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Improving the quality of care in nursing home organizations with urgent quality issues: design and effectiveness of a Dutch government-funded support programme

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Various societal developments are currently challenging the ability of European nursing home organizations to meet quality standards. To support nursing home organizations throughout the Netherlands in quality improvement (QI), the Dutch ...
Paulien Vermunt, Yael Reijmer, Clariska van Biessum, Valerie de Groot, Bellis van den Berg, Henk Nies   +5 more
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Management of children with non-acute abdominal pain and diarrhea in Dutch primary care: a retrospective cohort study based on a routine primary care database (AHON)

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2023
Objective To describe the testing, prescription, referral, and follow-up management by general practitioners (GPs) for children presenting with non-acute abdominal pain and/or diarrhea in primary care.Design Retrospective cohort study with one-year ...
Sophie M. Ansems, Marjolein Y. Berger, Elaine Pieterse, Sjaantje Nanne, Gina G. Beugel, Ria P. E. Couwenberg, Gea A. Holtman   +6 more
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Disparities in the level of COVID-19 health literacy and the associated factors among employees in long-term care facilities in Taiwan

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses a significant threat to the safety of residents in long-term care facilities, and the staff of long-term care facilities are essential in the care and prevention of major infectious diseases and ...
Lan-Ping Lin, Jia-Rong Yu, Jin-Ding Lin
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Qualitative study evaluating the expectations and experiences of Dutch parents of children with chronic gastrointestinal symptoms visiting their general practitioner

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives Chronic gastrointestinal symptoms are common among children and affect their daily activities and quality of life. The majority will be diagnosed with a functional gastrointestinal disorder.
Tryntsje Fokkema, Gea A Holtman, Marjolein Y Berger, Donald G van Tol, Sophie M Ansems, Ilse N Ganzevoort, Marijke Olthof   +6 more
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Barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based guidelines in long-term care: a qualitative evidence synthesis

Implementation Science, 2021
Background The long-term care setting poses unique challenges and opportunities for effective knowledge translation. The objectives of this review are to (1) synthesize barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based guidelines in long-term care,
C. McArthur, Yuxin Bai, P. Hewston, L. Giangregorio, Sharon E. Straus, A. Papaioannou   +5 more
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Epidemiology of Covid-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility in King County, Washington

New England Journal of Medicine, 2020
Background Long-term care facilities are high-risk settings for severe outcomes from outbreaks of Covid-19, owing to both the advanced age and frequent chronic underlying health conditions of the residents and the movement of health care personnel among ...
Temet M. McMichael, D. Currie, Shauna Clark, Sargis Pogosjans, M. Kay, N. Schwartz, James W Lewis, A. Baer, V. Kawakami, M. Lukoff, Jessica Ferro, Claire Brostrom-Smith, T. Rea, M. Sayre, F. Riedo, Denny Russell, B. Hiatt, P. Montgomery, A. Rao, E. Chow, F. Tobolowsky, M. Hughes, A. Bardossy, Lisa P Oakley, J. Jacobs, N. Stone, Sujan C. Reddy, J. Jernigan, M. Honein, T. Clark, J. Duchin, Joanne Taylor   +31 more
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Asymptomatic and Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Residents of a Long-Term Care Skilled Nursing Facility — King County, Washington, March 2020

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2020
Older adults are susceptible to severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomes as a consequence of their age and, in some cases, underlying health conditions (1). A COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care skilled nursing facility (SNF) in King County,
Anne A. Kimball, Kelly M. Hatfield, Melissa M. Arons, Allison E James, Joanne Taylor, K. Spicer, A. Bardossy, Lisa P Oakley, Sukarma Tanwar, Z. Chisty, Jeneita M. Bell, M. Methner, Josh Harney, J. Jacobs, C. Carlson, Heather P. McLaughlin, N. Stone, Shauna Clark, Claire Brostrom-Smith, L. Page, M. Kay, James W Lewis, Denny Russell, B. Hiatt, Jesse J. Gant, J. Duchin, T. Clark, M. Honein, Sujan C. Reddy, J. Jernigan, A. Baer, Leslie M. Barnard, Eileen Benoliel, Meaghan S. Fagalde, Jessica Ferro, Haley Smith, Elysia Gonzales, N. Hatley, Grace Hatt, M. Hope, Melinda Huntington-Frazier, V. Kawakami, Jennifer L. Lenahan, M. Lukoff, E. Maier, S. McKeirnan, P. Montgomery, Jennifer L. Morgan, Laura A. Mummert, Sargis Pogosjans, F. Riedo, Leilani Schwarcz, Daniel Smith, S. Stearns, Kaitlyn J Sykes, Holly Whitney, H. Ali, Michelle Banks, A. Balajee, E. Chow, Barbara Cooper, D. Currie, J. Dyal, J. Healy, M. Hughes, Temet M. McMichael, L. Nolen, C. Olson, A. Rao, K. Schmit, N. Schwartz, F. Tobolowsky, R. Zacks, Suzanne B. Zane   +73 more
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COVID-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility — King County, Washington, February 27–March 9, 2020

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2020
On February 28, 2020, a case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was identified in a woman resident of a long-term care skilled nursing facility (facility A) in King County, Washington.* Epidemiologic investigation of facility A identified 129 cases of ...
Temet M. McMichael, Shauna Clark, Sargis Pogosjans, M. Kay, James W Lewis, A. Baer, V. Kawakami, M. Lukoff, Jessica Ferro, Claire Brostrom-Smith, F. Riedo, Denny Russell, B. Hiatt, P. Montgomery, A. Rao, D. Currie, E. Chow, F. Tobolowsky, A. Bardossy, Lisa P Oakley, J. Jacobs, N. Schwartz, N. Stone, Sujan C. Reddy, J. Jernigan, M. Honein, T. Clark, J. Duchin, Joanne Taylor   +28 more
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Geriatrics and Long‐Term Care: The ABCDs of COVID‐19

Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2020
The pandemic of coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID‐19) is having a global impact unseen since the 1918 worldwide influenza epidemic. All aspects of life have changed dramatically for now.
Heather D'Adamo, T. Yoshikawa, J. Ouslander   +2 more
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Lupus anticoagulant in an elderly woman with dementia: a clinical case report with many questions and few answers

Geriatric Care, 2022
We describe the clinical case of an elderly woman with dementia, suffering from bilateral soleal venous thrombosis, despite antithrombotic prophylaxis, after orthopedic surgery.
Mauro Turrin, Alessandro Attanasio, Ivano Castellaro   +2 more
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