Putting the Nursing and Home in Nursing Homes
Innovation in Aging, 2022 Abstract As the late Robert Kane observed, the term nursing home is often a misnomer. Most U.S. nursing homes lack adequate nursing staff, and they are typically not very homelike in either their physical structure or culture. These problems were magnified during the pandemic. The underlying reasons for these longstanding issues are that
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Care Deficiencies and Super-Organization of American Nursing Homes in Hospital Referral Region
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Super-organization has been associated with worse care quality in nursing homes. Previous research on the chain ownership of American nursing homes excluded government facilities in public-private partnerships, and focused on corporate entities.
Tyler Pittman
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Nursing homes and COVID‐19: We can and should do better
Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is providing us with many painful lessons particularly the vulnerability of individuals living with chronic conditions and the need for preparedness, coordination, and monitoring.
Patricia M. Davidson, Sarah L. Szanton
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Nurse Staffing and Coronavirus Infections in California Nursing Homes
Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 2020 In the United States, 1.4 million nursing home residents have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with at least 25,923 resident and 449 staff deaths reported from the virus by June 1, 2020. The majority of residents have chronic illnesses and
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The Effect of Business Operating Systems on Nursing Home Termination
International Journal of Public Health, 2023 Objectives: Nursing home terminations have increased worldwide due to rising costs, staffing shortages, and the coronavirus disease pandemic. However, little is known about the impact that business operating systems have on nursing home termination ...
Xueying Jin +13 more
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Appropriate Nurse Staffing Levels for U.S. Nursing Homes
Health Services Insights, 2020 US nursing homes are required to have sufficient nursing staff with the appropriate competencies to assure resident safety and attain or maintain the highest practicable level of physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident.
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Covid-19: the precarious position of Spain’s nursing homes
British medical journal, 2020 In Spain, the country with the most coronavirus cases in Europe, the impact of the outbreak in nursing homes is having a dramatic and tragic effect, reports Aser García ...
A. Rada
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After COVID-19 vaccinations: what does living and working in nursing homes look like?
BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Background Nursing homes were disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccination was considered critical for the normalization of daily live of nursing home residents.
Judith H. J. Urlings +6 more
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Nursing Home Implementation of Health Information Technology: Review of the Literature Finds Inadequate Investment in Preparation, Infrastructure, and Training. [PDF]
, 2018 Health information technology (HIT) is increasingly adopted by nursing homes to improve safety, quality of care, and staff productivity. We examined processes of HIT implementation in nursing homes, impact on the nursing home workforce, and related ...
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Preventing the Spread of COVID‐19 to Nursing Homes: Experience from a Singapore Geriatric Centre
Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2020 To the Editor: COVID-19 is a global pandemic with extensive community spread in many countries. Older adults and those with chronic medical comorbidities are seen as particularly vulnerable.
L. Tan, S. Seetharaman
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