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ANA Convention Holds Programs on Agingm Elects Officers WASHINGTON, D.C.---Thousands of registered nurses from throughout the U.S. and abroad converged on this city in the last week of June for the American Nurses' Association's convention. The meeting embodied the convention theme: N u r s i n g - - A Force for the Nation's Health. Eunice Cole, of Star Surgical Supp l y / H o m e Health Care in Bellingham, Wash., was elected A N A president. A past director of nursing services at St. Luke's General Hospital, she has been a member of the A N A Board of Directors, chair of the N - C A P Board of Trustees, and a member of the American Nurses Foundation Board of Trustees. Elected to the executive committee of the Division on Gerontological Nursing Practice were Janice Bergman, co-owner and director of nursing services, Crestview Manor, Seneca, Kans., (Bergman is a G N editorial adviser); Edna Stilwell, assistant professor of nursing and coordinator,
grant to each state. Democrats meeting at a special July "mini-convention" in Philadelphia, Pa., agreed that the answer to soaring health costs is to "establish a comprehensive universal national health insurance plan." Throughout the U.S. health charges rose a record 12.5 percent last year, according to the Health Care Financing Administration. This jump represents the largest consumer price rise of any measured category. Nearly 10 percent of the country's gross national product is now spent on health care. Federal outlays for the Medicare and Medicaid programs rose from $26 billion in 1976 to $56 billion in 1981. Despite slashes in the growth of Medicare/Medicaid and additional large c u t s in other social programs (the food-stamp program is scheduled by the Senate for another $2.5 billion cut over three years), the Federal deficit is expected by the GAO to exceed $100 billion during the next fiscal year, 1983.
graduate program in gerontological nursing, University of M a r y l a n d School of Nursing, Baltimore; and Charlene Connolly Quinn, instructor and coordinator of the Gerontology Training Project, University of Maryland. Mary Opal Wolanin, geriatric nursing consultant and educator and a G N adviser, received the division's Gerontological Nurse of the Year Award (see News Watch, July/August, p. 215). Programs of the gerontological division and its Council of Nursing Home Nurses and Council of Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioners figured prominently at this, the ANA's 53rd biennial convention. Expanding the influence of nurses in setting long-term care policy, promoting wellness rather than illness models of care for the elderly, and approaches to cost containment through alternatives in nursing home staffing were among many topics explored at well-attended sessions. The final report of'the 1981 w h i t e House Conference on Aging, released in June, was discussed at the division business meeting. The report suggests that Medicaid in-home
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and community services be available, and that more attention be devoted to preventive health care. The report characterized the nation's aged as "the wealthiest, best-fed, best-housed, healthiest, most self-reliant older population in our history." B~rbara Sabol, chief officer of policy and planning, Department of Health and Human Services, reacted to that conclusion during a program meeting. Sabol stressed that older persons expect partners to help them improve life for those elderly "who are n o t healthy, wealthy, and self-reliant." She said that the logical partners are professional nurses "because every issue that influences older adults influences their caregivers, the majority of whom are nurses." Eldonna Shields, division chairperson, announced that a 10-year plan is under way to prepare for the 1991 WHCoA.' "Issues and Strategies in LongTerm Care," cosponsored by the Divisions on Gerontological and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
A Refresher Course For L T C Nurses N E W YORK, N . Y . - - A refresher course for the nurse entering or returning to long-term care of the institutionalized elderly will be offered by the department of nursing services of the Jewish Home and Hospital for Aged and the Frederick D. Zeman Center for Instruction. "Gerontological Nursing: Theory and Practice" will identify the role of the nurse through classroom dis-
Practice, focused on new means to address old problems. Joan Lynaugh, associate director of the Teaching Nursing Home Project (see News Watch, May/June, p. 140) described it as the "most exciting opportunity to come along in decades," and an opportunity to forge a lasting link between university schools of nursing and long-term care facilities. Mary Lodge of the American Nurses Foundation and Robert Burmeister of the Foundation of the American College of Nursing Home Administrators described a second project, which they are codirecting, Professional Practice for Nurse Administrators in Long-Term Care Far cilities. Now in its first of three years, the project will describe the administrator's role as nurses in that position perceive it. Lodge urged nurse administrators to complete the survey now being distributed nationwide, which will provide the first profile of that position and become the basis for a statement on the role and its qualifications. cussions and actual practice in the clinical setting. The course, to be held Oct. 18-22 and Oct. 25-29, 1982, from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M., will cost $275. Covered topics are to include normal biophysical and psychosocial changes in aging, pharmacodynamics, physical assessment skills, nursing process with the aged, and developing a nursing care plan. CEUs have been applied for from the National League for Nursing. For more information phone Rita Grossman, RN, (212) 870-4925.
