Info-Connect
Info-Connect pamphlets provide succinct, practical information for long-term care providers on key clinical topics. The following topics are available.
Title |
Description |
Author |
|---|---|---|
| Urinary Incontinence: Management in the Nursing Home Setting |
Describes the types of urinary incontinence (UI) and treatment options for each; also provides information about how to identify possible UI. | N. Lynch |
| Restraint-Free Resident Care |
Defines different restraint types, discusses the risks of restraint use, describes care techniques that promote restraint-free care, and provides information about common care challenges and behavioral interventions. | S. McKay |
| Tools for Assessment of Depression in the Older Adult |
Provides tools for assessing depression in both cognitively intact older adults and in older adults with dementia, offers recommendations for managing depression in persons who do not have dementia, and discusses the management of depressive symptoms in the context of dementia. | S. Schultz |
| Chronic Pain Management in Older Adults |
Describes pharmacological treatment options for mild-moderate and moderate-severe chronic pain, provides information about pain medications to avoid in older adults, and lists key concepts in controlling chronic pain. | J. Steffensmeier |
| Oral
Hygiene Care for Palliative Care Residents in Nursing Homes |
Discusses the topic of oral hygiene care for residents who are non-responsive or acutely ill, including conditions that affect oral care and strategies for maintaining residents’ quality of life and mouth comfort. | J.
Chalmers M. Wiseman R. Ettinger |
| Oral
Hygiene Care for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia |
Describes complex dental needs of residents with dementia, characteristic oral health problems, and strategies for providing care, and includes an oral hygiene care plan and an assessment tool. | J. Chalmers |
| Managing
Bathing Challenges in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia |
Discusses common bathing challenges facing staff who care for residents with dementia and provides approaches to enhance comfort and cooperation from the resident. | M. Smith |
| Hospice
Approach to End-of-Life Dementia Care |
Defines the goals of hospice care for advanced dementia; lists characteristic problems, risks, and barriers that may impact hospice care for persons with dementia; and discusses levels of care and principles of decision making for hospice care in advanced dementia. | M. Smith |
| Pain
Assessment in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia |
Discusses common myths about and consequences of pain, and describes behavioral signs of pain and four tools for assessing pain in individuals with cognitive impairment. | M. Smith |
| Pain
Management in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia |
Discusses principles of pain management, lists ideas for non-pharmacological relief of pain, and provides information to help guide the selection and dosage of pain medications. | M.
Smith M. Kelly |
| Infections
in Long Term Care Facilities |
Discusses the problems associated with infections in long term care facilities, including such topics as bacterial pneumonia, urinary tract infections, skin and soft tissue infections, and different prevention stategies. | M.
Ernst E. Ernst |
| Understanding & Managing Aggression |
Provides common risk factors for aggressive behaviors and discusses assessment strategies, behavioral intervention, medication management, and common care challenges. | M. Smith |
| The
3D's: Delirium, Depression, Dementia |
Describes symptoms, courses of action and medications associated with delirium, depression and dementia. | S. Schultz |
| Family
Involvement in Care |
Discusses the Family Involvement in Care Intervention, a strategy that partners family caregiver(s) and LTC facility staff to provide the best possible care for a person with dementia. | J.
Specht M. Maas L.Skemp |
| Fall Prevention | Reviews the extrinsic and intrinsic risk factors for falls, as well as strategies for the development of a fall intervention program. | M. Schilling |
| Pressure
Ulcers: Prevention & Treatment |
Describes five strategies that can be used to prevent pressure ulcers and five strategies, including types of pressure-reduction surfaces, that can be used to treat them. | B. Folkedahl |
Needs-Driven
Behavior 4-part Series |
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| Need-driven Dementia-compromised Behavior (NDB) |
Reviews Need-driven Dementia-compromised Behavior, together with assessment and management strategies. (Part 1 of a 4-part series) | M. Smith |
| Disruptive Vocalizations | Reviews disruptive vocalizations including what they are, who they effect, various types of DV, potential triggers and medical management. (Part 2 of a 4-part series) | M.
Smith J. Filips |
| Sleep Disturbances | Describes information about sleep disturbances including background information, circadian rhythm disturbance, assessment, applying suitable treatment approaches, suggestions for interventions and medication management. (Part 3 of a 4-part series) | M.
Smith J. Crossett |
| Great
Escapes: The Wandering Dilemma |
Describes the behavior of wandering and elopment including an overview, patterns, goals of interventions, risk factors, assessment, strategies for intervention, behavior management and medication management. (Part 4 of a 4-part series) | M.
Smith S. Schultz |