title: If She Yells 'Help Me'-Poster Therapy to Convey the Needs, Identity of an Ailing Parent.
abstract: Updated several times a week with posts by a wide variety of authors, AJN's blog, Off the Charts, allows us to provide more timely-and often more personal-perspectives on professional, policy, and clinical issues. Best of the Blog will be a regular column to bring AJN readers recent posts that we think deserve a wider audience. To read more, please visit: www.ajnoffthecharts.com.
authors.affiliation: Joan Melton is a geriatric NP at Harrison County Hospital in Corydon, IN. In 2012, she developed a program called "Transitional and Lifelong Care for Seniors," working with the hospitalist team and long-term care facilities in her area. Off the Charts is coordinated by Jacob Molyneux, senior editor: jacob.molyneux@wolterskluwer.com.
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Melton
mesh_terms: D057218:Blogging; D003704:Dementia / Q000628:therapy; D004644:Emotions; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D064946:Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*