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Not a spray or cover-up, Oral DERIFIL is the natural, effective way to eliminate unpleasant odors associated with... 9 Fecal/urinary incontinence 9 Ostomies 9 Infected wounds 9 Body odor and other malodorous conditions Thousands of institutions and individuals have discovered that DERIFIL can banish unpleasant odor, improve patient morale, enhance patient care. And DERIFIL is... Safe. No Rx needed, 25-year safety record. Convenient. Easy oral administration. Economical, One tablet daily is usually effective against odors of incontinence; dosage varies for other conditions. Available in several bottle sizes to suit your needs. Send us your order, or request a trial supply.
Oral Derifil.*,. the natural answer
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health plan younger workers receive, and make Medicare the secondary payer to these company health plans. (The opposite of the current system.) 9 Require home health copayments of 5 percent on all visits. 9 Place a federally computed cap on Medicare expenditures for hospitals. 9 Require reimbursement limits on skilled nursing facilities. The Senate's proposals for MediCaid would: 9 Institute copayments. 9 Allow states to place liens on real property owned by Medicaid recipients. 9 Reduce the "error tolerance" to 3 percent. The Administration is preparing to announce a revised version of its plan offered last year to federalize Medicaid. Under the President's plan, the long-term care benefit would be separated out" in a block
ANA Convention Holds Programs on Agingm Elects Officers WASHINGTON, D.C.---Thousands of registered nurses from throughout the U.S. and abroad converged on this city in the last week of June for the American Nurses' Association's convention. The meeting embodied the convention theme: N u r s i n g - - A Force for the Nation's Health. Eunice Cole, of Star Surgical Supp l y / H o m e Health Care in Bellingham, Wash., was elected A N A president. A past director of nursing services at St. Luke's General Hospital, she has been a member of the A N A Board of Directors, chair of the N - C A P Board of Trustees, and a member of the American Nurses Foundation Board of Trustees. Elected to the executive committee of the Division on Gerontological Nursing Practice were Janice Bergman, co-owner and director of nursing services, Crestview Manor, Seneca, Kans., (Bergman is a G N editorial adviser); Edna Stilwell, assistant professor of nursing and coordinator,
grant to each state. Democrats meeting at a special July "mini-convention" in Philadelphia, Pa., agreed that the answer to soaring health costs is to "establish a comprehensive universal national health insurance plan." Throughout the U.S. health charges rose a record 12.5 percent last year, according to the Health Care Financing Administration. This jump represents the largest consumer price rise of any measured category. Nearly 10 percent of the country's gross national product is now spent on health care. Federal outlays for the Medicare and Medicaid programs rose from $26 billion in 1976 to $56 billion in 1981. Despite slashes in the growth of Medicare/Medicaid and additional large c u t s in other social programs (the food-stamp program is scheduled by the Senate for another $2.5 billion cut over three years), the Federal deficit is expected by the GAO to exceed $100 billion during the next fiscal year, 1983.
