Four in ten nursing homes have a COVID outbreak and the death rate is high. What's going wrong?
About 3% (6,100) of the 200,000 residents in Australia's aged care facilities had COVID, as of July 22, in addition to 3,400 staff.
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About 3% (6,100) of the 200,000 residents in Australia's aged care facilities had COVID, as of July 22, in addition to 3,400 staff.
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As those in health care increasingly consider patient-centered medical homes an improvement for health care, two professors from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Drs. James W. Mold and F. Daniel Duffy, argue ...
Jul 26, 2022
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Hospitals and homes are havens for germs and disease—but a well-regulated hot water system can prevent the spread of waterborne pathogens, including an emerging infectious disease problem from "superbugs" which can be resistant ...
Jul 20, 2022
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There's a shortage of nursing home beds for the elderly in America due to a severe staffing crisis that has caused long-term care facilities to cut back on new admissions, new research shows.
Jun 29, 2022
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Staff in nursing homes are being encouraged to learn about the Namaste Care program to enhance the quality of life for residents with dementia.
Jun 14, 2022
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Residents of retirement homes in Ontario have high rates of hospital-based care compared to residents in long-term care (LTC) facilities and to people living in the community, found new research published in CMAJ (Canadian ...
May 30, 2022
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For patients discharged after hospitalization for COVID-19, death or readmission was common, with about 11% being readmitted or dying within 30 days, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association ...
May 16, 2022
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No one wants to stay in an emergency room or a hospital bed any longer than absolutely necessary.
May 5, 2022
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Adult vaccination rates and social determinants of health—or the social and economic conditions in which families live and work—have played an important role in children's mental health during the pandemic, according ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Shielding those vulnerable to COVID-19, while allowing the virus to spread, largely unmitigated, through the rest of the population, would have failed according to a new modeling paper published today in PLOS Global Public ...
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