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They Deserve Better: Preventing Suicide in Skilled Nursing Facilities
Patient Safety, 2021 Suicide in skilled nursing facilities—centers that provide around-the-clock treatment and rehabilitation—is a serious issue. Chronic physical ailments often take precedent over mental health issues, which can make it easy to overlook them. Tony Salvatore,
Caitlyn Allen
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BMJ Open, 2021 Objectives To evaluate the predictive utility of the Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care ‘6-Clicks’ daily activity and basic mobility functional assessment short forms on inpatient discharge to home compared with skilled nursing facilities, including by
Theo Woehrle +4 more
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Trials, 2021 The efficient community spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in the current pandemic of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), which in severe and critical cases results in progressive pulmonary infection ...
Jack Knorr +5 more
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Lessons Learned When Discharging Older Adults to Skilled Nursing Facilities
Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2022 **Background:** When patients transition from an inpatient hospital stay to a skilled nursing facility (SNF), the information that is sent with them is essential to proper care in the facility.
Katherine Barry +3 more
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Compulsory notification at skilled nursing facilities [PDF]
Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2017 Summary Introduction: Notifiable diseases (NDs) encompass conditions of high clinical severity and/or contagious. Being closed communities, long-term care facilities (LTCF) are places that deserve attention on their own, but one might be left wondering: what is the reality of NDs at Brazilian LTCFs?
Gorzoni, Milton Luiz +3 more
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Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023 BackgroundOccupancy rates within skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in the United States have reached a record low. Understanding drivers of occupancy, including admission decisions, is critical for assessing the recovery of the ...
Caroline Strickland +6 more
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Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2021 Background: Simulation and skill development facilities are essential for the training and preparation of nursing students, which aids in their clinical readiness and professional development.
Garima Goswami +3 more
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Libraries of life: Using life history books with depressed care home residents [PDF]
, 2006 Depression is a common, and often undetected, psychiatric disorder in geriatric care home residents 1,2. Reminiscence, an independent nursing therapy used by a variety of health and social care professionals, can prevent or reduce depression 14.
Plastow, N A
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Translation, 2014 The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility and outcomes of the implementation of an evidence based protocol, Foley Insertion Removal and Maintenance (FIRM) for the use and care management of indwelling urinary catheters (IUC) for skilled ...
Murthy Gokula, Phyllis M Gaspar
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Introducing an Evidence-Based Protocol to Reduce and Prevent Fall Events among Elderly Hospice Patients [PDF]
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal, 2021 Introduction: To examine the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention to reduce falls for elderly hospice patients who live at home and in skilled nursing facilities. Materials and Methods: This pre--post intervention study was conducted in a local
Lydia Chowa
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