graduate program in gerontological nursing, University of M a r y l a n d School of Nursing, Baltimore; and Charlene Connolly Quinn, instructor and coordinator of the Gerontology Training Project, University of Maryland. Mary Opal Wolanin, geriatric nursing consultant and educator and a G N adviser, received the division's Gerontological Nurse of the Year Award (see News Watch, July/August, p. 215). Programs of the gerontological division and its Council of Nursing Home Nurses and Council of Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioners figured prominently at this, the ANA's 53rd biennial convention. Expanding the influence of nurses in setting long-term care policy, promoting wellness rather than illness models of care for the elderly, and approaches to cost containment through alternatives in nursing home staffing were among many topics explored at well-attended sessions. The final report of'the 1981 w h i t e House Conference on Aging, released in June, was discussed at the division business meeting. The report suggests that Medicaid in-home
from topical lesions
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9a n a t u r a l
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to DERIFIL The crowded scene at the colorful opening ceremonies of the ANA's 53rd biennial convention held in Washington, D.C.
and community services be available, and that more attention be devoted to preventive health care. The report characterized the nation's aged as "the wealthiest, best-fed, best-housed, healthiest, most self-reliant older population in our history." B~rbara Sabol, chief officer of policy and planning, Department of Health and Human Services, reacted to that conclusion during a program meeting. Sabol stressed that older persons expect partners to help them improve life for those elderly "who are n o t healthy, wealthy, and self-reliant." She said that the logical partners are professional nurses "because every issue that influences older adults influences their caregivers, the majority of whom are nurses." Eldonna Shields, division chairperson, announced that a 10-year plan is under way to prepare for the 1991 WHCoA.' "Issues and Strategies in LongTerm Care," cosponsored by the Divisions on Gerontological and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
A Refresher Course For L T C Nurses N E W YORK, N . Y . - - A refresher course for the nurse entering or returning to long-term care of the institutionalized elderly will be offered by the department of nursing services of the Jewish Home and Hospital for Aged and the Frederick D. Zeman Center for Instruction. "Gerontological Nursing: Theory and Practice" will identify the role of the nurse through classroom dis-
Practice, focused on new means to address old problems. Joan Lynaugh, associate director of the Teaching Nursing Home Project (see News Watch, May/June, p. 140) described it as the "most exciting opportunity to come along in decades," and an opportunity to forge a lasting link between university schools of nursing and long-term care facilities. Mary Lodge of the American Nurses Foundation and Robert Burmeister of the Foundation of the American College of Nursing Home Administrators described a second project, which they are codirecting, Professional Practice for Nurse Administrators in Long-Term Care Far cilities. Now in its first of three years, the project will describe the administrator's role as nurses in that position perceive it. Lodge urged nurse administrators to complete the survey now being distributed nationwide, which will provide the first profile of that position and become the basis for a statement on the role and its qualifications. cussions and actual practice in the clinical setting. The course, to be held Oct. 18-22 and Oct. 25-29, 1982, from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M., will cost $275. Covered topics are to include normal biophysical and psychosocial changes in aging, pharmacodynamics, physical assessment skills, nursing process with the aged, and developing a nursing care plan. CEUs have been applied for from the National League for Nursing. For more information phone Rita Grossman, RN, (212) 870-4925.
Topical CHLORESIUM is an effective, soothing deodorizer for 9 Decubitus ulcers 9 Wounds of skin and soft tissue 9 Malignant lesions 9 Other chronic surface lesions Institutions and individuals choose CHLORESIUM because it is... Therapeutic. A proven healing aid for resistant lesions. Decubitus ulcers, for instance, often respond to CHLORES]UM Ointment when other treatment has failed. Safe. Soothing, nontoxic, virtually nonsensitizing.. Economical. Attacks problem odors at the source, makes cover-up deodorizers unnecessary. Available as ointment or solution, in tube and bottle sizes to suit your needs. Send us your order, or request a trial supply.
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470 MarnaroneckAve., White Plains, NY 10605