This qualitative study explored the medication management experiences of Australian ethnic minority family caregivers of people living with dementia. From the perspective of this group of caregivers, medication management was a source of stress resulting from the progressive loss of ability of care recipients to manage their own medications; the complexity of the medication regime and the careg...

OBJECTIVE This study compared boys' with girls' hazard-directed behaviors at home when the mother was present and absent from the room. METHODS Videos were coded for how children reacted to a contrived burn hazard ('Gadget'), maternal verbalizations to children about the hazard, and children's compliance with directives to avoid the hazard. Children's behavioral attributes (risk-taking tenden...

OBJECTIVE This study examined patient performance benchmarks for occupational therapy within orthopedic (hip) critical pathways. METHOD Eight orthopedic (hip) critical pathways gathered from occupational therapy practitioners working in hospital and rehabilitation settings were examined to determine commonalities and differences of occupational therapy benchmarks, disciplines involved, and id...

Unilateral spatial neglect is one of the most common symptoms of stroke. It has important implications for occupational therapy because of its clinical manifestations, which include problems with activities of daily living, mobility, and reading. This article reviews neurophysiological theories pertaining to unilateral spatial neglect and focuses on two new treatment approaches with potential a...

AIM To determine whether short-term intensive group-based therapy combining modified constraint-induced movement therapy and bimanual therapy (hybrid-CIMT) is more effective than an equal total dose of distributed individualized occupational therapy (standard care) on upper limb motor and individualized outcomes. METHOD Fifty-three children with unilateral cerebral palsy (69% males; mean age ...

PURPOSE This study describes the preliminary experiences of 10 states in providing support services to family or informal caregivers of elderly adults and adults with disabilities; it focuses on the newly created National Family Caregiver Support Program, state general funds, Medicaid-waiver programs, and other state-funding streams. DESIGN AND METHODS Case studies were conducted, between Mar...

PURPOSE Supervision is typically mandatory for therapists in training and plays an important role in their professional development. A number of qualitative studies have considered specific aspects of supervision. This systematic review aimed to synthesize these studies' findings and explore the experience and impact of supervision for trainee therapists. METHODS A systematic search of the li...

This pa.per demonstrates how image features of linear extent (lengths and spacings) image-independent constraints on un erlying surface cf encrate nearly orientations. General constraints are derived from the shape-from-texture paradigm; then. certain special cases are shown to be especially useful. Under orthography, the assumption that two extents are equal is shown to be identical to the ass...

BACKGROUND Informal, unpaid caregivers shoulder much of the care burden for individuals with serious illness. As part of a project to create an innovative model of supportive care for serious illness, a series of user interviews were conducted, forming the basis for this article. OBJECTIVE To understand both individual and interpersonal aspects of caregiving for serious illness. METHODS Twe...

Two studies were conducted to examine how perceptions of support for mentoring relate to mentoring attitudes and outcomes for both protégés and mentors, over and above established predictors. In study 1, protégés provided information on their perceptions of support for mentoring and mentoring received. As expected, perceived management support for mentoring was positively related to career-rela...