Hospital Home Health articles from May 2006

Hospital Home Health archives from May 2006

Therapies use light, suction to speed wound healing.
May 1, 2006... Therapies use light, suction to speed wound healing Improve outcomes with cost-effective techniques New technologies for wound care in the home decrease the amount of time needed for treatment and improve patient outcomes, while helping...

Coping skills intervention reduces caregivers' stress.
May 1, 2006... Coping skills intervention reduces caregivers' stress Intervention requires three brief sessions New research shows that a three-session educational intervention with caregivers of cancer patients in hospice can significantly improve...

Caregiver manual offers tips on caring for cancer patients.
May 1, 2006... Caregiver manual offers tips on caring for cancer patients Researchers created a simple, three-visit intervention to assist caregivers of cancer patients in hospice because of advanced cancer. Part of the intervention includes a manual from...

Folk remedies popular among older rural residents.(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Folk remedies popular among older rural residents Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC, have found that alternative medicine is just as popular in rural areas as in urban ones.1 The difference...

CE Objectives/Questions.
May 1, 2006... CE Objectives After reading each issue of Hospital Home Health, the reader will be able to do the following: 1. Identify particular clinical, ethical, legal, or social issues pertinent to home health care. 2. Describe how those...