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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 We estimated real-world vaccine effectiveness among skilled nursing facility healthcare personnel who were regularly tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection in California, USA, during January‒March 2021.
Monise Magro +3 more
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Caregiver Integration During Discharge Planning for Older Adults to Reduce Resource Use: A Metaanalysis [PDF]
, 2017 Objectives To determine the effect of integrating informal caregivers into discharge planning on postdischarge cost and resource use in older adults. Design A systematic review and metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials that examine the effect of ...
Begg +27 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 A SARS-CoV-2 P.1 (Gamma) variant outbreak occurred at a skilled nursing facility in Washington, USA, in April 2021. Effectiveness of 2 doses of mRNA vaccines against P.1 infection among residents in this outbreak was 75.0% (95% CI 44.5%–88.7%), similar ...
James W. Lewis +8 more
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Nurse Practitioner COVID-19 Experience in Skilled Nursing Facilities [PDF]
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 2021 Health care providers have faced unprecedented changes in practice since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020. Advanced practice nurses in skilled nursing are no exception. This article reflects on the experience of Nurse Practitioners (NP) caring for older adults with COVID-19 in skilled nursing facilities in Northern California.
Spear, Rebecca A. +2 more
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The Need for Higher Minimum Staffing Standards in U.S. Nursing Homes. [PDF]
, 2016 Many U.S. nursing homes have serious quality problems, in part, because of inadequate levels of nurse staffing. This commentary focuses on two issues. First, there is a need for higher minimum nurse staffing standards for U.S.
Harrington, Charlene +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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Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2004 In July 1998, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) changed the payment method for Medicare (Part A) skilled nursing facility (SNF) care from a cost-based system to a prospective payment system (PPS). Unlike the previous cost-based payment
Walter P. Wodchis +2 more
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Tracheostomy prevalence at Skilled Nursing Facilities
Pulmonology, 2020 The incidence of chronically ill subjects with prolonged mechanical ventilation has significantly increased over the last decade. Many patients get discharge to Skilled Nursing Facilities with an artificial airway, which do not have the means to properly progress on weaning. In Portugal this prevalence is unknown.
F. Pereira +4 more
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Implementation of Post Falls Huddles in Skilled Nursing Facility [PDF]
, 2020 The purpose of this paper is to discuss the quality improvement project, implementation of the post fall huddle in a long-term care facility. Falls are the most common problem in adults 65 years and older.
Lomax, Princess
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Influence of healthy candidate bias in assessing clinical effectiveness for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: cohort study of older patients with heart failure [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: To assess the potential contribution of unmeasured general health status to patient selection in assessments of the clinical effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy. Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Bhatt, Deepak L +7 more
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