INTRODUCTION To ensure continuity of care, it is important to effectively communicate the health status of older patients who are transferred between health care organizations. The objectives of this study were to: (1) evaluate the prevalence of nursing transfer documents, and (2) identify patient and transfer characteristics associated with the presence of nursing transfer documents for older ...

OBJECTIVE to investigate dependency and general health status of a cohort of older people admitted to residential or nursing homes for long-term care. METHOD we assessed 308 people aged over 65 years within 2 weeks of admission for long-term care to one of 30 nursing or residential homes in north-west England. Dependency was assessed using the Barthel activities of daily living index and the ...

This article demonstrates a method for evaluating the predictive validity of nursing home pre-admission screens (PAS) by using measures of predictive validity adapted from the field of epidemiology. Our approach estimates how well as PAS performs in identifying the "who but for" population of the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver programs for the frail elderly. The methodology's...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether outcomes and costs differ for elderly patients admitted to rehabilitation hospitals, subacute nursing homes, and traditional nursing homes. DESIGN Inception cohort stratified by provider type and followed prospectively for 6 months. SETTING A total of 92 hospital-based units and freestanding facilities from 17 states. PATIENTS A total of 518 randomly selected p...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health services were confronted with significant challenges and staff have not only had to provide a continued service for, often distressed, users but adapt practice comply ever-changing public guidelines for containing virus. There is pressing need, therefore, learn from that faced continue face throughout different stages of pandemic. While uncertaint...

malnutrition is a common problem among nursing home residents and encompasses adverse outcomes. this study was conducted to determine malnutrition and urinary tract infections as well as antibiotic resistance of isolated bacteria at kahrisak nursing home in tehran city, capital of iran. nutritional status was determined by direct detection of kitchen, checking the menue of weekly foods, quality...

background the use of long-term care services has risen and this trend is expected to continue as the population reaches old age. objectives this study was performed to assess the caring conditions in nursing homes. patients and methods this study was conducted with a qualitative approach using conventional qualitative content analysis. the study was conducted on 23 iranian participants includi...

BACKGROUND In old age, reduction in physical function leads to loss of independence, the need for hospital and long-term nursing-home care, and premature death. We did a systematic review to assess the effectiveness of community-based complex interventions in preservation of physical function and independence in elderly people. METHODS We searched systematically for randomised controlled tria...