Url Resource class Title Creator Subject Description Date Type Identifier Language Rights Alternative Title Abstract Volume Supported by Note History note https://wou.omeka.net/s/pure-insights/item/81 Full Issue: PURE Insights, Volume 2 Issue 1 undergraduate research 5/29/2013 Text;Image;StillImage pure/vol2/iss1/6 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 06/01/2023, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ The full contents of Volume 2, Issue 1. 2 https://wou.omeka.net/s/pure-insights/item/80 Editor's Notes Camila Gabaldon 5/29/2013 Text pure/vol2/iss1/1 Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 06/01/2023, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ 2 https://wou.omeka.net/s/pure-insights/item/79 Case Study: The Parkinson's Experience Scott A Thurman Alternative and Complementary Medicine | Cognition and Perception | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | Neurology | Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene | Other Life Sciences | Personality and Social Contexts | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Social Psychology | Social Work | Parkinson’s disease | Fatigue | Burden of Care | Medicare | Social Isolation | Symptoms | Social Work | Palliative Care | Case Study “For everything this disease has taken, something with greater value has been given – sometimes just a marker that points me in a new direction that I might not otherwise have traveled. So, sure, it may be one step forward and two steps back, but after a time with Parkinson’s, I’ve learned that what is important is making that one step count; always looking up.” - Michael J. Fox, 2009. Always looking up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist. New York, NY: Hyperion 5/29/2013 Text pure/vol2/iss1/5 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 06/01/2023, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ The Parkinson's Experience Previous research has extensively studied individual components of Parkinson’s by studying the disease but thus far does not address the comprehensive impacts and obstacles of life with Parkinson’s. The common experiences of Parkinson’s can offer insight as to how provide better care by addressing multiple domains in a person’s life. This hypothetical case study highlights commonalities shared by those with Parkinson’s that spans across social, emotional and biological aspects of life. Possible treatment strategies are discussed concerning the impacts of fatigue, social isolation, increased burdens of care, and family dynamics in order to offer insight to care providers as to the range of care needed by those with Parkinson’s disease. The goal of this article is to highlight that, while interventions are needed to address the disease, providers should be mindful that interventions are also needed to limit the negative impacts of Parkinson’s on a person’s life experience. 2 Debi Brannan Debi Brannan https://wou.omeka.net/s/pure-insights/item/78 Complete Change: A Short Fiction Aaron Dull Arts and Humanities | Creative Writing | Fiction | Romance | Collections | Stuck in the Past | Fiction | short stories I would like to thank Dr. Katherine Schmidt for being an excellent mentor throughout this process, my parents and sister for always supporting me through any endeavor I take on, and Chris to whom I can't express enough gratitude for all that he does for me. Also I would like to thank the late Flannery O'Connor for the following quote, which was the inspiration for this short story: "...grace changes us and the change is painful." ― Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor 5/29/2013 Text pure/vol2/iss1/4 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 06/01/2023, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Change: A Short Fiction Nolan, a 28-year old barista, stuck in a world of incomplete moments, finds a new beginning in Brodie. Though a new friendship easily develops between the two, they find a much closer companionship when an accident turns into passion. Nolan is thrilled about the prospect of moving forward in life, but a serious question causes him to think. He may still be stuck in the past. Change is a short story that explores the idea that one small act can both prohibit and enable a person to move forward in life. 2 Katherine Schmidt Katherine Schmidt https://wou.omeka.net/s/pure-insights/item/77 EXTEND (Cover Art) Ruoshi Zhang Graphic Design | Illustration | Interactive Arts | mural | poster | red | vector | plaid | logo | Gothic | Illustrator The whole mural design is a balanced combination of modern and classic, serif and abstract sharp shapes. 5/29/2013 Image;StillImage pure/vol2/iss1/2 Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 06/01/2023, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ EXTEND This design is part of a mural design proposed for the APSC entrance foyer as a part of A320 Graphic Design: Process & Theory, Fall 2012. It is a mural about WOU culture, a journey, pointing to the future and storing the hope. The whole campus is a natural environment, covered by flowers and plants, so a rose was selected for the center of the design. The main red line represents intention and guidance, the grid represents a web and connects the icons together, illustrating a rigorous attitude toward education. A butterfly is used as a metaphor for the beauty of the campus, our colorful lives, freedom, and hope. The wolf is a part of WOU culture, symbolic of power and sports. A tree and plant remind us of the natural environment, fresh air of campus and the growth of WOU students. 2 Jen Bracy Jen Bracy https://wou.omeka.net/s/pure-insights/item/76 Comparing the Cognitive Screening Tools: MMSE and SLUMS Devan N. Buckingham | Katie M. Mackor | Ryan M. Miller | Nehala N. Pullam | Kristoffer N. Molloy | Chelsey C. Grigsby | Jesse L. Kopel | Amanda K. Graves | Robert G Winningham Geriatrics | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Psychiatry | Psychology | MMSE | SLUMS | Dementia | Dementia screening | Cognitive impairment | Older adults This research was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Western Oregon University. 5/29/2013 Text pure/vol2/iss1/3 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 06/01/2023, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ MMSE VS. SLUMS Practitioners have long relied upon the Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE) to quickly assess cognitive functioning in older adults. The Saint Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS) exam possesses many potential psychometric advantages, however data on the relationship between scores on the SLUMS and MMSE has yet to be established. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to establish comparative norms between the MMSE and the SLUMS examinations. The current study hypothesized that participants would score lower on the SLUMS than the MMSE, with adults exhibiting higher levels of cognitive reserve, as measured by educational attainment, having a greater difference between the test scores. A total of 118 individuals (96 female, 21 male) with an age range from 41 to 96 (M=80.03, SD=8.71) with an average educational attainment of 14.97 years (SD= 2.68), completed both tests. Results indicate a significant difference between the mean SLUMS and MMSE scores (p<.001), as well as a significant difference between those in assisted and independent living environments (p<.001). The evidence did not support the cognitive reserve hypothesis. Implications and suggestions for future research will be discussed. 2 Rob Winningham Rob Winningham