Tag: Nursing Homes / Elder Care
Lack of Staff, PPE Hinder Nursing Homes’ Fight Against COVID-19
Although worker turnover in the nursing home industry has always been high, the pandemic has worsened the problem
CDC Describes COVID-19 Trends in Nursing Home Residents, Staff
Rates of COVID-19 increased during June and July, followed by decline through mid-September, increase by late November
Factors ID’d for Mortality in Nursing Home Residents With COVID-19
Increased age, male sex, impaired cognitive and physical function associated with increased odds of 30-day mortality
Long-Term Care Workers Often Hold Multiple Jobs
Movements from first to second jobs, often in health care or other essential work, may spread COVID-19
Localizing Signs, Symptoms of Infection Described in Seniors
Fever, hypothermia, hypotension, hyperglycemia, delirium should prompt further evaluation for infection in nursing home residents
Residential Care Community Characteristics Vary by Dementia Prevalence
Higher prevalence of depression, need for assistance with activities of daily living seen for high proportion of residents with dementia
U.S. Nursing Homes Seeing Increase in New COVID-19 Cases
New weekly cases in nursing homes up by 44 percent between mid-September and week of Oct. 18
Rural Patients With Alzheimer Disease Have Shorter Survival
COVID-19 Risk in Assisted Living Similar to Nursing Homes
