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Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease in Nursing Homes, Minnesota, 1995–2006

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
Nursing home residents are at high risk for invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) disease, and clusters of cases in nursing homes are common.To characterize the epidemiologic features of invasive GAS disease in nursing homes, we conducted active ...
Jean Rainbow, Brenda Jewell, Richard N. Danila, David Boxrud, Bernard Beall, Chris Van Beneden, Ruth Lynfield   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Large differences in the organization of palliative care in nursing homes in six European countries: findings from the PACE cross-sectional study

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background To be able to provide high-quality palliative care, there need to be a number of organizational structures available in the nursing homes. It is unclear to what extent such structures are actually present in nursing homes in Europe.
E. Honinx, L. Van den Block, R. Piers, B. D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, S. Payne, K. Szczerbińska, G. Gambassi, M. Kylänen, L. Deliens, T. Smets, on behalf of PACE   +10 more
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Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu, Szu‐Hsien Chen, Xining Yang, Ken Resnicow, Hsing‐Fang Hsieh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An agent-based model to assess the impact of shared staff and occupancy rate on infectious disease burden in nursing homes

BMC Infectious Diseases
Infectious diseases can propagate between nursing homes through asymptomatic staff members who are employed at multiple facilities. However, the transmission dynamics of infections, both within individual nursing homes and across facilities, has been ...
Kiel Corkran, Jose Pablo Gómez-Vázquez, Arash Arjmand, Miriam Nuño, Majid Bani-Yaghoub   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné, Jill Hanley, Élise Bourgeois‐Guérin, Pénélope Boudreault   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factor Substitution and Unobserved Factor Quality in Nursing Homes [PDF]

This paper studies factor substitution in one important sector: the nursing home industry. Specifically, we measure the extent to which nursing homes substitute materials for labor when labor becomes relatively more expensive.
John Cawley, Richard A. Hirth, David C. Grabowski   +2 more
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Investigating staff knowledge of safeguarding and pressure ulcers in care homes [PDF]

, 2016
Objective: To investigate whether nursing/care home staff regard pressure ulceration as a safeguarding issue; and to explore reporting mechanisms for pressure ulcers in nursing/care homes.
Ousey, K., Stephenson, John, Kaye, Vicky, McCormick, K., McCormick, Karen, Kaye, V., Stephenson, J., Ousey, Karen   +7 more
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Exploring the Burden on Patients Living With and Receiving Treatment for Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP): Patient and Physician Perceptions From the ITP World Impact Survey (I‐WISh) 2.0

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Limited data exist on how patients and physicians perceive immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) symptoms and treatment‐related burden. I‐WISh (ITP World Impact Survey) 2.0 surveyed 1018 patients and 431 physicians in 15 countries to characterize the impact of ITP and its treatments on patients.
Nichola Cooper, James Bussel, Waleed Ghanima, Drew Provan, Yoshiaki Tomiyama, Ming Hou, Donald M. Arnold, Cristina Santoro, Francesco Zaja, Barbara Lovrencic, Mervyn Morgan, Michal Winograd, Jennifer DiRaimo, Danielle Boyle, Olivera Rajkovic‐Hooley, Meritxell Vendranas, Susan Frade, Caroline Kruse   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Older Women Residing in Nursing Homes Feel Empowered? An Exploration of Narrative

, 2003
It is assumed that those individuals residing in nursing homes have poor health and little control over their lives. As a consequence there has been little research on this group of people in connection with empowerment.
Swindle, Jennifer
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IN THE SWISS NURSING HOMES INDUSTRY

, 2008
This paper examines the cost efficiency in the nursing home industry, an issue of concern to Swiss policy makers because of the explosive growth of national expenditure on elderly care and the aging of the population.
Nursing Homes, Diego Lunati, Mehdi Farsi
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