Nov
17
Integrating Injury & Violence Prevention
November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment
STIPDA, ASTHO, and NACCHO have several archived injury prevention webcasts, 2 of which might appeal: Integrating Injury and Violence Prevention with Maternal and Child Health Programs, and Integrating Injury and Violence Prevention with Healthy Again Initiatives. They are free to access–the archive site also includes a variety of supporting articles and other materials for the [...]
Nov
4
Articles of Note: November Edition
November 4, 2009 | 1 Comment
Time once again for a run down of some of the new and noteworthy articles in the current literature. All of these are from the October/November issues. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. Links lead [...]
Nov
2
Elder Abuse in Indian Country
November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment
OVC is hosting a web forum November 4th from 2-3pm ET: Serving Elder Abuse Victims in Indian Country. You can submit questions in advance and then return to the site on the 4th for some real-time discussion. If you can’t make it, all the answers will be archived and available for review at a later [...]
Oct
6
Evaluating Elder Competency & Abuse
October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment
ReachMD has a new offering as a part of their Focus on Geriatric Medicine and Aging series: Evaluating Elder Competency & Elder Abuse. This podcast features Dr. Lisa Gibbs from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, who “describes the different types of elder abuse and who is most vulnerable. She explains how physicians [...]
Sep
16
Forensic Issues for Nurses
September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Medscape has a forensic-focused CE offering currently available: Forensic Issues for Nurses. It’s your standard article-posttest format and is free, with site registration. 1 CEU will be awarded upon completion.
Sep
3
Articles of Note: September Edition
September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for a run down of some of the new and noteworthy articles in the current literature. All of these are from the August/September issues. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. All links [...]
Aug
18
Elder Abuse Presentations
August 18, 2009 | 5 Comments
The good folks over at the Center of Excellence in Elder Abuse and Neglect have posted the presentations from this year’s ASA‐NCOA Aging in America Conference 2009, Elder Abuse sessions (PDF) on their site. It’s an unbelievable resource, with 16 different sets of slides on a wide variety of elder abuse issues, several health care [...]
Aug
3
Articles of Note: August [Mountain] Edition
August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for a run down of some of the new and noteworthy articles in the current literature. All of these are from the July/August/September issues. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. All links [...]
Jul
6
Articles of Note: July Edition
July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for a run down of some of the new and noteworthy articles in the current literature. Most of these are from the June/July/August issues. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. Most links [...]
May
20
Bruising in the Elderly
May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
From the Center of Excellence in Elder Abuse and Neglect: Bruising in Older Adults–Accidental and Inflicted (LINK HAS BEEN FIXED). This podcast reviews two studies about bruising in the elderly and discusses the all important issue of using color to accurately age bruises.
Part of the work of the Center of Excellence is the Elder Abuse [...]
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