First posted May 8, 2017 For additional information, contact: Director, Washington Water Science Center U.S. Geological Survey 934 Broadway, Suite 300 Tacoma, Washington 98402 In accordance with guidelines set forth by the Office of Water Quality in the Water Mission Area of the U.S. Geological Survey, a quality-assurance plan has been created for use by the Washington Water Science Center (WAWSC) in conducting water-quality activities. This qualityassurance plan documents the standards, policies, and procedures used by the WAWSC for activities related to the collection, processing, storage, analysis, and publication of water-quality data. The policies and procedures documented in this quality-assurance plan for water-quality activities complement the quality-assurance plans for surface-water and groundwater activities at the WAWSC.
Family caregivers seek information online to help them learn about dementia, problem solve challenges they face, and access resources and support to help them cope. The quality, relevance, and usability of online information for caregivers varies across websites and little is known about how frequently these sites are viewed. The UCSF Memory and Aging Center (MAC) maintains a website with educational content on dementia (memory.ucsf.edu). New content developed specifically to support family caregivers was developed by a multidisciplinary team of clinicians with expertise in dementia. The MAC's Family Advisory Council (FAC) of dementia caregivers reviewed the material for relevance and appeal to caregivers, and participated in user testing to help make the website easy to navigate. The new website content was released in September 2017. We used Google Analytics to measure the number of pageviews per month for each MAC webpage from January 2018—January 2019. The number of page views per month for each webpage was derived using Google Analytics. Our results are shown in the attached line graph. From January 2018 to January 2019 there were a total of: 30,193 pageviews for memory.ucsf.edu/behavior-personality-changes; 22,215 pageviews for memory.ucsf.edu/medications-dementia; 2,554 pageviews for memory.ucsf.edu/caregiving-support; 3,373 pageviews for memory.ucsf.edu/tips-daily-life; 1,386 pageviews for memory.ucsf.edu/caregiver-well-being.
First posted May 14, 2019 For additional information, contact: Director, Washington Water Science CenterU.S. Geological Survey934 Broadway, Suite 300Tacoma, Washington 98402 The primary mission of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Mission Area is to collect and disseminate reliable, impartial, and timely information needed to understand the water resources of the Nation, including data on streamflow, groundwater, water quality, water use, and availability. Management of data throughout the entire data lifecycle is necessary to meet the mission and maintain the USGS reputation of producing high-quality data as the Nation’s primary earth-science information agency. This document describes the data management procedures of the USGS Washington Water Science Center, including responsibilities of staff and workflow procedures.
There are currently over 5 million people with Alzheimer's disease in the United States. Knowledge of how to care for this population is critical for health care providers regardless of specialty or profession. Programs have successfully exposed medical students to the experience of dementia by pairing student volunteers with patients. We expanded this program to be an interprofessional, elective course offered as part of graduate medical curriculum. The Memory and Aging Center (MAC) is a state and federally funded Alzheimer's Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The campus is focused on graduate education for health professions. Using the Northwestern University Buddy Program ™ as a model, we developed a full year interprofessional elective course offered through the School of Medicine and available to medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry and physical therapy students. Course work includes 2 hours per month spent with a patient with mild dementia (the teacher) and a written description of the experience submitted for review by faculty. One hour of class per month alternates didactic learning topics taught by interprofessional faculty (diagnosis of dementia, management of behavioral symptoms, medications in dementia and palliative care issues) with discussions about the experience, allowing cross-professional learning. Nine patients diagnosed with mild dementia were recruited from the UCSF MAC. Nine students enrolled (3 from Nursing, 1 from Dentistry, 1 from Medicine and 4 from Pharmacy). Students and teachers submitted a brief biography to faculty for matching. The first class was attended by 8/9 students in October 2014. An introductory reception was held later that month and attended by 9 students and 8/9 teachers. Outings started in November and included exercise, dining and museum visits. The journal submissions indicate a positive experience for students, including insight into the struggles people with dementia face in their everyday lives. Evaluation will include pre and post tests of dementia knowledge as well as course evaluations by both patients and students. An experience previously validated through research as a volunteer program, has the potential to be integrated into formal curriculum and successfully offered as an interprofessional opportunity.
Speed is not the only requirement when responding to the catastrophic loss of dwellings in major storms, earthquakes and tsunamis. Equally crucial are community recovery and structural durability, since what is initially intended as temporary accommodation can often remain in longer‐term use. Cynthia Barton , former housing recovery programme manager at the New York City Emergency Management Department, and Deborah Gans and Rosamund Palmer of Brooklyn‐based architectural practice GANS studio, have been working together in this area for 10 years. Their and other similar collaborations have produced effective models of modular design and community engagement that could provide a way forward.
