Elderly Kansas study shows drug misperceptions in independent seniors
A Kansas University study of 71 Douglas County residents aged 65 plus on multiple medications finds many elderly patients misunderstand their drugs. Researchers aim to craft pharmacist education. results show patients ask doctors more than pharmacists, yet pharmacists provide clearer information.
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Kansas University
Douglas County
Jeremy Matchett
Matchett
Social worker notes Alzheimer's toll on spouses and caregivers
Kansas graduate student Susan Tebb reports Alzheimer s disease strains families with healthy spouses and adult children bearing the burden. She cites isolation based on money loneliness and exhaustion and says medical personnel often overlook caregiver stress. Tebb developed two screening tests one for clinicians to refer to services and one for caregivers to self check for sleep loss irritability and financial worry, urging early outreach to prevent isolation.
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Kansas University Kansas
Susan Tebb
Tebb
Colmery-O'Neil Veterans Administration Medical Center
Topeka
Suit seeks disposal of meat at Jefferson County court
Atty Gen Robert Stephan sues in Jefferson County District Court on behalf of the Kansas Board of Agriculture to dispose of more than 3 percent of 7,500 pounds of ground beef delivered in July to the Kansas Correctional Industries Meat Processing Plant in Oskaloosa. Officials say the meat was deemed unfit for human consumption due to excessive bacteria. A hearing is set for January 26.
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Oskaloosa
Robert Stephan
Jefferson County
Stephan
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Kansas Correctional Industries
Department of Agriculture
Leonard Ewell
Lansing
Ewell
Independent living group protests cuts to SRS programs
About 80 members of the Kansas Association of Centers for Independent Living demonstrated at the opening of the 1990 Kansas Legislature. They protested Governor Hayden’s proposed 50 percent cuts to nine centers and to General Assistance and MediKan. Executives from Independence Inc. and centers from Wamego and Atchison urged that the state needs the centers to help people transition from institutions and avoid liability shifts, noting SSI recovery of GA and MediKan funds and the long aid-approval process.
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Topeka
Kansas
Capitol Building
Kansas Association of Centers For Independent Living
Mike Hayden
Association
Independence Inc
Lawrence Center For Independent Living
Wamego
Atchison
Ray Petty
Petty
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Hayden
Mike Donnelly
Donnelly
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