Elaine Hatfield | PubMed Health

PubMed1981

Chronic sorrow revisited: parent vs. professional depiction of the adjustment of parents of mentally retarded children.

In response to a questionnaire mailing, parents of mentally retarded children and social workers essentially agreed that such parents experience periodic crises during the child's development, rather than time-bound adjustment. Social workers tended to underestimate the impact on parents of later developmental periods. Clinical implications of the findings, which run counter to the prevalent professional view, are considered.

Adaptation, Psychological↗

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Real-time reporting drives the race toward zero.

LifeCare Hospitals of Pittsburgh is a 155-bed freestanding, Acute Long Term Care Hospital, one of 333 nationwide. Patients with complex care needs who are recovering from acute events, postsurgical interventions, and multiple comorbidities stay an average of 25 days. Like other hospitals, reducing medication errors is a focus of the quality improvement program. Provision of a safe environment is tantamount to achieving quality patient outcomes. Creative solutions to the problem of medication errors are needed. Healthcare executives need effective strategies to engage care providers in solving problems in the course of work and in a nonpunitive environment. Over the period of 1 year, medication errors reaching patients at LifeCare decreased by 50% through culture changes, rapid learning cycles, and strong support from the hospital's leaders.

Forms and Records Control↗