http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:57:02 PDT Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:57:02 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84468 Information on the diagnosis and treatment, symptoms managament, daily care, planning ahead, caregiver resources, kids and teens and basic facts and statistics of alzheimer's disease. Also has related disorders. Good for occupational therapy information. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=297775 Romeo lists the status of publisher copyright policies and author-archiving policies of academic journals, indicating, by color shceme, which publishers allow authors to archive preprints and/or post-prints. Journals are classified by color as green,blue,yellow, and white levels. For more information on indexes for determining publisher open access status go to " target=״_blank״>http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php?all=yes. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=291702 Highwire facilitates access to over 1.1 million full text scholarly articles on medical/biomedical topics. Most journal titles covered include back issues older than 12-24 months. This website features images/graphics and links to related material. For more information on Highwire (Stanford University) go to:http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=380132 Mental Status Tests: Dementia, Delirium & Depression is a collection of eight assessments designed to assess a person's mental status. Each assessment tool includes the resource reference(s). The assessment tools can be downloaded as PDF files and viewed with Adobe Reader. They are designed for use as reference material and include no interaction. The tools could be easily adapted for use in assessment courses and clinical lab settings.The assessments included in the collection are: Clock Drawing Test /Mini-Cog Assessment Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) Digital Span Test Folstein Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) - Short Form Interventions to Prevent Delirium Restraint Alternative Menu Short Portable Mental Status QuestionnaireThis learning resource is just one component of the Clinical Toolbox (c) for Geriatric Care. The resource was developed by the Society of Hospital Medicine Geriatric Task Force for the purpose of educating Hospitalists. In addition to physicians, the learning resource could be used for nursing and psychology students, as well as health care professionals who are responsible for assessing mental status in the elderly. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=380198 Nutrition is a collection of three assessments designed to assess a geriatric person's nutritional status. The resources include pertinence references. The assessment tools formatted as PDF files and require Adobe Reader software.The assessments included in the collection are:DETERMINE (The Nutrition Screening Initiative)Nutrition Interventions: Clinical ConsiderationsSubjective Global AssessmentThis learning resource is just one component of the Clinical Toolbox (c) for Geriatric Care. The resource was developed by the Society of Hospital Medicine Geriatric Task Force for the purpose of educating Hospitalists. In addition to physicians, the learning resource could be used for nursing, nutritionist, and dietician students, as well as health care professionals who are responsible for assessing nutrition in the elderly. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=707853 'ALZTrack™ (by HandHold Adaptive®, makers of AutismTrack™) is a journaling tool that empowers caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s to easily track interventions, behaviors and symptoms. Checkboxes allow daily recording of any therapy, medicine or supplement. Simple “sliders” allow rating of any behavior or symptom (e.g., anxiety, confusion, and sleeplessness).ALZTrack™ can help loved ones and caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s disease answer the puzzling question: “What seems to be working, and what’s not?”Daily log screens provide a snapshot of any particular day’s interventions and behaviors. Users may also graph symptoms and monitor compliance over periods of time. These daily logs and trend reports may be emailed (in PDF format), so that loved ones and caregivers can review useful information on their search to discover the unique patterns and trends experienced by individuals with Alzheimer’s. Features:* EASY TO USE: It takes only a few minutes to enter the day’s information. ALZTrack™ doesn’t bog caregivers down with long surveys – information is entered in a simple, easily understood format. * CUSTOM JOURNALING: Caregivers can add their own interventions and behaviors to the standard data sets available within the app, and can add notes to supplement compliance checklists and sliding-scale behavior ratings. * ANY PERSON, ANY TIME: Multiple caregivers can track a single individual with Alzheimer’s, which is useful in achieving “consensus” around the individual’s current level of performance, or in simply confirming whether or not medications were already administered for the day. ALZ Track™ runs on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad (an Internet connection is required). * EMAILABLE AND PRINTABLE REPORTS: Tracked data is available in an emailable and printable form, so that reports may be shared among family members, friends, doctors, and other members of the individual’s caregiving network.* SERVER-BASED: Caregivers who register to use ALZTrack™ can rest assured that if their device gets lost or breaks, data is recoverable through HandHold Adaptive’s secure server. About Handhold Adaptive®:Founded in 2008 by the parents of a young boy with autism, HandHold Adaptive® launched iPrompts®, a picture-prompting app for caregivers of those with special needs, in May of 2009. Thousands of caregivers now use the strongly-rated tool, which is well on its way to becoming the new standard in picture-based prompting. HandHold Adaptive® has also created AutismTrack™ (called “New and Noteworthy” by Apple) and ALZTrack™, two powerful data-tracking tools designed by a database architect with 20 years’ experience in securely managing user data. Users of ALZ Track™ are required to agree to a standard User Agreement that, among other things, requires a HIPAA waiver and an acknowledgment that HandHold Adaptive, LLC does not recommend any medications or treatments, and does not provide any medically diagnostic information. In the future, HandHold Adaptive® hopes that ALZTrack™ can help improve Alzheimer’s research, as aggregate data from households may one day be provided to researchers looking to better understand the efficacy of various treatment options. The information you enter using ALZTrack™ may play an important role in fighting Alzheimer’s!'This is a free app http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=677810 'ArthritisID is the most comprehensive free arthritis app for consumers, featuring the most current, evidence-based arthritis information to help detect, treat and manage arthritis. ArthritisID includes:-Screen for arthritis – ArthritisID’s interactive arthritis screening tool and questionnaire will help you determine indications of a type of arthritis -Understand arthritis better – ArthritisID features treatment strategies and medication information for: osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, lupus, gout and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (kids get arthritis too!)-You can trust ArthritisID – the most current, evidence-based information on prevention of arthritis, as well as information about exercise, diet and nutrition-Save it! 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There are journal articles in the the following areas: Agriculture, Education, Health and Nutrition,Econmic Development, Enviornment and Business. For more information about Eldis Gateway to Development Information see: http://www.eldis.org/. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=380135 Functional Assessment Tests is a collection of three assessments designed to assess a person's activities of daily living status. The assessments included in the collection are:Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) Physical Self-Maintenance Scale / Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) The Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ)This learning resource is just one component of the Clinical Toolbox (c) for Geriatric Care. The resource was developed by the Society of Hospital Medicine Geriatric Task Force for the purpose of educating Hospitalists. In addition to physicians, the learning resource could be used for nursing and social work students, as well as health care professionals who are responsible for assessing ADLs in the elderly. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=380191 Mobility Assessment Tests: Performance Based is a collection of two assessments designed to assess a person's activities of mobility status. The resources include pertinence references. The assessment tools formatted as PDF files and require Adobe Reader software.The assessments included in the collection are: Get Up and Go Test Performance Oriented Mobility AssessmentThis learning resource is just one component of the Clinical Toolbox (c) for Geriatric Care. The resource was developed by the Society of Hospital Medicine Geriatric Task Force for the purpose of educating Hospitalists. In addition to physicians, the learning resource could be used for nursing, social work and physical therapy students, as well as health care professionals who are responsible for assessing mobility in the elderly.