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Feeling at home in nursing homes [PDF]

open access: yesJournal 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.
Anke J E De Veer
exaly   +3 more sources

Culture Change in Nursing Homes: What Is the Role of Nursing Home Resources?

open access: yesInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2018
Quality of care has been a long-standing issue in US nursing homes. The culture change movement attempts to transition nursing homes from health care institutions to person-centered homes.
Latarsha Chisholm PhD, MSW   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Stroke and Nursing Home care: a national survey of nursing homes [PDF]

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +5 more sources

COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes: A strong link with the coronavirus spread in the surrounding population, France, March to July 2020.

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +1 more source

Are preventive measures adequate? An evaluation of the implementation of COVID-19 prevention and control measures in nursing homes in China

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Qualitative assessment of the national initiative to implement antimicrobial stewardship centres in French administrative regions

open access: yesAntimicrobial 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
doaj   +1 more source

Financial Performance is Associated With PPE Shortages in Chain-Affiliated Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study

open access: yesInquiry: 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
doaj   +1 more source

Putting the Nursing and Home in Nursing Homes

open access: yesInnovation 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
openaire   +2 more sources

Variability of pharmaceutical provision to nursing homes from hospital pharmacy services [PDF]

open access: yesFarmacia 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
doaj   +1 more source

Compress the curve: a cross-sectional study of variations in COVID-19 infections across California nursing homes

open access: yesBMJ 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
doaj   +1 more source

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