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A structured training program for health workers in intravenous treatment with fluids and antibiotics in nursing homes: A modified stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial to reduce hospital admissions.

PLoS ONE, 2017
ObjectivesHospitalization is potentially detrimental to nursing home patients and resource demanding for the specialist health care. This study assessed if a brief training program in administrating intravenous fluids and antibiotics in nursing homes ...
Maria Romøren, Svein Gjelstad, Morten Lindbæk   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interprofessional Roles and Collaborations to Address COVID-19 Pandemic Challenges in Nursing Homes

Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, 2022
Nursing home experts and informatics nurses collaborated to develop guidelines for nursing homes that revealed partnership principles in action during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yu Jin Kang, Karen Monsen, Betsy Jeppesen, Candy Hanson, Kathie Nichols, Kelly O'Neill, Jennifer Lundblad   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Profile of Frail Older Americans and Their Caregivers [PDF]

, 2006
Provides a profile of older Americans and their caregivers, focusing on people age 65 and older who are not in nursing homes, and those with severe disabilities.
Joshua M. Wiener, Richard W. Johnson
core   +1 more source

Associations of Stroke With Risk of Epilepsy: Results From the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To estimate the risk of epilepsy associated with stroke in a community‐based cohort, with consideration of stroke type, number, and severity. Methods Data from 15,100 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study participants without stroke at baseline (1987–1989) were analyzed through 12/31/2022.
Jiping Zhou, Asma A. Ladak, Connor A. Law, Michelle C. Johansen, Anny Reyes, Silvia Koton, Sean Kelly, Jeubin Huang, Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, Rebecca F. Gottesman, Emily Johnson, Andrea L. C. Schneider   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expanded role of nurses in Swiss nursing homes and their engagement in quality improvement: A cross‐sectional study

Nursing Open, 2023
Aims To report on the engagement of Swiss nursing homes and of nurses in expanded roles in quality improvement. Design A cross‐sectional study (2018–2019).
Lauriane Favez, Michael Simon, Christine Serdaly, Franziska Zúñiga   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementing advance care planning in routine nursing home care : the development of the theory-based ACP+ program [PDF]

, 2019
Background While various initiatives have been taken to improve advance care planning in nursing homes, it is difficult to find enough details about interventions to allow comparison, replication and translation into practice. Objectives We report on the
Deliens, Luc, Gastmans, Chris, Gilissen, Joni, Pivodic, Lara, Van Dael, Annelien, Van den Block, Lieve, Van Humbeeck, Liesbeth, Vander Stichele, Robert   +7 more
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NOTCH2NLC Repeat Expansions in Parkinsonian Disorders: Clinical and Neuroimaging Characteristics

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by NOTCH2NLC GGC repeat expansions, with heterogeneous clinical manifestations, including parkinsonism. Recent studies have identified NOTCH2NLC repeat expansions in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonism (aPM), suggesting ...
Han‐Lin Chiang, Kang‐Yang Jih, Cheng‐Tsung Hsiao, Fu‐Pang Chang, Justus Chunyu Chen, Yi‐Chu Liao, Yih‐Ru Wu, Yi‐Chung Lee   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physicians’ understandings and experience of advance care planning in Norwegian nursing homes: a qualitative study

BMC Palliative Care
Background Advance care planning is a way of facilitating conversations with patients about future health care, values, and preferences at end of life. Nursing home physicians have the medical responsibility and the main obligation to facilitate planned ...
Liv Ødbehr, Reidun Hov, Harald Sanaker, Åsa Serholt Jensen, Aina Korup, Tuva Sandsdalen   +5 more
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From wave to wave: a Dutch national study on the long-term impact of COVID-19 on well-being and family visitation in nursing homes

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background To protect nursing home residents, many governments around the world implemented blanket visitor bans in March and April 2020. As a consequence, family caregivers, friends, and volunteers were not allowed to enter nursing homes, while ...
Ramona Backhaus, Hilde Verbeek, Bram de Boer, Judith H. J. Urlings, Debby L. Gerritsen, Raymond T. C. M. Koopmans, Jan P. H. Hamers   +6 more
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Predicting Chinese older adults' intention to live in nursing homes using an integrated model of the basic psychological needs theory and the theory of planned behavior

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
The growing number of aging populations has become a major problem worldwide. Nursing homes play an essential role in the later life of older adults. Previous research indicated potential associations between external factors and older adults' intention ...
Ming Lei, Jirawan Deeprasert, Rita Yi Man Li, Natchuda Wijitjamree   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source