{"title":"Use of chemical restraints in nursing homes.","authors":"J W Cooper","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"38 1-2","pages":"5-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21164659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Restraints and the law.","authors":"K May","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"38 1-2","pages":"8-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21164660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physical restraints: how little we know. Use of restraints is common in nursing homes. But can it be justified?","authors":"L M Janelli","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"38 1-2","pages":"10-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21164657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nursing home dental care: problems and suggested solutions.","authors":"T Deal, D Anderson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"38 1-2","pages":"17-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21164658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Obtaining prior directives eases burden on family, staff.","authors":"R G Justin, R Johnson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 6","pages":"18-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21161042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dr. Otis Bowen reflects on his service with HHS. Interview by John Kusik and R. Bruce Gebhardt.","authors":"O R Bowen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 6","pages":"13-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21184140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Routine laboratory tests: helpful or just costly?","authors":"J W Cooper","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The appropriate utilization of laboratory tests was studied by a consultant pharmacist in a 72-bed geriatric nursing home over a two-year period. There was a general underutilization of drug levels to detect digoxin, phenytoin, and theophylline effects; and occasional underuse of serum electrolytes and serum creatinine to monitor diuretic effects and determine appropriate use of drugs in renal impairment. Prescriber acceptance of 95 percent (40 of 42) consultant pharmacist recommendations for lab monitoring brought changes in drug therapy with 35 of 40 cases (87.5 percent). Thirty-two of 35 (91.4 percent) prescriber-authorized lab determinations resulted in significant results that changed drug therapy dose, schedule, or necessitated additional therapy. The total cost of the requested lab work was $2,560 over the two-year study period. On the other hand, the overuse of routine multiple lab tests on a monthly to bimonthly basis yielded new information in less than five percent of repeated determinations. Routine lab work, which was in excess of the federal \"indicators\" frequency and situation recommendations, produced $71,566 of excessive and perhaps unnecessary health-care costs over the two-year period.</p>","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 6","pages":"8-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21161043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overly favorable contracts may be overturned in court.","authors":"K May","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 6","pages":"11-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21170210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alternatives and options for financing long-term care.","authors":"L C Grassi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 6","pages":"22-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21184141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Courts rule on physician privileges.","authors":"K May","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 5","pages":"6-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21161463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}