Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e8TGp4900568; Fri, 29 Sep 2000 12:51:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 12:51:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20000929164542.5217.qmail@web3208.mail.yahoo.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Bertha Mo <bertiemo@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:2578] Re: Subtraction "tool" X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: OR --- Plnenglish@aol.com wrote: > Dear Joanne, > > How about providing them with a simple low-cost > calculator and teaching them > exactly how to subtract using that tool? That might > be the easiest for > patients and the lowest cost for your program. > > We need to remember the "quantitative" literacy > skills for the US adult > public are about the same as the "prose" and > "document" literacy skills > measured in the National Adult Literacy Survey. > Moreover, older adults have > been away from school longer and are less likely to > have finished high school > than younger adults. So if your patient population > tends to be older folks, > they may have a very tough time with some of the > tasks that are required to > manage their disease. My mantra is "simplify, > simplify." > > Audrey Riffenburgh, MA, President > Riffenburgh & Associates > Specialists in Plain English and Readability > 1606 Central Ave. SE Suite 201 > Albuquerque, NM 87106 USA > Phone: (505) 242-5808 > Fax: (505) 246-9164 > E-mail: plnenglish@aol.com > > In a message dated 9/28/00 11:02:44 AM Mountain > Daylight Time, > jkinder@STAGNES.ORG writes: > > << thanks for you response. I need a tool (not > necessarily a slide rule) > that helps people to do basic subtraction of weight. > I work with heart > failure patients who need to monitor their weight > each day and figure out if > they are gaining weight. We are finding out that > many of our patients cannot > subtract. Given the time constraint and the > realistic nature of the > situation, we cannot teach them the skill of > subtraction. Instead, we'd like > to give them a tool that does the subtraction for > them. If you know of any > tools that are out there, I'd love to hear about > them. Thanks! > > > Joanne Kinder, RN, M.S.Ed, > Director, Cardiac Access > 900 Caton Avenue > Baltimore, Maryland 21229 > Phone: 410-368-3306 > Fax: 410-368-3556 >> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/
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