Professional quality of life of adult protective service workers

Adult Protective Services (APS) workers are exposed to substantial occupational hazards and job stress, but these stressors are underdocumented. Therefore, we sought to describe APS workers’ work environments and responses to occupational hazards and stressors, including compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. Survey data were gathered with closed-ended questionnaires administered to APS workers in an urban setting. Virtually all workers (97%) reported exposure to one or more environmental hazards in their work, and 80% reported hazard exposure in the past month. Workers also reported mixed responses to their work environment and to experiences with supervision. A sizable minority (22.7%) was at high risk for burnout, 24.6% were at risk for secondary traumatic stress, and 19.9% reported low compassion satisfaction. The results document multiple stressors in APS work. The APS partner is committed to ongoing efforts to better support its staff, and these findings can inform future efforts to enhance supervisor support and worker self-care, to minimize burnout and secondary traumatic stress.     

Taking a Leap Forward: Adult Protective Services and the Elder Justice Act

ABSTRACT

The author outlines factors in the current environment for Adult Protective Services programs in the United States of America in the spring of 2003 and the significance of the Elder Justice Act to those programs. The commentary notes key strengths and challenges in the bill and warns against relying on legislation alone to address the root causes of elder abuse.     

Advance Care Planning in the Delivery of Adult Protective Services

ABSTRACT

In ensuring the safety and protection of older adults from abuse and exploitation, adult protective services (APS) workers face a variety of situations involving serious illness and end-of-life conditions. Many older adults encountered in APS will present with one or more chronic conditions that may warrant discussion of advance care planning with clients and their families. This study surveyed APS workers (n = 508) in 21 states regarding encounters with end-of-life situations and the practice of future care planning. Results revealed that three-fourths of APS workers encounter clients with serious illnesses and about two-thirds do discuss planning in advance for care. More than one-half of the respondents indicated client incapacity and refusal to address future care needs as barriers to discussing planning in advance for care. Recommendations to enhance advance care planning among APS workers are discussed.     

黄芪多糖对获得性免疫抑制小鼠血液中NO、GPT及CHOL的影响

本文采用皮下注射地塞米松 0 .5mg/d ,连用 3d的方法制备了获得性免疫抑制小鼠 ,研究了黄芪多糖 1.0、2 .0、4 .0mg/d连续灌胃 5d,于停药后 2 4h和 96h时免疫抑制小鼠血液中NO、谷丙转氨酶 (GPT)及胆固醇 (CHOL)的变化。结果为黄芪多糖能降低小鼠血液中NO和GPT含量 ,同时使CHOL有所升高。表明黄芪多糖具有清除血液自由基、改善肝脏机能及调节免疫等作用     

浅析APS在供应链中的应用

APS是供应链管理软件中的一种优化决策辅助系统,它借助一些复杂的数学运算方法来处理多种变量,使供应链的优化成为现实.本文从APS的基本分析出发,探讨APS如何帮助企业达到供应链管理的协同和优化.     

实现供货能力承诺的企业高级计划系统研究

对制造企业而言,在争取尽可能多的订单的同时,要实现供货能力承诺就得采用ERP进行全面管理。在ERP的诸多模块中,生产计划系统处于核心地位。增强和优化ERP的生产计划有利于企业缩短交货期,降低成本和改进服务,提高核心竞争能力。实现供货能力承诺的关键是企业要具备强大的生产计划系统,而ERP的核心逻辑是基于无限能力假设和固定提前期,缺乏优化功能。论文提出了一个实现供货能力承诺的企业高级生产计划优化模型,给出求解该模型的启发式算法,并通过在某公司的应用实例验证了该算法的有效性。     

基于信息技术的制造企业ERP/SCM的整合研究

从制造企业内部传统ERP的缺陷出发,探讨了关于ERP/SCM进行整合的必要性、可行性、切入点;最后提出了一个两者整合的框架模型,对我国制造企ERP系统和SCM系统的整合有一定的参考价值.