AMDA Foundation - Vol XII, Feb `05

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Vol XII, Feb `05

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Mark Your Calendar for Foundation Events

Vol XII, Feb `05 The Foundation is sponsoring a number of meetings and activities to be held during AMDA's Annual Symposium in New Orleans. Mark your calendar now, then come out and support the Foundation and its efforts to promote long term care research that can be translated into practice.
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Consent, Other Hot Issues on Agenda for Spring Research Network Meeting

Vol XII, Feb `05 A detailed introduction to the Network's involvement with the Family Practice Inquiries Network (FPIN) and a discussion of consent/assent for research involving people with dementia are among the intriguing and important topics on the agenda for the AMDA Foundation Research Network's Spring Meeting. Set for 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16, in New Orleans, LA.
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Take 10 Minutes and Participate in Foundation Study

Vol XII, Feb `05 Stop by the AMDA Foundation booth during the Annual Symposium in New Orleans and complete a brief survey that will be part of a study, "Perceptions about the Effect of Geriatric Syndromes on Nursing Facility Residents."
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Pay Tribute and Make an Impact on LTC

Vol XII, Feb `05 Here are just a sample of some of the moving tributes posted on the Wall of Caring over the years.
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Foundation Study Shows Staff, Patients Are Responsible for Underuse of Hearing Aids in LTCFs

Vol XII, Feb `05

Despite national statistics suggesting that as many as 90% of nursing facility patients have significant hearing loss, NF staff often fail to recognize hearing impairments and/or don't help patients maintain or use their hearing aids. At the same time, patients who do have hearing aids often don't wear them because they don't know how to use them or the devices don't fit or work properly. These are the conclusions of a Foundation-sponsored study, "Critical Factors Associated with Hearing Aid Use in Nursing Home Residents," by Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, PhD, and Judith Taylor, MPhd.