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Discharges from nursing homes; 1985 National Nursing Home Survey [PDF]

Statistics are presented on the characteristics of persons discharged from nursing homes over a 12-month period during 1984-85. Data are presented on discharge status (live or dead), duration of stay, dependencies in mobility and continence, living ...

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Factors influencing use of home care and nursing homes

, 2006
AIM: This paper reports a study comparing the characteristics of patients who use home care services and those who are cared for in nursing homes, and identifying the factors that influence the use of these care settings.
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Quality indicators for safe and effective medication use in long‐term care facilities: A modified Delphi study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim This modified Delphi study aimed to achieve expert agreement on quality indicators (QIs) suitable for application at the population level, to evaluate quality use of medications and pharmacist services in long‐term care facilities (LTCFs). Methods We conducted a two‐round modified online Delphi study with a multidisciplinary panel of Australian ...
Daria S. Gutteridge, Sara Javanparast, Annabel H. Calder, Gillian E. Caughey, Andrew C. Stafford, Gregory M. Peterson, Maria C. Inacio, Peter D. Hibbert, Elizabeth Manias, Jodie B. Hillen, Janet K. Sluggett   +10 more
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Psychotropic medication use among community dwellers with and without Parkinson's disease – A nationwide cohort study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims We studied the prevalence of psychotropic use and psychotropic polypharmacy in persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) during a 10‐year follow‐up, because longitudinal studies on this topic are scarce although non‐motor symptoms of PD are often treated with psychotropics.
Noora Nieminen, Anna‐Maija Tolppanen, Valtteri Kaasinen, Marjaana Koponen, Sirpa Hartikainen   +4 more
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Co‐design–related approaches in medication safety for people with dementia: A scoping review

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background People with dementia manage complex medication regimens and face a heightened risk of medication‐related harm. Co‐design approaches are increasingly being used to develop interventions/tools to improve medication safety in this population. Objectives To describe how co‐design has been applied in developing interventions or tools related to ...
Zena El‐kadomi, Danijela Gnjidic, Nicole E. Werner, Mouna J. Sawan   +3 more
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Economies Of Scale In The Swiss Nursing Home Industry [PDF]

This paper examines costs in the Swiss nursing home industry, an issue of concern to Swiss policy makers because of the explosion of elderly care costs and the aging of the population.
Massimo Filippini
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Identification of depressive disorder among older people in care homes – a feasibility study

, 2011
Background: Depression is common among older people but more common among those living in care homes. Depression is not easily detected among older adults because of the presentation, and the tendency for older people not to complain of depression ...
Shaik, K, Stephenson, John, C. Jane Morrell, Kauserjan Shaik, Muthukrishnan, Venkatesh, Curran, Stephen, Curran, S, Morrell, C. Jane, Venkatesh Muthukrishnan, Topping, Annie, Annie Topping, Morrell, CJ, Topping, A; id_orcid, John Stephenson, Muthukrishnan, V, Stephenson, J, Shaik, Kauserjan, Stephen Curran   +17 more
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String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
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Changing Economic Incentives in Long-Term Care [PDF]

Just as managed care has changed utilization and incentives in other parts of health care, there is a whole set of incentives built around long-term care that really matter.
R. Tamara Konetzka
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Protocol for Physical Restraints of Patients in Nursing Homes

, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a protocol that would help prevent accidents, apply physical restraints properly, and reduce the use of physical restraints in nursing homes.
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