? Acknowledging and managing our own trauma from this work we do. Everyone I know in this field (including me) could probably do a better job at the whole self-care thing. And if you’re a program manager, you especially need to be concerned about this issue, because it’s critical that we give members of our teams space to talk about how this work impacts our lives and figure out healthy ways to address the trauma.
In light of World Elder Abuse Day here’s another great clinical resource. This one is a brief (less than 10 minute) slide presentation (narrated), Red Flags of Elder Abuse: History and Interview by Dr. Laura Mosqueda from the National Center on Elder Abuse at UC Irvine. Note that you must register with QuantiaMD to access it (free); the presentation has interactive elements. What a great inservice tool this could be for a staff meeting–watch the video as a team and follow-up with a discussion about how your own practice could be strengthened or refined in regards to care of the older adult.
Seeing that June 15th is World Elder Abuse Day, I thought I’d get a few posts up on the topic. First up is the Summer 2013 newsletter from the Resource Sharing Project, featuring 2 articles of interest: “Providing Services to People Assaulted In Care Facilities” (PDF) by Holly Ramsey-Klawsnik, Ph.D and “Responding to Older Victims of Sexual Abuse: Promising Practices from OVW Abuse in Later Life Program Grantees” (PDF) by Bonnie Brandl and Madeline Kasper.
Read the complete issue online here.
Time once again for Articles of Note, our monthly review of what’s new and noteworthy in the peer-reviewed literature. This is a particularly good list–there’s just so much that’s interesting in the journals right now. As always, email me if you want the word doc. Otherwise the embedded doc should have working hyperlinks (thank you Scribd for finally making that change) and is easy to print.
Apologies for my absence, but I have been decidedly disconnected these last couple days while at JFTB Los Alamitos. I will try and make it up to you next week, but I will be here for the bulk of the week, so let’s see how it goes (and if you’ll be in Kansas City for the conference please come by and say hello).
The National Alliance to End Domestic Violence is hosting a webinar on Elder Abuse: Domestic Violence in Later Life. It will be held May 23rd from 12-1:30pm ET.
Time for this month’s Articles of Note, where we give you some of the latest published research from the peer reviewed journals. As always this is not an exhaustive list, just some of the eye catching stuff. For those of you working with the elder population, this is an especially good month for you.