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Extended Care Product News - ISSN: 0895-2906 - Volume 100 - Issue 4 - May 2005
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End-of-Life Care
Renée J. Olszewski
Interview with Kenneth Monahan, MHSA, NHA
Judy Lentz, RN, MSN, NHA, and Paul O’Palka, Jr.
An impending population “shockwave” of elder Americans magnifies the importance of better and more efficient palliative care.

Wellness for Life: A Successful Program for Seniors
Ken Van Demark, PT, ATC, CSCS, CPT-NSCA
One facility’s unique approach to providing a fitness program helps residents grow in mind, body, and spirit.

Skin Assessment in Patients with Diabetes
Diane Holland, BS, PT, CWS, CPed, and Cynthia A. Fleck, RN, BSN, MBA, ET/WOCN, CWS, DAPWCA
More susceptible to medical complications, patients with diabetes require extra attention and intervention with skin assessment.

Ethical Wound Management for the Palliative Patient
Cynthia A. Fleck, RN, BSN, MBA, ET/WOCN, CWS, DAPWCA
A care-delivery system of intervention, education, and prevention can ease the innumerable challenges facing palliative care patients and their loved ones.
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Karen Lou Kennedy-Evans, RN, CS, FNP; Elena Walls, RNC, CRRN; and Carol Richelson, RN, MS, CWOCN
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Sharon Clewis, RD, LD/N; Chris Kallas, RD, LD/N; Diane Loechner, RD, LD/N; and Magda Segarra, RD, LD/N
Robert A. Norman, DO, MPH
Ryan Dougherty
Ben Peirce, BA, RN, CWOCN
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