Housebuilders in England have been the target of numerous government policies in recent years promoting increased productivity and affordability. As a result, the housebuilding industry is currently faced with objectives to improve the affordability and sustainability of new homes whilst also increasing production rates to 240,000 per year by 2016.Yet amidst a faltering economic climate, the UK...

Background Exposure to cigarette smoke has numerous health risks for infants and children. Home smoking ban is a simple way to reduce the detrimental impacts of cigarette smoke. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of cigarette smoking bans in homes as well as associated factors in families with infants in Tehran, Iran. Materials and Methods This study was a population-based cross-secti...

Care homes are not institutions, They are people’s homes. They are not “healthcare establishments”, They provide nursing care as part of a range of personal care services. People living in care homes are not “patients”. People living in care homes have a right to expect clean, safe environments and care. People using a service have the right to make choices, including taking risk. People living...

BACKGROUND Policy and regulatory efforts to reduce Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) rates now focus increasingly on the community setting, especially residential and nursing homes for the elderly. We aimed to describe how potentially infectious diarrhoea is managed in care homes, and to explore related infection control and human waste management practices. METHODS A questionnaire was se...

BACKGROUND Recent increases in care home closures suggest that homes may not be able to balance pressures to reduce costs against pressures to increase standards. Commissioning requires an understanding of the factors affecting costs and how they change over time. METHODS A survey of care homes for older people was conducted in 21 local authorities in England in 1996. A complete response was ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether vaccination of care home staff against influenza indirectly protects residents. DESIGN Pair matched cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING Large private chain of UK care homes during the winters of 2003-4 and 2004-5. PARTICIPANTS Nursing home staff (n=1703) and residents (n=2604) in 44 care homes (22 intervention homes and 22 matched control homes). ...

Max Risen is looking forward getting rid of his car and cycling to work. Risen, 29, founder of a software startup company, and his girlfriend recently purchased a condominium on the 29th floor at 159SW, the building planned for the southwest corner of Sherbourne and Wellesley Sts. He currently lives near Avenue Rd. and St. Clair Ave. W., and drives to his office in Toronto’s Chinatown neighbour...