Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
Imagine the surprise, fright when opening the box they stole?! We need more surprises like this, then maybe some of the craziness will so a down.
https://kdvr.com/news/local/box-of-human-heads-stolen-from-a-truck-in-denver/
Barb, I hope granddaughter has a nice birthday. I wonder why this suddenly became such an issue for him, if he had no real contact with her for years. I hope he gets help and this can be resolved for everyone's sake.
Glad... that is a story that will stick with me. lol Not every day you read about stolen heads off a medical supplies truck.
I finally get to start working with some aging-related research in my schoolwork. I'm writing this week about a research study conducted in a care facility on 7 subjects with dementia, published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. The goal of the treatment was to see if it would increase "appropriate engagement" in social/leisure opportunities in the facility. It did, but not across all subjects. I'll be writing about the research methods and whether experimental control and a functional relationship was demonstrated.
Then I'll work on my final paper, writing behavioral plans to help kids with learning disabilities and skill delays. That's by far the most common application for what I'm learning but I like to look at the gerontological possibilities. We all know that a great antecedent set-up is key to successful bath times, for example. Getting things just so for the individual -- grab bars, water pressure, temperature, etc. -- means compliance with and an increase in important social behaviors. So I see a lot of ways ABA can help older adults who have limited cognitive or daily living skills, mostly by training staff to implement little things that would make a difference in their daily lives. In the study I'm referencing this week, all that was done was offering/encouraging the participant to get involved in something social, aka a prompt in ABA terms -- such as singing with others, looking at magazines of interest. And it worked to cause increased engagement. So simple but effective.
Part of me says "duh," of course this would likely increase engagement, but also I guess you have to start somewhere. It took some digging to find this article from 2013 while searching across the entire last 10 years of JABA with keywords like "older populations" and "dementia." Just seems like there isn't a lot out there. Ran into this same thing a few terms ago while looking at research on psychoanalysis/CBT used with older adults. There's a little bit but doesn't seem like much. I wonder why because it's a demographic that receives a lot of care.
this is just a general comment.
it’s such a rollercoaster of emotions, helping our LOs. emergency/calm/peace/emergency/calm, etc.
wishing us all lots of strength.
bundle of joy :)
hug!!!
It’s on my mind:
A few days ago, I made a terrible mistake (mistake with medicine). I misunderstood the doctor.
I understood, don’t give the antibiotics.
Today I discovered, the doctor actually said: give the antibiotics.
Today suddenly, my LO has a big infection. Hospital. Not sepsis, but on the way to sepsis. Now IV antibiotics, trouble breathing. Doctor hopes only 7 days hospital.
My LO was in great health, full of energy.
I made a mistake.
I really hope my LO recuperates.
I pray for your LO's recovery and for you to be able to forgive yourself soon.
Terrible mistake.
Hard to explain, but I’m not at fault. The dialogue between the doctor and I was more complicated than I described. I summarized to keep it short.
There was a big misunderstanding between the doctor and I.
I understood, that under “the following circumstances”, never use antibiotics.
That was right.
But there was an additional — unsaid — statement, which I could not have guessed:
Never use antibiotics “under the following circumstances”, EXCEPT…
Big misunderstanding.
Terrible…
Thanks a lot for your prayers and kind words!! Really!!
(My LO is now in hospital. Very weak).
My LO was extremely healthy just a few days ago.
Big hugs back to you all + thank you!! I’ll let you know.
Looks like my LO “heard”
your messages, because already, hours later, things are looking much better.
I’ll let you know.
Thank you!!
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Here in So.Cal, U.S.A., gas is selling at over $5.00+ a gallon this week.