What Happens to a Nursing Home Chain When Private Equity Takes Over? A Longitudinal Case Study. [PDF]
We analyzed what happens to a nursing home chain when private equity takes over, with regard to strategy, financial performance, and resident well-being.
Bos, Aline, Harrington, Charlene
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Introduction: Reconstruction with free flaps has significantly changed the outcome of patients with head and neck cancer. Microsurgery is still considered a specialised procedure and is not routinely performed in the resource-constrained environment of ...
Nirav P. Trivedi+4 more
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Aim To examine the response of long‐term care (LTC) residential facilities to the COVID‐19 pandemic worldwide, and the antecedents and outcomes of this response. Design A protocol of a cross‐sectional survey.
Sameh Eltaybani+5 more
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A Latent Survival Analysis Enabled Simulation Platform For Nursing Home Staffing Strategy Evaluation [PDF]
Nursing homes are critical facilities for caring frail older adults with round-the-clock formal care and personal assistance. To ensure quality care for nursing home residents, adequate staffing level is of great importance. Current nursing home staffing practice is mainly based on experience and regulation.
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A Survey of User Perspectives on Security and Privacy in a Home Networking Environment [PDF]
The security and privacy of smart home systems, particularly from a home user's perspective, have been a very active research area in recent years. However, via a meta-review of 52 review papers covering related topics (published between 2000 and 2021), this paper shows a lack of a more recent literature review on user perspectives of smart home ...
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Telogen effluvium treated with Serenoa repens supplement
Telogen effluvium is a non-scarring form of hair loss. Clinically, the disease is characterized by hair loss where more than normalamounts of hair fall out; it usually affects the whole scalp in a widespread manner.
Michele Pezza+2 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]
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 ...
Ko, Michelle+2 more
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Multimodal Transformer for Nursing Activity Recognition [PDF]
In an aging population, elderly patient safety is a primary concern at hospitals and nursing homes, which demands for increased nurse care. By performing nurse activity recognition, we can not only make sure that all patients get an equal desired care, but it can also free nurses from manual documentation of activities they perform, leading to a fair ...
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Covid-19 Belgium: Extended SEIR-QD model with nursing homes and long-term scenarios-based forecasts [PDF]
Following the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and pending the establishment of vaccination campaigns, several non pharmaceutical interventions such as partial and full lockdown, quarantine and measures of physical distancing have been imposed in order to reduce the spread of the disease and to lift the pressure on healthcare system. Mathematical models
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Efficiency of Diagnostic Test for SARS-CoV-2 in a Nursing Home
Background: there is no consensus on how to optimally use diagnostic tests in each stage of COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of this research is to determine the efficiency of sorting positive antibody test quarterly.
Sergio Salmerón+6 more
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