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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Swedish nursing homes: occurrence, treatment, and survival compared to private residences [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency MedicineBackground In Sweden, most out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) occur in private residences and nursing homes. Although studies suggest that nursing home staff appear hesitant to start cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before ambulance staff arrive,
Åsa Mobaeck +4 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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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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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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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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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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Putting the Nursing and Home in Nursing Homes
Innovation in Aging, 2022 Abstract As the late Robert Kane observed, the term nursing home is often a misnomer. Most U.S. nursing homes lack adequate nursing staff, and they are typically not very homelike in either their physical structure or culture. These problems were magnified during the pandemic. The underlying reasons for these longstanding issues are that
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Feeling at home in nursing homes [PDF]
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2001 Feeling at home in nursing homes Aim. The purpose of this study was to examine determinants of feeling at home and in particular the privacy in nursing homes in The Netherlands. The first question was to what extent nursing homes differed in the degree residents feel at home and experience privacy.
A J, de Veer, A, Kerkstra
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Care Deficiencies and Super-Organization of American Nursing Homes in Hospital Referral Region
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Super-organization has been associated with worse care quality in nursing homes. Previous research on the chain ownership of American nursing homes excluded government facilities in public-private partnerships, and focused on corporate entities.
Tyler Pittman
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