Advocating Quality Comfort Care Throughout Life
Next Meeting:Friday, November 14, 2008
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End of Life Nursing Education Consortium Core Training Program - ELNEC Presented by Carilion Corporate University October 27 – 28, 2008 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Roanoke Higher Education Center For More Information - PDF Brochure |
October 8, 2008 End-of-life talk has cascading benefits: study By Megan Rauscher NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In terminally ill patients, "end-of-life" discussions with their doctor do not increase emotional distress or reduce quality of life, a study shows. On the contrary, these discussions improve the quality of life of both the patient and loved ones when death is near. Read More..... |
October 7, 2008 In ‘Sweetie’ and ‘Dear,’ a Hurt for the Elderly By JOHN LELAND Professionals call it elderspeak, the sweetly belittling form of address that has always rankled older people: the doctor who talks to their child rather than to them about their health; the store clerk who assumes that an older person does not know how to work a computer, or needs to be addressed slowly or in a loud voice. Then there are those who address any elderly person as “dear.” “People think they’re being nice,” said Elvira Nagle, 83, of Dublin, Calif., “but when I hear it, it raises my hackles.” Now studies are finding that the insults can have health consequences, especially if people mutely accept the attitudes behind them, said Becca Levy, an associate professor of epidemiology and psychology at Yale University, who studies the health effects of such messages on elderly people. Read More... |