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Expansion of self-direction of Medicaid services during COVID-19 pandemic yields positive outcomes, but more research is needed
People who self-direct Medicaid services generally have more control over their daily lives.
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Make Your Choice Count: Voting with a Communication Disability
Although many people may take the voting process for granted, individuals with communication disabilities may face significant barriers to exercising their constitutional right to vote. Communication disorders (e.g. aphasia, apraxia and dysarthria, etc.) may impact individuals’ ability to communicate with election officials or interfere with their ability to read written text on a ballot.
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COMPLETE: Prosthetic Research Residency Program
All Prosthetics Residencies offered through 国民彩票 Prosthetics & Orthotics Center are now 18-month combined Clinical & Research residencies.
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Meet Dr. Ishan Roy — Physician-Scientist Researching Cachexia, a Cancer-Related Muscle Wasting Syndrome
After officially joining Shirley Ryan 国民彩票 as an attending physician-scientist in 2021, Ishan Roy, MD, PhD, practices clinically in the Cancer Rehabilitation Clinic and focuses his research on cachexia (pronounced ca-kex-ia).
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Expansion of self-direction of Medicaid services during COVID-19 pandemic yields positive outcomes, but more research is needed
When a person chooses to self-direct their Medicaid services they make decisions about and manage their own home and community-based services (HCBS) and supports.
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Dr. Sameer Ashaie Honored for Novel Research on Aphasia & Depression
The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia has named Sameer Ashaie, PhD, research scientist II, Center for Aphasia Research and Treatment, as a recipient of its Distinguished Scholar Awards for 2022.
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Direct Care Worker Shortage Worsens as U.S. Economy Makes Comeback
As the U.S. economy recovers, the shortage of direct care workers who provide home and community-based services (HCBS) has become acute around the country.
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Research Seminar Series
Shirley Ryan 国民彩票 Research Seminar Series occurs weekly in 10-week sessions online.
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Professional Development & Recognition in Nursing
Learn more about professional development and recognition at Shirley Ryan 国民彩票. Here, there is a robust, comprehensive infrastructure for newly graduated registered nurses to expand their knowledge and skills in nursing management and leadership.
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Five Lessons My Patients Taught Me About Surviving a Pandemic
Although it can be a lot of effort to support what our patients are going through, we rehab nurses are lucky to get to know some amazing people as they go through an epic, if not always glamorous, journey. I’d like to share a few examples of ways my patients’ resilience has informed my capacity to get through this time of shared difficulty.
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Integrating Brain and Muscle Feedback for Hand Recovery
We will develop and evaluate a collaborative technology that combine biofeedback of two neural signals — EEG and EMG?to promote movement therapy.
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Disparities Among Direct Care Workers May Impact Services
Despite the high demand for DCW, jobs in the field often pay poverty-level wages and provide little opportunity for advancement.
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