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Dr. Mark Ashley

Editor in Chief Anne Llewellyn sat down with Dr. Mark Ashley and engaged in a conversation about the importance of engaging the family in the care of patients with traumatic brain injury. Case managers who work with patients with this severe trauma can gain important insight into ways the family can make the difference in maximizing outcomes.

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Dr. Ken Duckworth

"The impact these illnesses have on the United States is pretty breathtaking. About 1 percent of the population in America has schizophrenia and about 2 or 3 percent have bipolar disorder. And this 3 or 4 percent of people occupies a tremendous number of beds, a tremendous number of disability lost days. When you combine (these) with depression and OCD, you can account for thousands and thousands and thousands of disability lost days in America."

Editor in Chief Anne Llewellyn talks with Dr. Ken Duckworth from the National Alliance on Mental Illness on August 27, 2007, in preparation for an article that appeared in the December 2007/January 2008 issue of Case in Point. The article is titled "Raising a Voice for Mental Illness."

Lisa Halpern

"By the time I got to Harvard I was getting lost on a three-block walk to school. And then I was getting lost everywhere else, like subway stations. I started taking taxis everywhere. I realized at some point that I couldn't count simple change, so I paid for everything with $20 bills. By the time my mom flew in a panic across the country, I had gone on a one-year leave from graduate school."
— Lisa Halpern on her early stages of schizophrenia

Editor in Chief Anne Llewellyn talks with Lisa Halpern on August 23, 2007, in preparation for an article that appeared in the December 2007/January 2008 issue of Case in Point. The article is titled "Raising a Voice for Mental Illness."

Dr. Clete Kushida

"In humans, the data is fairly mixed as to what the actual function of sleep is. There's various and different hypotheses. But we do know that if a person is sleep deprived, they have problems such as excessive daytime sleepiness, which puts them at risk for motor vehicle as well as work-related accidents. They have difficulties with their cognitive functions. Their ability to think unimpaired is affected, as well as their mood changes. There are a constellation of different types of effects that occur as a result of sleep deprivation."

Executive Editor Robin Jay talks with Dr. Clete Kushida, a sleep doctor from Stanford University, on August 22, 2007, in preparation for an article that appeared in the December 2007/January 2008 issue of Case in Point. The article was titled "Awake At Night: The Ill Effects of Poor Sleep and Sleep Disorders."

Bonnie Rodgers

Editor in Chief Anne Llewellyn talks with Bonnie Rodgers, RN, BSN Training manager for ZOLL Lifecor Corporation. Bonnie shares her insight on a new device, the LifeVest wearable defibulator that was developed to treat fatal arrhythmias responsible for sudden cardiac arrest/death. Bonnie has over 15 years experience in the medical device industry developing and bringing new products to market. She has an extensive background in adult heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, neonatology, and sleep therapy. For a refresher on sudden cardiac arrest, go to http://zoll.lifecor.com/sca/sca.asp.

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Eve Stern

Editor in Chief Anne Llewellyn sat down with Eve Stern, RN, MS, to discuss a new consumer decision support tool that will assist case managers and families when addressing a growing issue: senior housing. Stern shares how the idea was conceived and the practical application that meets an important need. She also talks about the Senior Housing locator, an online navigational tool powered by SNAPforSeniors. The tool is accessible free of charge on the SNAPforSeniors website.

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