TEACHING NURSING HOME

拟议的教学护理之家将组织和 通过共同关注慢性疾病， 老年人，其病因或预防不为人所知， 发展是不可逆转的，其影响包括显着的 功能或认知障碍，导致长期 依赖家庭护理人员或机构护理。 来自医学院和护理学院以及 爱荷华州退伍军人之家将聚集在一起， 这一中心主题的各个方面，强调 病因学和疾病进展的流行病学方法 并强调社会心理学的方法来损害 和依赖的影响。 TNH最初将包括 5项R01子研究，包括：一项病例对照研究， 与帕金森病相关的一项研究， 骨质疏松症，一项评估特殊护理效果的实验 战略制度化SDAT患者，纵向 压力和社会支持的相互影响研究 SDAT患者的家庭护理人员，以及认知研究 轻度弱智老年人的下降。 TNH也将有一个 中央核心股，负责协调和同行审查 子研究，并为他们提供集中的数据处理， 访谈和统计咨询服务。 但 核心的主要目的是计划、激励和协助 发展新的研究工作，并最终发展一个 全校范围内的研究重点是TNH的焦点主题。

The proposed Teaching Nursing Home will be organized and integrated by a common focus on chronic conditions of the elderly, whose etiology or prevention is not well known, whose progression is irreversible, and whose effects include significant functional or cognitive impairment, leading to long-term dependence on family care-givers or institutional care. Researchers from the Colleges of Medicine and Nursing and from the Iowa State Veterans Home will be brought together to address various aspects of this central theme, emphasizing epidemiological approaches to etiology and disease progression and emphasizing social psychological approaches to impairment and the effects of dependence. The TNH will initially consist of five R01 substudies including: a case control study of factors related to Parkinson's disease, a study of risk factors for osteoporosis, an experiment to assess the effects of special care strategies for institutionalized SDAT patients, a longitudinal study of the interacting effects of stress and social support on family care-givers of SDAT patients, and a study of cognitive decline in mildly retarded elderly. The TNH will also have a central Core Unit, which will coordinate and peer-review the substudies and provide them with centralized data processing, interviewing and statistical consulting services. However, the primary purpose of the Core is to plan, stimulate, and assist in development of new research efforts and, ultimately, to develop a campus-wide research emphasis on the TNH focal theme.