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SARS-CoV-2 in Nursing Homes after 3 Months of Serial, Facilitywide Point Prevalence Testing, Connecticut, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
Nursing homes house populations that are highly vulnerable to coronavirus disease. Point prevalence surveys (PPSs) provide information on the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection status of staff and residents in nursing homes and ...
Hanna Y. Ehrlich, Adora Harizaj, Lauren Campbell, McKenzie Colt, Karen Yuan, Therese Rabatsky-Ehr, Daniel M. Weinberger, Vivian Leung, Linda M. Niccolai, Sunil Parikh   +9 more
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Integrated working between residential care homes and primary care: a survey of care homes in England [PDF]

, 2012
© 2012 Gage et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0),which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and ...
Cheynel Jerome, Katherine Froggatt, Iliffe Steve, Gage, H, Davies Sue L, Dickinson, Angela, Froggatt Katherine, Angela Dickinson, Wendy Martin, Gage, Heather, Heather Gage, Goodman Claire, Froggatt, Katherine Alison, Christina Victor, Victor, CR, Dickinson Angela, Victor, Christina, Froggatt, Katherine, Williams Peter, Iliffe, S, Davies, S, Iliffe, Steve, Davies, Susan, Sue L Davies, Goodman, Claire, Martin, W, Williams, P, Jerome Cheynel, Cheynel, Jerome, Victor Christina, Goodman, C, Martin, Wendy, Gage Heather, Claire Goodman, Williams, Peter, Davies, Sue, Martin Wendy, Froggatt, K, Peter Williams, Steve Iliffe, Dickinson, A, Cheynel, J   +41 more
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What Does Joy in Living Mean to Elderly Residents of Nursing Homes in Singapore?

Religions, 2022
The rapid ageing of Singapore’s population has led to the phenomenon of more elderly spending more total years in nursing homes. This study aimed to explore the meaning of Joy in Living to elderly residents of nursing homes in Singapore, the enabling and
Swapna Dayanandan, Kalyani Mehta
doaj   +1 more source

Factors associated with retention intention of Registered Nurses in Korean nursing homes [PDF]

, 2022
Aim: To identify the factors associated with retention intention among Registered Nurses in South Korean nursing homes. Background: Although nurses are not mandatory personnel, Korean nursing homes employ Registered Nurses.
이경희, 조은희, 김광숙
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Essential amino acid supplementation for pressure ulcers: pathophysiological rationale and results from a pilot study

Amino Acids
Pressure ulcers (PU) are a major and serious problem affecting millions of people. Malnutrition, frequently co-occurring with PU, is considered modifiable risk factor, and dietary supplements currently recommended for supporting PU healing contain a high
Maciej Świątkiewicz, Andrzej Lejczak, Piotr Foltyński, Paweł Grieb   +3 more
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Contacts with general practitioners, dentists, and medical specialists among nursing home residents: a cross-sectional study in 44 German nursing homes

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Nursing home residents have high medical care needs. Their medical care utilization is, however, lower compared to community-dwelling elderly and varies widely among nursing homes. This study quantified the utilization of general practitioners
Jonas Czwikla, Annika Schmidt, Maike Schulz, Ansgar Gerhardus, Guido Schmiemann, Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Daniel Gand, Anna-Carina Friedrich, Falk Hoffmann, Heinz Rothgang   +9 more
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Life and death in English nursing homes : sequestration or transition? [PDF]

, 2001
Nursing homes as care institutions seek to offer a home where people can live until their death. A potential conflict, therefore, exists as nursing homes are both a place where life is lived and where death is regularly encountered.
Froggatt, Katherine A.
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

The significance of the psychosocial work environment for care workers`perceived health, presenteeism, rationing of care, and job satisfaction: a sub-study of the Swiss Nursing Home Human Resources Project (SHURP) [PDF]

, 2016
Healthcare is a high-risk industry, not only for patients, but also for staff, whose health and wellbeing can be affected. While research has extensively examined the health of care workers in hospital settings, nursing homes have been less researched in
Dhaini, Suzanne R.
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Emerging insights into CC and CXC chemokines and their receptors in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The dual roles of CC and CXC chemokines in distinguishing active, latent, and subclinical tuberculosis were reviewed, along with an evaluation of their potential as diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets to advance precision medicine in tuberculosis management. The graphical abstract was generated with AI assistance (Gemini 3.0).
Xuying Yin, Dangsheng Xiao, Jiezuan Yang
wiley   +1 more source