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Insight for Trustees March 2010 A Tradition of Innovation: Research Rounds

We have implemented Research Rounds, sharing study findings and discussing practice applications, that are offered to Trustees and staff at all five of our locations through videoconference. To date, there have been four sessions held, each attended by 50 to 60 individuals

Insight for Trustees March 2010 A Tradition of Innovation: Research Rounds

We have implemented Research Rounds, sharing study findings and discussing practice applications, that are offered to Trustees and staff at all five of our locations through videoconference.  To date, there have been four sessions held, each attended by 50 to 60 individuals.

To date, the following sessions have been held:

  • October 7, 2009 – Leslie Libow, M.D. presented on Parkinson’s Disease and the Aging Brain – Selected Aspects of the Dementia, the Depression and the Genetics.
  • November 3, 2009 – Amy Horowitz, DSW and Joann P. Reinhardt, PhD presented on Prevalence and Consequences of Vision Impairment and Depression for Patients in Subacute Rehab.
  • December 2, 2009 – Betty Lim, M.D., Eileen Chichin, PhD and Joann P. Reinhardt, PhD presented on Developing a Replicable Model of Nursing Home Palliative Care.
  • February 17, 2010 – Cara Unowsky, MA, MBA and Orah Burack, MA presented on The Geriatric Career Development Program: What Have We Learned?

The following Research Rounds have been scheduled for 2010:

  • Tuesday, March 23rd, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Kenneth Boockvar, M.D. – Improving Transitions Between Hospital and Nursing Home

  • Monday, May 24th, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Gerson Lesser, M.D. – Serum Lipids and Alzheimer Neuropathology in the Very Old

  • Tuesday, September 21st, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Deidre Downs and Orah Burack – Culture Change at Jewish Home Lifecare

  • Thursday, December 2nd, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Joann P. Reinhardt, PhD, Eileen Chichin, PhD and Laurie Posner, M.D. – A Model of Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia

You can participate in Research Rounds “at a campus near you.”

  • Manhattan: Board Room
  • Bronx: Greenwall Conference Room
  • Sarah Neuman: Administrative conference room
  • Manhattan Home Care: 404 5th Avenue Conference Room or, after the move of our Home Care Offices, at 104 W. 29th Street, 8th Floor
  • Bronx Home Care:  2900 Exterior Street, Bronx, NY: Large Conference Room