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A Nobili

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[Andrea's story].

First-hand accounts of illness experiences provide important insights for other patients and their carers and can be a powerful tool for patient information and professional education. Andrea was ran over by a motor-bike while he was carried by bike and reported a complicated femur fracture. Three different representations of the story are reported and confronted: the bold chronicle of events, that sets the scenery and time sequence; Andrea's mother point of view on what happened after the accident, and during the course of the illness; and Andrea's story, told with his words and drawings. The methodological comments offered as discussion, stress how the collection of relevant patients stories can be a valuable research resource because it can offer a broad perspective which cannot be obtained by other means.

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[Assessment of the relationship between health personnel and caregivers caring for dementia patients. Results of a pilot survey].

The characteristics of 129 patients admitted to 2 Nursing Homes (with and without Alzheimer ward) and one Geriatric Rehabilitation Unit and of their caregivers were described in this pilot study. Caregivers were asked to evaluate the quality of care received by the patients. Mental status of patients was assessed with the MM-SE, Functional status with ADL and behaviours with ICS and NPI. The stress of caregivers was evaluated with the Green's Relative Stress Scale. Patients with cognitive problems were admitted because of their illness (32.4%) or because impossible to care for them at home (20%), whilst for patients without cognitive problems difficulties in treatment at home (35.3%) and problems in walking (23.5%) represented the two main categories for admission. Caregivers are mostly women (65%) and the stress level of caregiver of patients with dementia is 22.7 (range 0-60) vs 14.2 of the other group. The overall judgement on the quality of care is good with few exceptions for the relationship with doctors and health personnel, and the level of competence of the health personnel of the Nursing homes without Alzheimer ward. The study was the occasion for a reflection on caregivers' expectations and wishes and for advancing proposals for a better answer to their needs.

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[Health status of the very old at the USSL I in Turin. Epidemiological study in the area of the USSL I in Turin].

The aims of the study were: a. to describe the socioeconomic conditions of a randomized sample of over 75 years elderly of Torino USL; b. to evaluate the impact on doctors of a better knowledge of patients and c. to evaluate the feasibility and the results of a collaborative teamwork with doctors, nurses and social workers. Social workers or nurses evaluated the functional abilities of the elderly with the ADL and IADL scales, the cognitive function with the Mini Mental State and depressive symptoms with the Care Scale. 40 General Practitioners were randomized in two groups and each randomly selected 5 men and 5 women over 75 years, among their patients. Half of the doctors (experimental group) were offered a WHO textbook on drug prescription for the elderly and three monthly meetings with nurses and social workers, to globally evaluate the patients situation and define necessary interventions. 340 patients were recruited for the study (mean age 81 years). No differences were observed in the outcomes of the experimental and control group. An overall improvement of diagnostic skills and reduction of drug prescription was observed in both groups, but the impact of the latter was larger in the experimental group.

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