More than 5,000 youths and adults are expected to participate on Miami Universitys Oxford campus this summer in a variety of educational programs, athletic camps, conferences, and other events.
Miamians heard a familiar voice on national airways June 8 when the music receded and famed NPR journalist Terry Gross introduced Fresh Air and the topic du jour: the kissing bug. Formally known as triatomine bugs, these blood sucking insects can carry the T. cruzi parasite that causes Chagas disease a disease that killed the aunt of Daisy Hernández, associate professor of English, and inspired her to write The Kissing Bug: The True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease. Its that book seven years in the making that found Hernández interviewed by Gross this week, living out a personal dream while telling her familys story.
This year we are returning to our normal, competitive process for distributing a portion of the Student Technology Fees to innovative or significant technology projects that benefit students.
The Weekly Three posting from the Office of Institutional Diversity on June 9, 2021: DEI Implementation, Community Updates, and Celebrations and Recognition
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has challenged the way nursing homes deliver person-centered care (PCC). Preferences for Activity and Leisure (PAL) Cards are a tool to communicate residents' important preferences to staff.
The purpose of this quality improvement project was to evaluate the implementation of a person-centered communication tool in nursing homes (NH). The Preferences for Activity and Leisure (PAL) Cards were developed to communicate residents preferences for activities across care team members. The intervention can assist nursing home providers in meeting PCC regulations and contribute to building relationships between residents, family, and staff.
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