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Stroke and Nursing Home care: a national survey of nursing homes [PDF]
BMC Geriatrics, 2010 Background Although stroke is recognised as a major factor in admission to nursing home care, data is lacking on the extent and nature of the disabilities and dependency in nursing homes arising from stroke.
McGee Hannah +5 more
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Specialised palliative care in nursing homes - Retrospective analysis on the basis of claims data. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundThe aim of palliative care is to improve the quality of life of patients with a life limiting illness. In Germany, nursing homes are increasingly the last residence and a common place of death for older people.
Laura Rehner +3 more
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2023 Background In May 2020, the French Ministry of Health funded the creation of regional antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) coordination centres (CRAtb) in preparation for the new national framework for the prevention of antimicrobial resistance.
Michèle Conlin +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 BackgroundWorldwide, COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes have often been sudden and massive. The study investigated the role SARS-CoV-2 virus spread in nearby population plays in introducing the disease in nursing homes.Material and methodsThis was ...
Muriel Rabilloud +8 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a challenge for nursing homes in China. Nursing homes are particularly dangerous places in terms of the spread of COVID-19 given that they house vulnerable, high-risk ...
Meihong Shi +5 more
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Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2023 Many nursing homes operated at thin profit margins prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the role of nursing homes’ financial performance and chain affiliation in shortages of personal protection equipment (PPE) during the first year of the
Yejin Kang MPH +7 more
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Variability of pharmaceutical provision to nursing homes from hospital pharmacy services [PDF]
Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2019 Objective: To analyse the situation and the possible variability of pharmaceutical provision to public nursing homes included in the “Project pilot” from hospital pharmacy services of the Andalusian Health Service.
María Rosa Cantudo-Cuenca +3 more
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BMJ Open, 2021 Objective Nursing homes’ residents and staff constitute the largest proportion of the fatalities associated with COVID-19 epidemic. Although there is a significant variation in COVID-19 outbreaks among the US nursing homes, we still do not know why such ...
Ram Gopal, Xu Han, Niam Yaraghi
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