Tag: Nursing Homes / Elder Care

Clinical tool includes five characteristics, including activities of daily living and history of nonhip fracture

U.S. health officials are cracking down on the inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs to sedate patients in nursing homes

Higher percentage of below-average staffing days linked to worse quality for licensed practical nurses

The two most common, valproic acid and gabapentin, being used in clinically distinct ways

New penalties will apply to fewer than 0.5 percent of U.S. nursing homes that are already designated as a 'special focus facility'

Masking 'remains recommended' during an outbreak among patients or 'when caring for patients who are moderately to severely immunocompromised'

Rapid recovery associated with reduced mortality and fewer hospitalizations

Staffing was a major focal point of the study, which advocates say is too low in sheer numbers, while staff is also untrained and underpaid

Nursing home residents continue to be more vulnerable both because of their age and underlying medical conditions

Positive association found between COVID-19 burden and 12-month percent change in employment levels among SNFs