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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, Jesica R Jacobs, C. Carlson, H. P. McLaughlin, N. Stone, Shauna Clark, Claire Brostrom-Smith, Libby C. Page, Meagan K. 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, Eric J. Chow, Barbara Cooper, Dustin W. Currie, J. Dyal, J. Healy, M. Hughes, Temet M. McMichael, L. Nolen, C. Olson, Agam K. Rao, K. Schmit, N. Schwartz, Farrell A. Tobolowsky, Rachael Zacks, Suzanne B. Zane   +73 more
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Social Isolation Among Older Adults in Long-Term Care: A Scoping Review

Journal of Aging and Health, 2021
Objectives: A wealth of literature has established risk factors for social isolation among older people; however, much of this research has focused on community-dwelling populations.
Sheila A. Boamah, R. Weldrick, Tin-Suet Joan Lee, N. Taylor   +3 more
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Ethics and aging: focus on living will for patients with dementia

Geriatric Care, 2017
Today dementia certainly represents a public health priority with a huge global impact on wordwide population. However, clinical and social issues related to dementia have long been marginalized.
Alberto Sardella, Laura Vernuccio, Floriana Cocita, Florenza Inzerillo, Ligia J. Dominguez, Mario Barbagallo   +5 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, Meagan K. Kay, James W Lewis, A. Baer, V. Kawakami, M. Lukoff, Jessica Ferro, Claire Brostrom-Smith, F. Riedo, Denny Russell, B. Hiatt, P. Montgomery, Agam K. Rao, Dustin W. Currie, Eric J. Chow, Farrell A. Tobolowsky, A. Bardossy, Lisa P. Oakley, Jesica R Jacobs, N. Schwartz, N. Stone, Sujan C. Reddy, J. Jernigan, M. Honein, T. Clark, J. Duchin, Joanne Taylor   +28 more
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Worlds of long-term care: A typology of OECD countries.

Health Policy, 2021
Providing long-term care (LTC) to the elderly is a major challenge for the welfare state. LTC systems differ widely among countries. Due to recent maturation, economization, and marketization processes, earlier LTC comparisons and typologies are no ...
M. Ariaans, Philipp Linden, C. Wendt
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A research agenda for ageing in China in the 21st century (2nd edition): Focusing on basic and translational research, long-term care, policy and social networks

Ageing Research Reviews, 2020
One of the key issues facing public healthcare is the global trend of an increasingly ageing society which continues to present policy makers and caregivers with formidable healthcare and socio-economic challenges.
E. Fang, Cheng-Long Xie, J. A. Schenkel, Chen-Kai Wu, Q. Long, Hong-Hua Cui, Yahyah Aman, Johannes Frank, Jing Liao, H. Zou, Ni-Nie Y. Wang, Jing Wu, Xiao-Ting Liu, Tao Li, Yuan Fang, Zhangming Niu, Guang Yang, Jiangshui Hong, Qian Wang, Guo-Bing Chen, Jun Li, Hou-Zao Chen, L. Kang, Huan-Xing Su, B. C. Gilmour, Xinqiang Zhu, Hong Jiang, N. He, J. Tao, S. Leng, T. Tong, J. Woo   +31 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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Inequality in outpatient resource utilization among older adults during the 2007–2008 financial crisis: findings from Taiwan

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Equity in medical resource utilization is a crucial concern in countries with national health insurance systems. From the perspective of an active aging framework, public health insurance is one of the pillars of economic security, as ...
Chiao-Lee Chu, Yu-Hua Chu, Chih-Yuan Lin, Yen-Ping Hsieh, Ching-Sung Ho, Yung-Yu Su, Chia-Nien Liu   +6 more
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Restoring trust: COVID-19 and the future of long-term care in Canada

Facets, 2020
The Royal Society of Canada Task Force on COVID-19 was formed in April 2020 to provide evidence-informed perspectives on major societal challenges in response to and recovery from COVID-19. The Task Force established a series of working groups to rapidly
C. Estabrooks, S. Straus, C. Flood, J. Keefe, P. Armstrong, G. Donner, V. Boscart, F. Ducharme, J. Silvius, M. Wolfson   +9 more
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Geospatial panorama of long-term care facilities in Brazil: a portrait of territorial inequalities

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2022
OBJECTIVES: To map the number and geospatial distribution of Brazilian long-term care facilities (LTCFs) for older adults. Additionally, we sought to highlight the relationship between these findings and the number of older people in the country's 27 ...
Tatiana Teixeira Barral de Lacerda, Ana Paula Miranda Neves, Giselle Layse Andrade Buarque, Denise Cuoghi de Carvalho Veríssimo Freitas, Mariana Medeiros Mota Tessarolo, Newton González, Silvio Fernando Barbieri, Ana Amélia Camarano, Karla Cristina Giacomin, Paulo José Fortes Villas Boas   +9 more
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