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Residential or nursing home care? The appropriateness of placement decisions. [PDF]

, 2001
Routinely-collected statistics show considerable variation between local authorities in Great Britain, in the proportions of supported residents placed in nursing and residential care.
Netten, Ann, Darton, Robin, Brown, Pamela, Bebbington, Andrew   +3 more
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In-reach specialist nursing teams for residential care homes : uptake of services, impact on care provision and cost-effectiveness [PDF]

, 2008
Background: A joint NHS-Local Authority initiative in England designed to provide a dedicated nursing and physiotherapy in-reach team (IRT) to four residential care homes has been evaluated.The IRT supported 131 residents and maintained 15 'virtual' beds
Nelson Sara, Szczepura Ala, Szczepura, Ala, Wild, Deidre, Nelson, Sara Jane, Wild Deidre, Nelson, S. (Sara), Szczepura, Ala; id_orcid, Nelson, Sarah   +8 more
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Nursing Home Inspection and Enforcement Activities 2022

, 2022
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/govpubs-tn-dept-health-nursing-home-inspection-enforcement-activities-report/1000/thumbnail ...
Tennessee. Department of Health.
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Effect of digital game intervention on cognitive functions in older adults: a multiple baseline single case experimental design study

BMC Geriatrics
Background Residents in nursing homes are prone to cognitive decline affecting memory, visuospatial cognition, and executive functions. Cognitive decline can lead to dementia, necessitating prioritized intervention.
Kyosuke Yorozuya, Yuta Kubo, Keisuke Fujii, Daiki Nakashima, Taiki Nagayasu, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Kazuya Sakai, Keiji Amano   +7 more
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The impact and consequences of inspection on residential care for older people: A critical analysis of four case studies of Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) inspection [PDF]

, 2009
This research examines the impact and consequences of inspection by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI). The study begins with a Systematic Review (SR) of existing literature that is divided into effectiveness and process questions.
Norton, Matthew J
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Medication administration errors for older people in long-term residential care [PDF]

, 2011
Background Older people in long-term residential care are at increased risk of medication errors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a computerised barcode medication management system designed to improve drug administrations in residential and ...
Nelson Sara, Szczepura, Ala, Wild, Deidre, Sara Nelson, Nelson, S. (Sara), Nelson, Sara, Wilde, P, Nelson, Sarah, Szczepura Ala, Ala Szczepura, Deidre Wild, Wild Deidre, Szczepura, Ala; id_orcid   +12 more
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2021 Report to the General Assembly: Nursing Home Inspection and Enforcement Activities

, 2021
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/govpubs-tn-dept-health-nursing-home-inspection-enforcement-activities-report/1001/thumbnail ...
Tennessee. Department of Health.
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Relationship between staff and quality of care in care homes: StaRQ mixed methods study

Health and Social Care Delivery Research
Background Quality of life and care varies between and within the care homes in which almost half a million older people live and over half a million direct care staff (registered nurses and care assistants) work.
Karen Spilsbury, Andy Charlwood, Carl Thompson, Kirsty Haunch, Danat Valizade, Reena Devi, Cornell Jackson, David Phillip Alldred, Antony Arthur, Lucy Brown, Paul Edwards, Will Fenton, Heather Gage, Matthew Glover, Barbara Hanratty, Julienne Meyer, Aileen Waton   +16 more
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Implementation of the OHS-interRAI for regular oral health assessments by non-dental caregivers: focus group study using a SWOT analysis

BMC Public Health
Background Oral health remains challenging in nursing home residents. The international Resident Assessment Instrument for Long-Term Care Facilities (interRAI LTCF) enables multidimensional geriatric assessment and care planning through Collaborative ...
Patricia Ann Ivonne Vandenbulcke, Johanna de Almeida Mello, Florence Marleen Paulien Piccart, Jan De Lepeleire, Emilie Schoebrechts, Anja Declercq, Dominique Declerck, Joke Duyck   +7 more
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Strategies for older people living in care homes to prevent urinary tract infection: the StOP UTI realist synthesis

Health Technology Assessment
Background Urinary tract infection is the most diagnosed infection in older people. It accounts for more than 50% of antibiotic prescriptions in care homes and is a frequent reason for care home residents being hospitalised. Objective This realist review
Jacqui Prieto, Jennie Wilson, Alison Tingle, Emily Cooper, Melanie Handley, Jo Rycroft-Malone, Jennifer Bostock, Lynne Williams, Heather Loveday   +8 more
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