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Variation in emergency department visits among residents of Swedish nursing homes between 2019 and 2020, a population-based cohort study

BMC Health Services Research
Background Nursing homes have limited capacity to provide medical care to clinically frail residents and therefore rely on transferring residents to hospital-based emergency departments when acute medical needs arise.
Wilhelm Linder, Douglas Spangler, Megan Doheny, Alfons Grönström, David Isaksson, Ulrika Winblad   +5 more
doaj   +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

Health Care Use Among Patients Presenting to Emergency Department for Gout Flares in Ontario, Canada: A Population‐Based Health Systems Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We characterized emergency department (ED) gout visits and identified patient characteristics and health services patterns contributing to ED presentations. Methods We conducted a population‐based study of ED gout visits in Ontario, Canada, between 2014 and 2023.
Timothy S. H. Kwok, Samantha Morais, William K. Silverstein, Clare L. Atzema, Gregory Choy, Priyanka Chandratre, Ping Li, Jessica Widdifield   +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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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

Factors Associated With Fibromyalgia Diagnosis Among People Meeting Criteria: Results From UK Biobank

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The diagnosis of fibromyalgia (FM) is challenging due to the absence of definitive biomarkers, numerous overlapping comorbidities, and its reliance on patient‐reported symptoms. Discrepancies between diagnostic criteria and clinical practice imply the possibility of diagnostic biases, complicating timely and accurate identification.
Sung‐A Kim, Gary J. Macfarlane, Marcus J. Beasley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Rheumatoid arthritis, frailty, and outcomes of surgical hospitalizations: A national population‐based analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
OBJECTIVE Hospitalization, particularly for surgery, represents a period of heightened stress. We evaluated how frailty attenuates the association of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with negative health outcomes after elective non‐cardiac surgery. METHODS We conducted a cross‐sectional study using the National Inpatient Sample (2018 to 2020), including ...
Ali Yazdanyar, Joshua Baker, Katherine D Wysham, Mohammed Yousufuddin, Farah Acher Kaiksow, Michael M. Ward   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health’s ageing crisis: time for action - a future strategy for Ireland's long term residential care sector: executive summary [PDF]

, 2014
The provision of residential care for our ageing population is rapidly heading for crisis; however this is a situation that can, with the appropriate action, be avoided.
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