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Informal caregiving for older family members is increasingly recognized and encouraged by public policies. This is even more the case in familialistic countries such as Austria. This article aims to examine the role of the family in the care culture of a familialistic care regime through the experiences of care dyads combining upwards intergenerational family care and formal care services. The analysis is based on framework analysis of 48 face-to-face interviews, almost all conducted separately, with 24 care dyads of older care users (average age 86 years old with moderate to high care needs) and their main informal carers in Austria combining formal and informal care. A quarter of caregivers and care receivers were male. We identified four different ideals (family care, preferences, involvement, gendered care) which were distributed across different groups of Socio-Economic Status (SES) and described by women and men. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis (HSVE), which is caused by HSV-1 or HSV-2, is a rare neurologic disorder associated with focal or global cerebral dysfunction. HSVE is a syndrome of altered mental status, fever, and seizures. Advanced practice providers should have a high clinical suspicion of HSVE in any patient presenting with these symptoms to ensure prompt workup and administration of IV acyclovir to help minimize mortality and morbidity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The sequences, cloning, recombinant expression and purification of the iminodisuccinate (IDS)-converting enzymes are reported. The ite gene, encoding the IDS-transforming epimerase, and the genes [icl.sub.b] and [icl.sub.s], encoding the IDS-converting BY6-lyase and SLRS7-lyase, are cloned and sequenced. The epimerase gene encodes a protein with a predicted subunit molecular mass of 47.6 kDa.